Nate Sloan

Nate Sloan is a musicologist and performer who researches jazz, Tin Pan Alley, and popular music. Sloan hosts Switched on Pop with songwriter Charlie Harding, a podcast produced by Vox Media which has been cited by Rolling Stone, The Guardian, and Entertainment Weekly as a top music podcast, and he provides music analysis for The Economist, NPR, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe, and CBC Radio’s “Day 6.” Sloan’s vaudeville duo, The Gideon and Hubcap Show, has played at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and London’s Soho Theatre. He also composes for theatre and film, including the score for the short documentary Slomo, and performs in the Dave Harrington Group. Sloan also has professional experience as a consulting musicological expert in copyright litigation and clearance, including informal consultation, formal reports and legal depositions.

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Stanford University (2010 — 2016)
• A.B. Brown University (2004 — 2008)

Companies

• Assistant Professor of Musicology University of Southern California (2018)
• Co-host Switched on Pop (2014)
• Composer + Lyricist Freelance (2009)
• Adjunct Professor of Music Fordham University (2015 — 2018)
• Ph.D. Candidate + Teaching Assistant Stanford University (2010 — 2016)
• Instructor, Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies Stanford University (2012 — 2015)
• Writer, Stanford News Service Stanford University (2012 — 2015)
• Associate Professor California Jazz Conservatory (2011 — 2015)