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.
Ko-Hua Hung is an ethnomusicology PhD student at the University
of California, Davis in her first year. She received her master’s
degree in Musicology from National Taiwan University in 2018
where she studied with Professor Yamauchi Fumitaka.
Julius “Vodzi” Torgboh is a PhD student in
Ethnomusicology. He was raised in an exceptionally rich culture
of music in the community of Dzogadze, Volta Region, Ghana, where
he plays a key role as an indigenous knowledge keeper, music
director, performer, ordained talking drum player
(Atsrima) in Avenor traditional chiefdom, and
Hunua (traditional spiritual leader).
B.M. Music Education, Arizona State UniversityM.A. Ethnomusicology, Arizona State University
Alex Rossi is a Ph.D. student in ethnomusicology at UC Davis. His
interdisciplinary research focuses on the intersection of music
cognition and ethnomusicology, while also drawing from his
background as a certified music educator. Alex’s prior and
current work include research on music-motor synchronization in
Afro-Brazilian capoeira and Indonesian gamelan, and song-mode
matching in historical recordings of capoeira mestres.
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.
