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Thomas Brothers joined the faculty at Duke University in 1991 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in Music Education and has published three books, including 'Louis Armstrong: Master of Modernism', which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography. Brothers teaches courses on African-American music, as well as various historical periods including rock, medieval, and renaissance music. He has written extensively on jazz, and his more recent work, 'Help!: Beatles, Duke Ellington, Magic Collaboration', was published by W.W. Norton in 2018. His earlier works include 'Louis Armstrong's New Orleans' and numerous reviews and articles in prestigious journals such as the Journal of American Musicology and Black Music Research Journal. He is known for his comprehensive understanding of the intersection of African-American music traditions and broader musical contexts.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)