PhD Doctor in Humane Letters (Honorary) DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2003
MA Music Wesleyan University, CT, 1970
BA Philosophy Antioch College, OH, 1969
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
Leeds International Jazz Conference (March 25-27, 2010), December 2010
National Humanities Center Fellowship, 2010
Feature article in Duke Dialogue, December 2007
Distinguished Professorship Award: Arts and Science Professor of Music in Trinity College of Music, Duke University, December, 2006
The Langford Lectureship Award, 2006
Distinguished Visitor Award, School of Music, University of Toronto, December, 2005
Certificate of Appreciation for “Outstanding Service to Jazz Education”, International Association of Jazz Educators, 1996
A feature article about Thinking in Jazz appears in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Volume XLI, Number 28, March 28, 1995
Alan Merriam Prize for Outstanding Book in Ethnomusicology, The Society for Ethnomusicology, 1995
ARSC Award for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research for “Best Research in the Field of Recorded Jazz and Blues”, The Association for Recorded Sound Collections, 1995
Exemplar in Music Teaching Award, Northwestern University, 1995
Finalist distinction in category of “Adult Non-Fiction 1995”, The Society of Midland Authors, 1995
P.F. Berliner. The Art of Mbira: A Biography of Musical Knowledge Featuring the Repertory and Artistic Practices of Mbira Master Cosmas Magaya. 2007 . (in progress)
Articles
P.F. Berliner. "“Art Farmer on Jazz Learning and Improvisation”." Jazzforschung / Jazz Research Volume 39 (December, 2007).
