IU Folklore and Ethnomusicology

Students

The student community in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology comprises American and international students interested in diverse subjects and cultural areas .

There are two student organizations – the Ethnomusicology Student Association (ESA) and the Folklore Student Association (FSA). These organizations allow students the opportunity to demonstrate both academic and performative excellence through engagement in a variety of activities:

Pushing Boundaries, an annual student-organized conference
Workshops, seminars and colloquiums
Campus Ghost Walk involving story-telling and role-playing
Annual Coffeehouse to showcase diverse talent in the department

Apart from department-based activities, students also participate in Bloomington cultural events such as Lotus World Music Festival, Lotus Blossoms, exhibits at Mather's Museum.

List of Recent and Current Students in the Department

List of Recent and Current Students All emails without domain names are @indiana.edu. Top of Page
A - C \| D - H \| I - L \| M-P \| R - Z
Name	Email	Track	Interests	Year
A
Akey, Lisa
Aldred, Benjamin	baldred	Folklore	American Studies; Identity Theory; American Folklore; Gender Studies; Folk Religion; Neo-Paganism; Witchcraft	ABD (In field)
Alexander, Delia	dealexan	Ethno
Al-Harthy, Majid	malharth	Ethno
Anderson, Elise	andersem	Ethno	Xinjiang; Uyghur music; Muqam; Nationalism
Anthony "Tony' Artis	ajartis	Ethno	African and African Diaspora drumming; Drum-making; Performance
Ashton, Curtis	cuashton	Folklore	Heritage Preservation, Cultural Performance, China	PhD Candidate
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B
Barbour, Erin	eabarbou	Ethno		MA Thesis
Bayless, Kara	knbayles	Folklore/ SLIS	Russian folklore; bylina	MA/MLS
Bennett, Dina	dibennet	Ethno	Jazz, Blues, Gospel, R&B, Soul, Hip-Hop	PhD Candidate
Berlinger, Gabrielle	gaberlin	Folklore	Material culture; Vernacular architecture; Domestic/ sacred spaces; Jewish culture; Native North America; Museums; New media	MA
Blank, Trevor	tjblank	Folklore	Material culture/folklife; Historic preservation; Contemporary legends; Appalachia; American cultural history; Internet/cyberethnography; Bob Dylan	MA Thesis
Bohannon, Kimberly	kmbohann	Ethno	Identity; Performance; Aesthetics; Navajo Christian Music
Boyer, Troy	rtboyer
Bradley, Matt
Brown, Kwesi Ewusi		Ethno	African traditional drumming; Masquerade festivals; Social conflicts in festivals
Burbach, Elizabeth	eburbach	Folklore
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C
Carnagey, Zachary	zcarnage	Folklore
Chambliss, Cassandra	cchambli	Folklore
Chang, Yoonhee	yoochang	Ethno		ABD (In Field)
Chen, Xiaohong	xc2
Christensen, Danille Elise (Lindquist)	dlindqui	Folklore	Public and material culture; Ethnography of communication; Women's studies; American studies; Hawai'i.	ABD (Dissertation)
Clare, Callie	cclare	Folklore
Clarke, Chantal	chamclar	Folklore & Journ.
Clinton, Esther	eclinton
Cselenyi, Zsuzsanna	zcseleny	Folklore
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DEF
Dalphond, Denise	ddalphon	Ethno	Detroit Techno; History & Communication
Dass, Rhonda	rdass	Folklore	North and South American folk art; Tattooing; Regional/national constructs of gender, race, and ethnicity; Effects of globalization.	PhD Candidate
