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Vita

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Employment

Full-Time Instructor, Ethnomusicology and Music History, Cerritos College (1999-Present)

Guest Lecturer, Anthropology, University of California, Irvine

Part-Time Instructor, Music History, Cerritos College (1998-1999)

Teaching Assistant, Anthropology, University of California, Irvine (1997-1999)

Teaching Assistant, Music, Claremont Graduate University (1995-1996)

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Committee Work

Curriculum Committee: Fall 2004

Program Review Committee: Fall 2002

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Music Projects

New Media Classroom: 

       Points of Dissent/Agreement: Exploring Racism and Cultural Diversity in Los Angeles

Liner notes:

On the Mile, "Different Lines"(2001)

Recordings:

Crescent Avenue Music, Commercial Jingle (2002) Keyboards

Dillinger, Musical (2002) Conductor/Keyboards

Felt, "Desert Center" (2001) Keyboards

Rick Melanson Quintet, "Rick Melanson Quintet featuring Kelly O'Dell" (1999) Keyboards

Freedom's Run, Musical (1999) Conductor

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Publications

The Tenth Island: A Study of Azorean Music, Modern Diaspora, and Transnational Identity (in progress)

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Education

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine Advisor: Robert Garfias, Committee: Anthony Seeger,  Samuel Gilmore, Frank Cancian, Christopher Dobrian

MA, Claremont Graduate School (1997)

BM, Chapman University  (1996)

"Mozarteum," Salzburg, Austria

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