Ali R. Chaudhary, Ph.D

My primary areas of research include the sociology of race & immigration, civic engagement, organizations, and most recently, music and popular culture. 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 earlier scholarship to investigate how ascriptive boundaries and social categories shape the production, advertising, and consumption of popular cultural objects, places, and experiences. This line of research currently focuses on the racial and gendered boundaries embedded in the electric guitar.

 

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In addition to research, teaching, and scholarship, I frequently perform in the NYC metro area as a guitarist specializing in jazz, neo-soul, reggae, and improvised music. More recently, my academic pursuits and interests in music have converged as I am embarking on a systematic study of the short- and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of professional musicians in Greater New York City.

 

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