CURRENT POSITIONS

Lecturer, Department of Music, Loyola Marymount University

Lecturer, Department of Humanities, CSU Dominguez Hills

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2005

• M.A. in Ethnomusicology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 1999

• M. Mus. in Composition, Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 1995
• B.F.A. (Honors) Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1993
• New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA, 1988-1990

PROFESSIONAL WORK

Reviewer for world music textbooks and scholarly articles.

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007-2009
Ford Foundation Diversity Dissertation Fellowship, 2004-2005
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2004-2005 (declined)
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Title VI, 2002-2004
UCLA Academic Year Research Mentorship Grant, 2001-2002
UCLA Summer Research Mentorship Grant, 2001
J. William Fulbright (IIE) Fellowship to the Philippines, 1999-2000

TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

MA Thesis Committee, Musicology, Tufts University, 2008-2009
Graduate Admissions Committee, Ethnomusicology, Tufts University, 2008-2009
“Asian American Music,” MUS 195-02, Special Studies, Tufts University, Fall 2008
“Music of Asia,” MUS 27, Tufts University, Spr. 2008, Spr. 2009, Summer 2009
“Music around the World,” ETHNOMU 5, UCLA, 2007
“Music around the World,” ETHNOMU 5, UCLA, 2006
“Philippine History,” teaching assistant, UCLA, 2004
“History of Southeast Asia,” teaching assistant, UCLA, 2002
“Philippine History,” teaching assistant, UCLA, 2002
“American Popular Music,” teaching assistant, UCLA, 2001
“Music Cultures of the World: Asia,” teaching assistant, UCLA, 2001
“Development of Jazz,” teaching assistant, UCLA, 2000
Adjudicator for the National Music Competition for Young Artists, Manila, Philippines, 1999
UCLA Ethnomusicology Outreach Program, Tibby Elementary School, Compton, CA, 1999
“World Music Theory” teaching assistant, UCLA, 1998-1999