Emily Ruth Allen
Ph.D. in Musicology
Emily Ruth Allen holds a doctorate from Florida State University (FSU). She also completed her Master of Music degree in Historical Musicology at FSU in April 2016. Prior to that, Allen received a Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in Music with Elected Studies in Specific Outside Fields (mathematics) from the University of South Alabama. Allen’s master’s thesis is about a Florida-based klezmer ensemble called the Holocaust Survivor Band. Her dissertation focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Carnival brass bands in Mobile, Alabama. Allen is currently preparing a book manuscript about parade musics in Mobile’s Mardi Gras history.
Research Interests
- Musics of the Americas
- Music and politics (U.S. South, Holocaust)
- Aging and musical performance
- Festive/celebration studies
Emily Ruth Allen, Ph.D. 