Tammy L. Kernodle is an American musicologist and a former president of the Society for American Music (2019–21). Her academic writing and public intellectual work has highlighted Black women musicians like Mary Lou Williams, Meshell Ndegeocello, Alice Coltrane, and Melba Liston and has considered African-American women's role in contemporary gospel music and jazz. Kernodle holds a BM in choral music education and piano from Virginia State University, and an MA and PhD in mu…
