Esther Luna DeLozier is a Ph.D. candidate in
Ethnomusicology. Currently, she is conducting ethnographic
research examining the value of the live music experience. During
her time at UC Davis, she has cultivated her desire to promote
access to and community in the arts by spearheading community
outreach programs in the music department. As a Mellon Public
Scholar, she collaborated with the California Arts Council
reviewing their public arts grant-making programs. She previously
worked as a recording editor and an assistant producer with
Telarc Records and managed the Audio Department for TNT Latin
America, a division of Time Warner. Ecomusicology, social
anthropology, and public policy concerning the promotion of the
arts through community engagement are among her main interests.
B.A. Music, Musicology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ana María Díaz-Pinto is a PhD student in
ethnomusicology. She is originally from Rancagua, Chile, and
received her bachelor’s degree in music, with a major in
musicology, from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in
2020. During her undergraduate experience, she developed a
particular interest in dance and movement, performance and
ethnography theory, and Latin American youth culture.
Mark Feng is a Ph.D. candidate in
ethnomusicology. He holds two MAs in ethnomusicology and
musicology from the University of California, Davis and the
Taipei National University of Arts. Mark is a trans-Pacific,
activist ethnomusicologist, and his study at UC Davis was
sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Education. Mark’s
dissertation examines the intertwinement of whiteness and Han
Taiwanese ethnic hegemony through the music and embodiment of
Taiwanese heavy metal. He conducts musical ethnographic fieldwork
in three major Taiwanese cities, Taipei, Taichung, and Takao.
B.M. Music Education, Arizona State UniversityM.A. Ethnomusicology, Arizona State University
Alex Rossi was a Bay Area native
before moving to Arizona to earn both his B.M. and M.A. from
Arizona State University. He has worked as a public school
teacher, having taught general music and band. Alex’s main
research interests include music-motor synchronization, music of
South America, and animal beat perception, and he has presented
at the International Council for Traditional Music’s study group
on Sound, Music, and the Sciences.
Jennifer Sherrill has been a musician and teacher in the Chicago
region for the past twenty years. She holds a bachelor’s and a
master’s in vocal performance and vocal pedagogy from Northern
Illinois University and North Park University. She has served as
cantor and youth choir director for Saint Gregory the Great on
the north side of Chicago and has introduced countless young
students to the joys of piano, ukulele, and singing.
Sun Ny Vang (Moob Leeg) [Blue HMong], born
and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota; parents are
from Sainyabuli Province, Laos.
M.A., Music (Ethnomusicology), University of
California, Davis, 2020. B.A., Music Education (K–12 Vocal and
General Music), The College of St. Scholastica, 2018.
