Cred PhD, Music, University of California, Berkeley; MA, Music, University of California, Berkeley; BA, Music, Swarthmore College

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Livelihood Ethnomusicologist

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Interests Playing Hindustani tabla drums and Balinese gamelan, documentary film making, trail running with my dog, and baking

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Focus Music cultures of South Asia, regional music of Rajasthan, Bollywood film music, Hindustani classical music (especially the tabla).

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Recent Awards A research grant through the Archives for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) for implementing listening equipment into the Manganiyar musician community in Rajasthan, India

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Last Book You Read The Complete Adventures of Feluda, by Satyajit Ray (the famous Bengali filmmaker). It’s a wonderful collection of short story mysteries that were written by Ray and published serially beginning in 1965. The stories are clever, take place in various locations throughout India, and reveal a lot about Indian culture

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Hobbies Dog training, knitting, backpacking, and listening to music

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Are You a Wonk? “One of the goals in my research and work is to connect people through knowledge and culture, so yes, I’d say I’m a WONK. I hope that in my courses at AU I can connect students with the larger community through music—whether on the streets and in D.C. communities, through making music in the classroom, or traveling to learn about different musical cultures.”

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