Philosophy

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EDUCATION:

BA (Music): University of Calgary
MA (Musicology): University of Alberta
Ph.D. Candidate (Ethnomusicology): York University (completion date winter 2009) 
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TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Popular music; Country music; Alternative country and folk music; Community radio and media; Music and geography; Music and gender; Political economy of music; Music industry; Western art music; World music  

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CURRENT TEACHING:

MUS 505  - Popular Music and Culture

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CURRENT PUBLICATIONS:

Winter 2008: "Underground Survival: Vocal Performance Practice and Intertextuality in Canadian Alt-Country."  In Spanning the Distance: Reflections on Popular Music in Canada, ed. Charity Marsh and Holly Everett.  Forthcoming (under review).

Fall 2005: "Radio Mondo: Transcending the Boundaries of Community Radio in Alberta."  Culture and Tradition Vol. 27 (2005), p. 123-32.