SAM Interest Groups
Interest Groups are formed by members to share common interests and organize special sessions at annual conferences. Presently active groups are listed below:
American Band History Research, Craig Parker
Connecting Outside the Academy, Joseph Horowitz
Dance, Renee Camus
Early American Music, David Hildebrand
Music, Sound, and Media, Mary Simonson, chair
Folk and Traditional Music, Ron Pen
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgendered, W. Anthony Sheppard
Gospel and Church Music, Tammy Kernodle, Emmett Price, and Horace Maxille, co-chairs
Historiography, Michael Pisani
Jewish Studies, Erica Argyropoulos
Music and Politics, James Deaville
Music Biography, Steve Swayne
Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, Jennifer Campbell and Christina Taylor Gibson, co-chairs
Music Theatre, James Lovensheimer
Research on Gender in American Music, Melissa de Graaf
Research Resources, Mark McKnight
Transatlantic Relations, Marianne Betz
Twentieth-Century Music, Rob Haskins