College of Liberal Arts

University of Minnesota,

Twin Cities Campus

Sumanth Gopinath

Assistant Professor: Music Theory

• 114 Ferguson Hall
• 612/624-1829
• E-mail: sumanth@umn.edu

Sumanth Gopinath is Assistant Professor of Music Theory. He is currently working on two book projects, one on issues of race and ethnicity in Steve Reich's music and another on the ringtone industry. His other research interests include post-WWII (American) art- and popular musics, cultural theory (especially Marxism), intersections of politics and music (or culture generally), and the globalization of cultural production.