Rami Stucky

Rami Stucky

Lecturer in Musicology
PhD, University of Virginia
MM, New England Conservatory
BA, Bowdoin College

research interests:
  • bossa nova
  • lofi hip hop
  • jazz
  • math rock

contact info:

mailing address:

  • Washington University
    CB 1030
    One Brookings Drive
    St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Rami Toubia Stucky is a music historian specializing in jazz and American music. His book project, When Bossa Was Black: Brazilian Music in 60s America, focuses on the arrival of bossa nova music to the United States during the 1960s. 

During the Fall 2022 semester, he will be teaching Musics of the World (MUSI 1021), American Popular Music and Media (3015), and Music of the African Diaspora (3021). During Spring 2023, he will teach Musics of the World, Jazz in American Culture (3023), and another 3000-level elective. You can find syllabi for these classes, as well as learn more about his research and music, at his personal and professional website, songsmysisterlikes.com