Special Lecturer Department of Music, Theatre and Dance
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Minor: African Studies, 2011
Indiana University. Dissertation: “Staging Nationalism: Performance, Power, and Representation in Ghana’s State Dance Ensembles."
M.A., Ethnomusicology, 2005
Indiana University. Thesis: “Representing Ghanaian Music: A Critical History.”
B.A., Music, 2002 (cum laude)
University of North Texas
A.A., Music, 1998 (with honors)
College of DuPage
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2012-present:
Lecturer, Oakland University
- Fundamentals of Music in Global Perspective
- Music in the Americas: African Diaspora
- African Music in Social Life
2010-2011:
Associate Faculty (Teaching Fellow), Indiana University South Bend
- World Music and Culture
- African Music in Social Life
- Readings in Ethno/Musicology: Music and World Religions
- History of Rock & Roll
- Global Jazz and Cultural Contact (graduate seminar)
- Applied Percussion
2008-2009: Associate Faculty, Indiana University, Bloomington
- Global Jazz and Cultural Contact (Fall 2008; Fall 2009)
2008 (summer): Associate Faculty, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
- African-American Folklore, Folklife, and Music
2003-2004: Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington
2001-2002: Assistant Instructor, University of North Texas
- African Percussion Ensemble