Elisabeth Roberts, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Music
207 Center for the Arts
Department(s)
College
Area of Specialty
Music-Evoked Autobiographical Memory, Popular Music, Music Technology, American Music
Biography
Publications:
- "Not Like Us: AI and Aberrant Listening." The American Musicological Society's Musicology Now (2025). https://musicologynow.org/not-like-us-ai-and-aberrant-listening/.
- “Review: Music and the Westward Expansion: Songs of Heart and Place on the American Frontier by Laura Dean.” Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, 66 no. 1–4 (2023), 165.
- A Thematic Catalogue and Performance Chronicle of the Music of John Cheetham (Editor). Columbia, MO: Budds Center for American Music Studies, 2022.
- 200 Memorable Missouri Musical Moments: Commentary, Historical Photographs, & Video Clips (Co-author). Columbia, MO: Budds Center for American Music Studies, 2021.
Conference Appearances:
- “The Effect of Altered Audio on Music-evoked Autobiographical Memory.” Poster. Society of Music Cognition and Perception Refereed Conference, Banff, AB, July 27, 2024.
- “What’s Going On at the Y.M.C.A?: A Case Study in Music as Cultural Mnemonic.” Presentation. Western University Graduate Symposium on Music, University of Western Ontario, London,ON, August 26, 2023.
- “Merit, Not Genius: Romanticized Disability and the ‘Genius’ of John Boone.” Presentation. John W. “Blind” Boone Symposium, University of Missouri, Columbia/Warrensburg, MO, October 1, 2022.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, Collaborative Cognitive Specialization in Musicology - University of Western Ontario
- Master of Arts in Musicology - University of Missouri
- Master of Music in Composition - University of Missouri
- Bachelor of Arts in Music, Composition Emphasis - Belhaven University