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Carol J. Oja is the William Powell Mason Professor of Music at Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, specializing in Historical Musicology. Her research focuses on American music and culture, with an emphasis on interracial history and social justice.
Oja has authored and co-edited several influential works, including Bernstein Meets Broadway and Music and Musical Composition at the American Academy in Rome. She is currently working on a book about Marian Anderson's role in combating racial segregation in classical music.
Oja's scholarly output explores intersections of music, cultural history, and social justice, emphasizing transnational influences and collaborative art forms. Her 2019 co-authored article on Marian Anderson's Japanese concert tour highlights her focus on race, diplomacy, and classical music performance.
- Current director of the humanities program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
- Co-director of the Eileen Southern initiative to honor the first African American woman tenured at Harvard
- Active in the Women's Song Forum blog collective
Scientific Awards and Fellowships
- Music in American Culture Award (2015)
- Lowens Book Award (2006)
- Irving Lowens Article Award (2020)
- ASCAP-Deems Taylor Book Awards (three times)
- Everett Mendelsohn Mentoring Award (2015)
- Harvard Cabot Fellow (2015–16)
- Visiting Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Fellowships from Radcliffe Institute, ACLS, Guggenheim, NEH, and Mellon Foundation
Oja's work bridges academic research with public engagement through initiatives like the Eileen Southern Project, curated exhibits on blackface minstrelsy, and leadership roles in major music societies and committees.
