Since 1992 Professor Lornell has taught courses in american music and ethnomusicology at the George Washington University and serves on the GW Africana Studies program committee. His research in American vernacular music has resulted in the publication of 33 articles in music journals, nine chapters in books, 29 encyclopedia entries, 16 record notes, 31 record or book reviews in journals, 27 record projects, two documentary films and 26 hour-long radio documentaries. Lornell has also published 14 books, including textbooks, ethnographic studies, and reference books; most recently in collaboration with Bruce Bastin, The Melody Man: Joe Davis and the New York Music Scene, 1916-1978 (University Press of Mississippi 2012). Since 1972 his research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, the Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropology, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, among others.

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