Dr. Timothy Rommen

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Biography

Timothy Rommen specializes in Caribbean music research encompassing popular and sacred music, critical theory, and ethnomusicology. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has authored significant works including "Mek Noise: Gospel Music Ethics and Style in Trinidad" and "Funky Nassau: Roots, Routes, and Representation of Bahamian Popular Music." Rommen co-edited volumes on music tourism in the Circum-Caribbean and has contributed to various academic journals. His research involves a musical ethnography of Dominica, exploring the socio-cultural complexities within genres like jing ping and cadence-lypso. Rommen also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to music and ethnomusicology, focusing on themes of identity, citizenship, and the economics of music in small island contexts.

Research Interests

Caribbean Music Ethnomusicology Popular Music Sacred Music Music Tourism

Courses

Introduction to Music World Cultures Global Music Latin American Music Caribbean Music Diaspora Accordions New World Blues World Perspective Intellectual History of Ethnomusicology Field Methods in Ethnomusicology Caribbean Music Ethics and Style Caribbean Popular Music Africana Thought

Requirements for University of Pennsylvania

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.6
GRE General
Verbal
Required:162
Quantitative
Required:162
Overall
Required:162
GMAT
Total Score
Required:728
Overall
Required:728
TOEFL
Total
Required:115
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or equivalent Strong quantitative background
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