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Portia K. Maultsby

Professor of Folklore, Folklore and Ethnomusicology Department
College of Arts and Sciences

Director—Archives of African American Music and Culture, Professor of Folklore

Director—Archives of African American Music and Culture, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington

Interests:

Folklore, African American music and culture

Education:

• Ph.D. at University of Wisconsin, 1974

Background:

Portia Maultsby's specialties are African-American music and black American music, particularly rhythm and blues. She is a composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist and teaches "Popular Music of Black America" and "Black Music in America."

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