Antonio C. Cuyler

Professional Title

Professor of Music, Entrepreneurship & Leadership

Department(s)

School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD)

About

antonio c. cuyler, ph.d. (he/him/his) is Professor of Music in Entrepreneurship & Leadership, Faculty Associate in Voice & Opera in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD), and Faculty Associate in the African Studies Center at the University of Michigan. His scholarship (consulting, research, service, and teaching) infuses curiosity about arts administration, entrepreneurship, leadership, & management education and practice, creative justice, cultural policy, cultural politics, and experiential learning seeks to answer the question, “in what ways can the creative sector ensure and protect the creative justice of those historically and continuously casted as the least among us?” To this end, his published scholarship includes 2 books, one edited volume, one co-edited volume, 27 peer reviewed journal articles, and 8 book chapters. Routledge published his most recent book, Achieving Creative Justice in the U. S. Creative Sector, in April of 2025.

Research Interests

humanities
qualitative research
quantitative research
community-based research
activism
art
ethnicity
LGBTQ
performance
sexual harassment/gender harassment
sexuality
policy
transnational
violence (sexual/gender/other)
survey design
data visualization