Cory Hunter received his Ph.D. in musicology from Princeton University. He is assistant professor of music at the Eastman School of Music. His recent article, “Thy Kingdom Come: Racial-Ethnic Oneness in African American Gospel Music” (The Musical Quarterly, Spring-Summer 2022), examines the ways in which gospel artists encourage racial-ethnic reconciliation through musical practice. His current book project, Spiritual Realism in Black Gospel Music Discourse and Practice, considers how contemporary Black gospel artists use music and discourse to accommodate the popular cultural infatuation with realness and to deconstruct conservative theologies that have circulated within conservative Black churches. Listen to this podcast where Hunter discusses his research on gospel music.
