Portia K. Maultsby
Laura Boulten Professor of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Director of the Archives of African American Music and Culture
Office: 504 N. Fess 202 
Phone: (812) 855-2708
E-mail: maultsby 
indiana.edu
Curriculum Vitae
Education
- Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Research Interests
- Popular music, the music industry, African American music; Musical aesthetics and transnationalism
Courses Recently Taught
- Popular Music of Black America
- Issues in African American Music
- Applied Ethnomusicology and Folklore: Media Productions
Awards and Distinctions
- 2011: Office of Women's Affairs Distinguished Scholar Award
- 2011: National Association for the Study and Performance of African American Music National Award
- 2009: College of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award
- 2003: Teaching Excellence Faculty Award—Indiana University, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
Publication Highlights
Books
- Co-editor [with Mellonee Burnim]. African American Music: An Introduction. (New York: Routledge Press, 2006).
- Sub-editor [with contributions by Mellonee Burnim], African-American section (12 articles). Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, United States and Canada, 3. General Editor. Ellen Koskoff (New York: Garland Publishing, 2001), 571-715.
Articles/Monographs/Book Chapters
- "Dayton Street Funk: The Layering of Multiple Identities" in Ashgate Research Companion to Popular Musicology. Ed. Derek Scott (United Kingdom: Ashgate Press, 2009).
- "Africanisms in African American Music" in Africanisms in American Culture, 2nd Ed. Ed. Joseph Holloway (Bloomington: Indiana Unviersity Press, 2005), 326-355.
- [with Isaac Kalumbu] “Popular Music Studies: African-American Studies” in Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World. Vol 1. Media, Industry and Society. Eds. John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver, and Peter Wicke (New York: Continuum, 2003), 47-54.
- “Has Gospel Music Become Pop Music, or What Shall We Call Take 6?” in Views on Black American Music: Such Sweet Thunder (Proceedings from conferences on Black music held at the University of Massachusetts 1989-1999). Ed. Mark Baszak (The Fine Arts Center: University of Massachusetts Amerst, 2003), 26-31.
Websites
- History of African American Music Interactive website developed in conjunction with the festival Honor! Festival Celebrating American Cultural Legacy, curated by Jessye Norman and presented by Carnegie Hall (covers 48 African American musical genres and styles), 2009.
