This presentation focuses on identifying trends related to diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic writing on topics in music. Looking at these trends creates a greater understanding of how musicological societies and their associated journals, specifically the Journal of the American Musicological Society (JAMS) and the Journal of the Society for American Music (JSAM), interact with the larger field of musicology to stay relevant and engaging. The perspective of this research is grounded in the undergraduate college experience because the publications of these institutions shapes the curriculum of courses and degree programs alike. The methods used for this study are twofold, the first part is a textual analysis of article abstracts published by JAMS and JSAM from 2001 to 2008 and from 2016 through the present to create a detailed history of the kinds of articles that have been published. The second part is a series of interviews with past and current editors of both of these journals to establish what modern journalist practices are and gain insight into the inner workings of JAMS and JSAM. A lot has changed over the last twenty-plus years in musicological scholarship: the inclusion of special topics issues, the development of written colloquia, and the increased diversity of musical works, composers, and musicians. There is promise that these institutions of publication will become more inclusive than they have been in the past, and the effects of that change on the academy are still to be determined.
Author(s): Melinda Barman, Maxwell Wissman, Miciah Mikes-Thacker, Ellen Yezierski, PhD
Mentor: Ellen Yezierski, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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