Donor Dollars in Action
We can’t thank our donors enough for making it possible to achieve our mission of making new scholarship available, affordable, and accessible. Here we highlight recent publications supported by some of the endowments made possible by our generous donors:
The Howard D. and Marjorie I. Brooks Endowment for Progressive Thought
- The Life of Madie Hall Xuma by Wanda A. Hendricks
- Reading Pleasures by Tara Bynum
- Sound Pedagogy, edited by Colleen Renihan, John Spilker, and Trudi Wright
- Disrupting Colonial Pedagogies, edited by Jillian Ford and Nathalia Jaramillo
William Brooks founded the Howard D. and Marjorie I. Brooks Endowment for Progressive
Thought in honor of his parents, who both advocated for environmentalism, education, inclusivity, and social equality.
The fund sponsors books about educational innovation, the environment, intellectual history, music, and labor.
Recent titles supported by this endowment:
The Judith McCulloh Endowment for American Music
- Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals, by Christopher M. Reali
- Union Divided: Black Musicians’ Fight for Labor Equality, by Leta E. Miller
- Welcome 2 Houston: Hip Hop Heritage in Hustle Town, by Langston Collin Wilkins
Judith McCulloh was a long-time editor for the Press, and her development of the Music in American Life
series significantly opened the way for scholarship in American music to gain credibility and influence
in the Academy. The Judith McCulloh Endowment for American Music was created by many friends,
in memory of her contributions. Recent titles supported by this endowment:
The Bruno Nettl Endowment for Ethnomusicology
- Gamelan Girls: Gender, Childhood, and Politics in Balinese Music Ensembles, by Sonja Lynn Downing
- Island Gospel: Pentecostal Music and Identity in Jamaica and the United States, by Melvin L. Butler
- American Gamelan and the Ethnomusicological Imagination, by Elizabeth A. Clendinning
- Music Making Community, edited by Tony Perman and Stefan Fiol
Bruno Nettl was a foundational figure in the field of ethnomusicology. A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
professor emeritus, Dr. Nettl was a co-founder of the Society for Ethnomusicology and longtime editor of the journal
Ethnomusicology, published by the University of Illinois Press. Created by many friends in his memory, the Bruno
Nettl Endowment for Ethnomusicology supports groundbreaking, exceptional scholarship that contributes to diversity in
the field. Recent titles supported by this endowment:
