Timothy R. Mangin

Timothy R. Mangin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Music at Boston College. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University (2013) and has taught at Columbia University, New York University, St. Lawrence University, and The City College of New York. His research focuses on ethnomusicology, indigenous cosmopolitanism, Senegalese music, and digital humanities, with a particular interest in the intersection of popular music, race, ethnicity, religion, and cosmopolitanism in West Africa and the African Diaspora.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Music, Columbia University, 2013

Research Interests:

• Senegalese urban dance music (mbalax)
• Black, Wolof, gendered, and Muslim identities
• Senegalese hip hop and blackness
• Improvisation in NYC's underground hip hop and jazz scenes
• Role of digital humanities in music pedagogy and research

Publications: Contributions to 'Begegnungen: The World Meets Jazz' and 'Uptown Conversations: The New Jazz Studies', as well as peer-reviewed articles in The Yearbook for Traditional Music and Ethnomusicology On-Line.

Awards:

• Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Research Abroad Program Fellowship
• Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
• Columbia University fellowships (Center for Comparative Literature and Society, Department of Music, Institute for Research in African Studies)

Advising & Pedagogy: Founder of St. Lawrence University’s Jazz and Improv Ensemble; explores mbira and Capoeira Brasil music traditions; integrates digital humanities into teaching at Boston College.

Current Projects: Book manuscript on indigenous cosmopolitanism through Senegalese mbalax music and identities; digital humanities initiatives with students and faculty.