Deo, Aditi	adeo	Ethno	Classical Music (India); Pedagogic institutions; Public patronage and culture; ANT; Historiography;	ABD (In Field)
Draper, Tierza	trdraper	Folklore
Enkerli, Alex	aenkerli
Ermey, Peter	permey	Ethno	Musica Caipira; Brazilian popular music (MPB)
Estrada, Zilia	zestrada	Folklore & SLIS	Community narratives; Animal-people; Commemoration; Activism; Place, space, and display
Faris, Katharine	kfaris	Ethno
Fida, Stephanie		Ethno	Ethnomusicology
Foote, Monica	mhfoote	Folklore
Forgacs, Katherine	kforgacs	Folklore	Vernacular architecture; Material culture; the Caribbean
Frisch, Janice	frischj	Folklore
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G
Geitz, Rebecca	rgeitz	Folklore	Karaoke; Country Music; Murder Ballads; Audience Reception
Gelfand, Lynn	lgelfand
Gingging, Flory	fginggin	Folklore	Indigenous politics; Tourism; Malaysia (Sabah)	ABD (In Field)
Gonzales, Rachel	rvgonzal	Folklore	Mexican-American culture; Verbal Play; Gender; Code-switching
Gordon, Sarah	gordonsm	Folklore
Grigutis, Sachiko Okamoto	sokamoto	Ethno	Polish Highlander music and culture
Guest-Scott, Anthony	aguestsc	Ethno	Music pedaogic contexts; Organization of musical experience; Genre; Music and humor; Middle East	ABD (In Field)
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H
Haas, Colleen	comhaas	Ethno	Afro-Brazilian music; Creative processes of cultural leaders; Ritual/carnival/processions	ABD (Dissertation)
Hadley, Fredara M.
Hagood, Mack	whagoodi	Ethno	Popular Music; East Asia; China and Chinese diaspora; [fareastaudio.com/]	MA Thesis
Hales, Heather	hhales	Folklore	Vernacular architecture; Historic preservation; Material culture. Museums	MA Thesis
Hardwick, Patricia	phardwic
Helms, Alyc	ahelms
Hemming-Austin, Jill	jlhemmin	Folklore	Public folklore; U.S., oral history; Folklore as community mediation; Material culture
Henderson, Clara	clahende	Ethno		ABD (Dissertation)
Ho, Chui Wa
Horn, Jenn	jjhorn	Folklore
Hsu, Hsin-wen	hsu7	Ethno	Preservation and Presentation; Institutionalization; Musical Media, East Asia, Nordic Countries	PhD
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IJK
Ichikawa, Midori	michikaw	Folklore		ABD
Ingalsbe, Suzanne	sgodby	Folklore & MLS	Religion, Myth, Museums, Popular Culture
Justice, Deborah	drjustic	Ethno	Music and religion; American folk music; Middle Eastern music
Kaptan, Yesim	ykaptan	Folklore & CMCL
Kay, Jon	jkay	Folklore
Kennedy, Maria	kennedme	Folklore & Journ.	Ethnography of media; Agricultural and food issues; Catskills; Rural Britain,	MA
Kiss, Eva	ekiss
Klassen, Teresa	tklassen	Folklore	Historical ethnography; Material culture and language; U.S.
Klotz, Gregory	gklotz
Knox, Stephanie	sknox	Ethno
Kolovos, Andrew	akolovos	Folkore	Folklore Archives; Public Sector Folklore Field resources website: Contact welcome from folklore students.	PhD Candidate
Krieger, Janet Meryl	kriegerj	Ethno	Performance studies; Popular music; Recording Industry; Ethnohistory; Mexico	ABD (Dissertation)
Kuang, Lanlan (Diana)	lkuang	Ethno	Identity; Performing Arts; Multimedia Representation; China
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L
Lash, Sarah	sklash	Folklore
Lavengood, Kathleen	kawidden	Ethno
Lawton, Arthur	alawton	Folklore	Architecture; Measured and/or geometrical vernacular ground plans
Lee, Michael	lee530	Ethno
Lee, Wei-Ping	weilee	Folklore
Lewis, David	davdalew	Ethno	Gender, sexuality; Timbre
Lingerfelt, Tabatha	tlingerf	Folklore
