Welcome. See below for an overview of the variety of roles I play at UW. Please send me an email if you think I can help you with your research or projects:
As archivist and sole employee for the UW Ethnomusicology Archives I steward over 50,000 recordings and films that document international, national, and regional music traditions. Much of my work revolves around access, preservation, and digital repatriation. The Archives is also home to the Seattle Sounds Project, a sub-archive of local music that includes the Kearney Barton, Crocodile Cafe, and 206 Hip Hop collections.
As affiliate assistant professor in UW Ethnomusicology, I facilitate the exploration of subjects across disciplinary boundaries. As part of this I support undergraduate independent studies, serve on graduate student MA and PhD defense committees, and offer courses in Honors, Cinema and Media Studies, and Ethnomusicology. Learn more about my courses here.
As of December 2022, I've additionally been tasked with being the sound recording archivist in UW Libraries Special Collections. This work will include my continuing curation of the Milo Ryan Phonoarchive.
Outside of UW I'm involved with a handful of archive and digital humanities related projects, such as:
Research Fellow for Sound Submissions, a digital humanities program in the Recorded Sound Section of the Library of Congress' National Audio-Visual Conservation Center.
Member and former chair of the Society for Ethnomusicology Archiving Special Interest Group.
