Jon Michael Spencer

SPENCER, Jon Michael. b. Amherst, Massachusetts, 10 March 1957. Author, professor, an authority on the history and theology of African-American culture, African-American music and religion, and the bibliography of African-American hymnody and hymnals, Spencer studied music at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia (BA 1978), music composition at Washington University, St Louis, Missouri (MA 1980, PhD 1982), and theology at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina (MTS 1990). He spent twenty-three years teaching across multiple disciplines at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1982-1986, 1992-1995), Duke University (1986-1990), Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio...