Houngan Collin Edouard, Music (Ethnomusicology): RITM Research Showcase Fall 2025

Throughout the year, the RITM Center supports graduate and undergraduate students as they conduct research across the country and the world on topics related to race, indigeneity, and transnational migration. RITM's Three-Minute Research Showcase is an opportunity for recipients of RITM Research and Conference Travel Awards to share their summer research projects.
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Filming: Geomatrix Productions
Editing: Geomatrix Productions
Captions: Veronica Paez-Deggeller and Jacqueline Dohna

Collin Edouard is an educator, author, activist, and music director who focuses his career on equity, inclusivity, and representation. He has invested time in the theoretical and practical study of music and music education at the University of Cambridge (Gates Cambridge Scholar), Columbia University(Dr. Beverly E. Johnson Annual Fund Scholar), The City College of New York (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa 2016) and Seminole State College of Florida. Currently, Collin is a second-year ethnomusicology Ph.D. Student at Yale University researching the vocality in a Haitian Vodou ceremony. He is an adjunct professor of music at the University of Bridgeport and created a course called “Music of the Global South.” In this course, students survey several cultures, building connections within several diasporic communities. Collin focuses on expanding access to music and music education, particularly with music less frequently circulated. He is a contributing author in The New Teacher’s Guide to Overcoming Common Challenges, Curated Advice from Award-Winning Teachers. He taught music in Spain, Uganda, Turkey, India, Iraq, England, and the United States. Collin has initiated music festivals, created choirs, adjusted music curricula, and continues to advocate for BIPOC lives and voices.