Biographical information

Name

Sonya Lawson

Biography

I am a musicologist and violist interested in the cognitive science of music and in creative pedagogy. I am Associate Professor of Music History at Westfield State University- a small liberal arts university with many first generation students.

Previous Works

​Lawson, Sonya R. “Defy(n)ing Categorization: Moving Beyond the Jazz History Canon” ​​​chapter in Kurkela, Vesa & Väkevä, Lauri (eds.) 2009.
​​De-Canonizing Music History. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars ​​​​Publishing.

Occupation

Professor and professional musician