Livni, Eran	elivni	Folklore & CMCL	Performance studies; Media ethnography; Ethnopop music in the Middle East and Balkans	PhD
Lommel, Arle	alommel	Folklore	Vernacular religion; Pilgrimage; Material culture; Musical culture and technologies
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M
Macadar, Marquesa	macamad at earthlink.net			ABD
MacDonald, Keith	kamacdon
Makowski, Jenna	jenmakow	Ethno
Martinez-Rivera, Mintzi	minmarti	Folklore
Matiure, Sheasby	smatiure	Ethno	Mbira; Marimba; Performance Practice in the U.S.; Pacific Northwest; Zimbabwe
McGuire, Gabriel	gvmcguir	Folklore		PhD
Melson, Kodi	kmelson	Ethno	African music; Jewish music and culture	Undergrad
Miyake, Mark	mymiyake	Ethno	leonchance.com	ABD (Dissertation)
Moore, Rebekah	reemoore	Ethno	Identity negotiation; Politics and popular music; Bali, Sámi of Northern Finland.	PhD
Morales, Selina	semorale	Folklore	Food, Caribbean, Espiritismo, Material Culture, Museums; Community Healing	MA
Morgan, Gabe	wolvendancer at yahoo.com	Ethno
Moussinova, Elizaveta	emoussin	Folklore	geocities.com/emusinova
Mule, Christopher		Ethno	Public outreach/inreach; Music for community building.
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NOP
Neuenschwander, Bryn	bneuensc
Nguyen, Jason	jrnguyen	Ethno
Okigbo, Austin	aokigbo	Ethno		ABD (In field)
Ostlund, D. Glenn	dostlund
Overholser, Lisa	overhols	Ethno
Ozdegirmenci, Izlem	iozdegir	Ethno	Turkish Music; Ottoman composers; Rauf Yekta, Mevlevi Rites; Western and eastern music synthesis
Peebles, Katie	kpeebles
Pelaez-Barrios, Vanessa	vpelaezb	Folklore
Peretti, Daniel	dperetti	Folklore
Perkins, Jodine	jodmperk	Folklore	Material culture	MA
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RS
Reef, Meghan	mematthe	Ethno	Electronic dance music; Hip hop
Richardson, Thomas	tgrichar	Ethno
Rodriguez, Luis	lufrodri
Sahney, Puja	psahney	Folklore
Salahuddin, Mohammad	msalahud
Salifu, Abdulai	asalifu
Sarfati, Liora	lsarfati	Folklore	Korean Shamanism; Material culture; Performance and nationalism; Folklore research in colonial periods	ABD (In Field)
Say, Yasar Ozan	yasay	Folklore
Scharfenberger, Angela	ascharfe	Ethno
Schauert, Paul	pschauer	Ethno		ABD (In Field)
Schmadel, Fredericka	schmadel	Folklore
Schramm, Katharine	bredhil at gmail.com	Folklore	Mythology; Education; Digital commons; Japan
Serrano, Lara	laserran	Ethno		MA Thesis
Sewald, Ronda	rsewald	Ethno		ABD
Singleton, Stephanie	slsingle
Steven Stanzak	sstanzak	Folklore	Myth; Religion; Fertility; Children's folklore
Stoll, Jeremy	jjstoll
Strawn, Cullen	cstrawn	Ethno		ABD (Dissertation)
Sung, Sang Yeon	sasung
Swelam, Haitham	hsewelim	Folklore	Identity; Ethnographic representation; Middle East	ABD (In Field)
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T-Z
Taborn, Karen			Hymns; Cross-cultural phenomenon; Native America
Turner, Jessica	jedander	Ethno	Performance; Place; Tourism; China; Appalachia
Virtanen, Hilary-Joy	hvirtane
Wallner, Jessie	jwallner	Ethno
Walter, Richard	rdwalter
Weber, Alina Dana	alweber	Folklore
Wei, Xiaoshi Andrew	wei2	Ethno
Wilkins, Langston	wilkinsl	Ethno
Willsey, Kristiana
Wolf, Juan	jewolf	Ethno
Wu, Piin-shiuan	piwu	Ethno		PhD
Yetgin, Sultan	syetgin	Folklore
Zolkover, Adam	azolkove	Folklore	Folk Narrative; Race and Gender theories; History of folklore;19th century US; Medieval Europe	PhD
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