Dr. Earl Holmes Brooks
Assistant Professor · Tenure-Track
About
Earl Brooks is a musician and scholar with expertise in African American expressive culture and rhetorical studies. His forthcoming book, Resonance of Resistance, explores the rhetoric of black music, including ragtime, jazz, gospel, and the blues.Research interests
rhetoric, composition, sound studiesTeaching interests
rhetoric, composition, sound studiesEducation
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Ph D, English
— Pennsylvania State University (2017) On Rhetoric and Black Music
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MS, English
— University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2012) Mother Africa: A Rhetorical Analysis of Various Topoi of Africa in Jazz and Literature
- BA, American Studies — University of Kansas (2010)
- BA, Music — University of Kansas (2010)