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Andrew S Berish is an Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies at the University of South Florida. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Musicology from UCLA, and a B.A. in History from Columbia University. His research focuses on intersections between music, space/place, and race, with a specialization in jazz and American popular music of the 1930s–40s. Key works include Lonesome Roads and Streets of Dreams (2012), which examines jazz’s reflections of Depression-era geographic shifts, and recent studies on Duke Ellington and Tin Pan Alley song. Current projects explore jazz criticism and sentimentalism in pop music.
Education:
- Ph.D. Musicology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
- M.A. Musicology, UCLA
- B.A. History, Columbia University
Research Interests:
- Jazz historiography
- Spatial theories in music
- Racial ideologies in musical expression
- Depression-era cultural studies
- Sentimentalism in popular music
- Music and urbanization
Recent articles explore topics ranging from Django Reinhardt’s transatlantic influence to the cultural politics of jazz criticism. His work bridges musicological analysis with broader sociocultural narratives.
