Coordinator of Music Literature and Associate Professor of Music History & Literature Laurie McManus, Ph.D., was awarded a publication subvention grant from the American Musicological Society in support of her forthcoming book “Trauma, Sound, and Music in the Contemporary Horror Film” which is under contract with Routledge. The competitive publication subvention grant supports the publication of significant new scholarship in the field of musicology.

The American Musicological Society grants approximately $80,000 each year to help with expenses involved in the publication of works of musical scholarship, including books, essay collections, articles, chapters in essay collections, special issues of journals and works in non-print media.