Student Profile
Sun Ny Vang
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.
Research Interests: Critical Indigenous Studies; Critical HMong/HMoob Music Studies; ethno/musicology; music-making and vocal music education; storytelling and memory; musical meaning in anime, videogames, and films.
Awards
Mellon Public Scholars Fellowship, University of California,
Davis, 2022.
Dean’s Summer Fellowship, University of California, Davis, 2021.