Books
Supporting growing interest among scholars and performers spanning numerous disciplines, this book contributes quality new scholarship to spur further research on this overshadowed period of American music and dance. Organized in three parts, the chapters offer methodological and interpretative guidance and model varied approaches to contemporary scholarship. Dedicated to scholar Kate Van Winkle Keller, this volume builds on her legacy of foundational contributions to the study of early American secular music, dance, and society. It provides an essential resource for all those researching and performing music and dance from the revolutionary era through the early nineteenth century.
Hail Columbia! American Music and Politics in the Early Nation, Oxford University Press, 2020.
Hail Columbia! uncovers a rich and neglected body of political music from the nation’s first decades. Americans used music to protest, stifle protest, propagandize, and vie for political dominance. Through music, they persuaded, intimidated, lauded, legitimated, and demonized their fellow Americans based on their political beliefs and actions. In music they debated the roles and rights of citizens, the structure of government, and the pursuit of peace and prosperity. They used music to construct powerful narratives about the nation’s history, values, and institutions; celebrate the accomplishments of country, community, and individual; and reinforce identity in national and partisan terms.
“Lohman challenges the often too prevalent perspective that music, because of its ephemerality, cannot support a sustained study for serious scholars of early American history. Her rich archive of tunes, lyrics, and songs demonstrates otherwise.”
— Rebeccah Bechtold, Ph.D., Journal of Popular Music Studies
“Anyone befuddled and amused by American politics and the media today will find historical solace in this timely read. . . . A significant contribution to the field of American history as well as musicology.”
— Christa Pehl Evans, Ph.D., Early Music America
In 1967 Egypt and the Arab world suffered a devastating defeat by Israel in the Six Day War. Though long past the age at which most singers would have retired, the sexagenarian singer Umm Kulthum launched a multifaceted response to the defeat that expanded her international fame and shaped her legacy. I delve into the diva’s role in refashioning her popular image during this tumultuous time in Arab history and the conflicting ways that she has been interpreted since her death in 1975.
“Richly documented and succinctly written, this book presents a remarkable example of how an individual artist creates her path to stardom.”
— A.J. Racy, Ph.D., author of Making Music in the Arab World: The Culture and Artistry of Tarab
The research and publication of these books were made possible by generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the New England Regional Fellowship Consortium, and publication subventions from the American Musicological Society.
Articles and Chapters
“Reading Umm Kulthum through Film: Egyptian Woman, International Star, and Haunting Legacy.“ In Transnational Arab Stardom: Glamour, Performance and Politics, edited by Kaya Davies Hayon and Stefanie Van De Peer, 25-41. Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
“How Can You Deliver Microlearning When Learners Don’t Want It? Designing Microlearning for Socially Oriented Learners.” Educational Technology & Society 27, no. 1 (January 2024): 147-165.
“One Size Does Not Fit All: Faculty Development for Digital Accessibility in a Small Organization.“ In A Guide to Digital Accessibility: Policies, Practices, Tools, and Professional Development, edited by Rae Mancilla and Barbara Frey. Sterling, VA: Quality Matters and Stylus, 2023.
“Virtual Citizenship and Revolutionary Transatlantic Republicanism in the Musical Lives of Exiled United Irishmen.” American Music 40, no. 2 (Summer 2022): 180-210.
“Connecting and Communicating with Faculty through Workflow Automation Platforms.” Journal of Faculty Development 36, no. 2 (May 2022): 73-76.
“Political Song in Thomas Jefferson’s Scrapbooks: A Multifaceted Commemoration of His
Presidency.” Music & Politics (Winter 2022): 1-32.
With Shawn Bowers, Yu-Ling Chen, Yvette Clifton, Melissa Gamez, Heidi Hubbard Giffin, Meg Stanley Johnson, and Linda Pastryk. “Reflective Design in Action: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Faculty Learning Design.“ TechTrends (January 2022): 17-28.
“Evaluation of University Teaching as Sound Performance Appraisal.” Studies in Educational Evaluation 70 (September 2021).
“‘The Sovereign Right of Thinking’: Opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts in Song.” In Protest in the Long Eighteenth Century, edited by Yvonne Fuentes and Mark R. Malin, 27-50. New York: Routledge, 2021.
“Singing ‘Past, Present and Future’: Music in Early American Commemoration.” Journal of the Society for American Music 15, no. 2 (May 2021): 192-223.
“The LEAPS Framework for Selecting Digital Technologies in Online, Hybrid, and Face-to-Face Course Design.” Currents in Teaching and Learning 12, no. 2 (Spring 2021): 6-19.
“Build, Buy, or Rent? A Systems View of Faculty Design Work in the Digital Learning Era.” Educational Technology Research and Development 69, no. 1 (February 2021): 277-280.
“Leveraging Sociomaterial Practices to Build eLearning Literacy in ‘Suddenly Online’ Professional Development.“ Journal of Literacy and Technology 21, no. 3 (Fall 2020): 59-81.
“‘More Truth than Poetry’: Parody and Intertextuality in Early American Political Song.” MUSICultures 47 (2020): 34-62.
“Strategic Hiring: Using Job Analysis to Effectively Select Online Faculty.” Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration 23, no. 3 (Fall 2020).
“Using Soft Systems Thinking to Craft Instructional Design and Technology Interventions.” TechTrends 64, no. 5 (September 2020): 720-729.
“Significant, Backwards, and Systematic: An Integrated Approach to Course Design.” 42nd Annual Proceedings of the International Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (2019): 390-398.
“Egyptian Vocal Music.” In So You Want to Sing World Music, edited by Matthew Hoch. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2019.
“Preservation and Politicization: Umm Kulthum’s National and International Legacy.” Popular Music and Society 33, no. 1 (February 2010): 45-60.
“‘The Artist of the People in the Battle’: Umm Kulthum’s Concerts for Egypt in Political Context.” In Music and the Play of Power in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia, edited by Laudan Nooshin, 33-45. Aldershot: Ashgate Press, 2009.
Contributions to reference works including MGG Online and The Oxford Encyclopedia of Islam and Women.