Tracey Mia Stewart

Tracey Mia Stewart serves as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music and Dance at Swarthmore College, with dual affiliation in Environmental Studies. Currently on academic leave, her scholarly work investigates music's role in articulating identity and facilitating community development among marginalized populations, particularly focusing on Jamaican Maroon communities navigating systems of power.

Her educational background includes a Ph.D. (2021) and M.A. (2016) in Music from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Music with concentration in Music History from Howard University (2012).

Dr. Stewart's research centers on ethnomusicological approaches to Caribbean music traditions and African diaspora studies, examining how musical practices empower communities to resist inequitable power structures. Her fieldwork in Jamaica demonstrates how performance functions as both cultural memory and political strategy for marginalized groups across Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and the United States.

Her scholarly recognition includes:

• Fulbright Researcher (2012-2013)
• Support from the Carter G. Woodson Institute of African American and African Studies

Information regarding graduate student advising and external grant funding is not specified in available sources, though her dissertation research was supported by significant institutional fellowships.