Teaching

Current Teaching

University College Cork:

History and Theory of Ethnomusicology

Ethnography

Cross-Cultural Approaches to Improvisation

Finnish Folk Music from Ancient to Avant-Garde

Latin American Music

American Shape-Note Singing Ensemble

Previously Taught Courses

University of California, Irvine, Spring 2007:

Gender and Sexuality in Traditional and Popular Musics

Pomona College, Fall 2006:

Introduction to Ethnomusicology

Introduction to World Music

University of California, Santa Barbara, 2005-2006:

Finnish Music

American Folk Music

Latin American Music

World Music

University of California, Los Angeles, Spring 2002:

Queer Ethnomusicology

Wesleyan University, 1997-1998:

Andean Music Ensemble

Andean Dance Ensemble

Courses T.A.ed

University of California, Los Angeles, 2000-2003:

Music of South America

Music of the Caribbean

Native American Music

History of Jazz: Origins to the Swing Era

History of Jazz: the Modern Era

Other Teaching Areas

Music of Protest and Struggle

Music, Nationalism, and Transnationalism

European Folk Music

Nordic Music Ensemble

Leadership and Teaching Activities outside the Classroom

Councilmember, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2008-2011

Co-Chair, Gender and Sexuality Section, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2005-2007

Supervisor and Mentor, ArtsBridge Outreach Program, 2004-2005
School of the Arts and Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles

Peer Mentor, UCLA Mentoring Program, 1999-2005
Student Psychological Services, University of California, Los Angeles

Assistant to the Program Chair, International Council for Traditional Music, 2001

Artist-in-Residence, ArtsBridge Outreach Program, 1999-2001
School of the Arts and Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles

Instructor for Upward Bound and College Orientations, 1997, 1999, 2001
Great Hollow Wilderness School, New Fairfield, CT

Performing Arts Director, 1999
Center for Attention and Related Disorders Camp, New Fairfield, CT

Tour Guide, Translator, Program Staff, 1998
Nuestra Cabaña Girl Guide World Center, Cuernavaca, Mexico

Organizer, Latin American Studies Committee, 1996-1998
Latin American Studies Center, Wesleyan University

Organizer and Performer, Myth Arts Collective, Middletown, CT, 1997-1998