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Dr. Kawachi A. Clemons
Assistant Professor and Director
Office Location: School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, Suite 2039
Phone: 850-599-8540
Fax: 850-561-2399
Email Address: kawachi.clemons@famu.edu
|   |  BS, Florida A&M University
MM, Florida International University
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kawachi Clemons is an Assistant Professor of Music and Director of the Institute for Research in Music and Entertainment Industry Studies at Florida A&M University (FAMU). He is the former Director of the Hip Hop Initiative and Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at North Carolina Central University (NCCU). Prior to his work at NCCU, Clemons was an Assistant Director in the Office of Student Affairs at Florida International University (FIU). He has served on the production staff of The Academy Awards, Super Bowl XXXIII Halftime Show, and has managed numerous special events with Walt Disney Entertainment.
Dr. Clemons is a former music educator with Miami-Dade County Public Schools. His pedagogical practices focus on the inter-relationship of artistic agency (problem-posing and problem-solving in the arts) and culturally responsive teaching. Clemons earned his bachelor's degree in music education from FAMU and a master of music degree in production and arts management from FIU. He received his Ph.D. in Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he taught courses in Arts Education.
Dr. Clemons presents frequently on music, culture and education in national and international platforms including: the American Educational Research Association, American Educational Studies Association, the National Youth At Risk Conference, Duke University, Kenyatta University (Nairobi, Kenya) and the Bahamas Ministry of Education. He has been invited to speak before the Board of Editor’s of the Negro Educational Review, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education’s John Hope Franklin Symposium and the Florida Music Educators Association.
Dr. Clemons is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, American Educational Research Association, American Educational Studies Association, Percussive Arts Society and the Interlochen Alumni Association.
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