Mike Alleyne (Ph.D.) has served as a Full Professor in the Department of Recording Industry at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) and is also a visiting professor at the Pop Akademie in Germany.
He is the co-editor of the award-winning anthology Analyzing Recorded Music (2023), recognized by the Society for Music Theory (SMT) as an Outstanding Multi-Author Publication (https://societymusictheory.org/announcement/2023-smt-publication-awards-2023-11). Alleyne also wrote The Essential Hendrix (2020) and The Encyclopedia of Reggae (2012), and was a contributing editor of Rhythm Revolution (2015), and co-editor of Prince and Popular Music (2020).

Born in London, England, he has lectured and presented conference papers internationally, publishing numerous book chapters and articles.