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Dr. Eldonna L. May is a Part-Time Faculty member at Wayne State University, affiliated with both the Department of Music and the Irvin D. Reid Honors College. As Chair Emerita of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women and a certified online professor, she holds the U.S. delegate position to UNESCO's Pan-African Deans Education Forum (PADEF).
Her research focuses on Twentieth Century music (particularly opera/oratorio), African-American music traditions, and American popular music, with specialized work on women composers and African diaspora music. She also researches pedagogical approaches in online learning environments, developing courses that integrate technology with music education.
Publication contributions span major reference works including The New Grove Dictionary of Music, Oxford/New Grove Online, and encyclopedias like Music in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Her book Traditions in Western Music History (2025) synthesizes historical musicology with contemporary analysis frameworks.
Awards & Honors
- Fulbright Specialist (Ghana, 2023)
- Fulbright Scholar (Botswana, 2016-17)
- Dual recipient of Fraser Center Labor Education Development Grants
- National Endowment for the Arts Panelist (Music/Theatre)
Grant activities include Fulbright-funded research in Africa and Fraser Center-supported projects. No student advising relationships or lab affiliations are documented.
