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Genevieve Allotey-Pappoe is an Assistant Professor at Brown University in the Department of Music, where she focuses on the music of Africa and the Black diaspora. She examines the global circulation and contextualization of Black music genres, exploring multiple remediations of Black music across geographical locations and through various communities, both offline and online. Her research interests encompass sound studies, the music industry, digital technology in music, and the creative economy. Genevieve completed her PhD in 2024 from Princeton University, where she was a graduate fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. In 2023, she received the Eugene K. Wolf Research Grant from the American Musicological Society for her dissertation, "Between Acousmatic Blackness and Blacksound: Cultural Politics of Black Music in Spain." Additionally, she founded and hosts the Black Music Nomad podcast, contributing to discussions surrounding the influence and narratives of Black music.
Brown University • Providence, RI
Joined the faculty to teach music and conduct research on Black music.
Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies • Princeton, NJ
Conducted research and contributed to projects related to international studies.
Humanities Branch, Spanish National Research Council • Barcelona, Spain
Engaged in research related to music and cultural studies.
Department: Department of Economics