About

Mission and Activities

The SMT Committee on Race and Ethnicity seeks to promote diversity—of race, of culture, of values, and of points of view—within the Society, detailed in its Statement of Purpose (pdf). To this end, the Committee is involved with issues and pursuits in order to:

  • offer a venue for the voicing of concerns about diversity by SMT members, and bring such concerns to the attention of the Executive Board, or the Society as a whole, as the Committee deems appropriate;
  • develop means of offering support, in the form of mentoring, arranging relevant colloquia and other events at national meetings, and so forth, to diverse members of the Society;
  • work with the Committee on Diversity of the American Musicological Society and other scholarly societies in providing program sessions and informal forums at national meetings, encouraging participation in regional societies, and seeking grant support for common initiatives;

 

Membership

Members of the Committee on Race and Ethnicity are appointed by the Society’s President, typically for a three-year term. The current members of the Committee are:

Chair: Panayotis Mavromatis

Aaron Carter-Ényì

Diego Cubero

Julianne Grasso

Charity Lofthouse

Akane Mori

Onyee Nwankpa

Ikenna Onwuegbuna

Grant Sawatzky