UCLA faculty experts advisory: Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was an icon of music and popular culture. His death has triggered an intense global response as well as legal questions about the future of his family and estate. UCLA faculty members with expertise in several disciplines can address the issues raised and Jackson's cultural significance. Christopher Waterman , dean of the School of Arts and Architecture, can discuss Jackson's legacy as a performer and musician. The co-author of "American Popular Music From Minstrels to MP3," Waterman is a UCLA professor of ethnomusicology. Media contact: Shilo Munk (310) 825-4140 Darnell Hunt , director of UCLA's Bunche Center for African American Studies and a professor of sociology, is an authority on race relations, the media's coverage of race-related issues and the depiction of African Americans in film and television. Media contact: Mona Gable (310) 206-3986 Carole Bender is director of the Center for Child Welfare in the Department of Social Welfare at the UCLA School of Public Affairs.