Jeneve R. Brooks, Ph.D.

 

Jeneve Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Troy University in Dothan, AL. She researches protest music, mass media/popular culture, social movements, political psychology, emotions, race relations, and much more.  Jeneve contributed to Music Sociology: An Introduction to the Role of Music in Social Life (Horsfall, Meij, and Probstfield 2013) and has written journal articles for Music and Arts in Action and Race, Gender, and Class.  Jeneve is the main organizer for the regional Wiregrass Blues Fest and is also involved in a variety of progressive movements ranging from anti-war mobilization to prison reform.