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      the Sociologist Musician

       

       

      Ali R. Chaudhary, PhD

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

    • About Me

      Ali R. Chaudhary, Ph.D.

      Assistant Professor of Sociology

      Rutgers University-New Brunswick

      I am a sociologist and musician based in New Jersey. I write and teach about race, immigration, politics, nonprofits, and the sociology of music.

       

      I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. Prior to Rutgers, I was based at the University of Oxford as a Marie Curie ITN Post-doctoral Fellow at the International Migration Institute and Junior Research Fellow of Wolfson College-Oxford.

       

      In addition to my research and teaching, I also regularly perform in the NYC-metro area as a jazz guitarist.

       

      Visit my Rutgers Department Page here

       

       

      Scroll below to learn more about my research, teaching, and music.

    • Research

      My primary areas of research include race & immigration, civic engagement, organizations, and the sociology of music. I am currently working on a number of projects seeking to interrogate the social constructions and consequences of ascriptive categories (e.g. race, nationality, ethnicity, nativity, etc.) for minority groups in North America and Europe. In my latest research, I use insights gleaned from my work on race and immigration to understand how boundaries and social categories shape inequalities in the production and performance of music in the United States.

       

      Click here to visit my Google Scholar Page

       

    • Teaching

       

      I teach undergraduate courses on immigration and graduate-level courses on sociological theory. I welcome opportunities to mentor undergraduate students by providing hands-on research apprenticeships and assistance with post-graduate application processes.

       

      At the doctoral level, I enhance my teaching through active collaboration with sociology graduate students. I think of graduate school as training for intellectual combat. I enjoy collaborating and working with graduate students on projects of mutual interest.

       

      Click to learn more about doctoral studies in sociology at Rutgers

       

       

    • Music-Making

      Since 2007, I've been studying and performing jazz in a variety of combos and ensembles. Prior to my move to NJ in 2017, I performed regularity with several outstanding jazz musicians in Northern California and Oxford(UK). Over the years I've had the privilege of studying and learning "on the job" with a number of outstanding musicians including Barron Wolfe, Geoff Daugherty, Dave Wilson, Mike Meyers. During graduate school at UC Davis, I also had the distinct pleasure of studying with jazz pianist/organist, Delbert Bump.

       

      After a three-year break from playing out, I recently started performing again in the NYC metro area. I currently perform every Sunday evening at Pino's Lounge in Highland Park, NJ (across the river from Rutgers and 20 miles south of NYC).

      Due to COVID, the performances are outdoors from 6pm to 8 pm.

       

      Check out some of my music below in the video clip of past performances

       

    • Dispatches from the Twilight Zone

      Musings, Commentaries, & Announcements

       

       

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