RESEARCH INTERESTS
FESTIVALS
TECHNOLOGY
LATINX STUDIES
MUSIC CITIES
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
"MUSIC CITIES: LIVE, LOCAL LABOR AND THE PARADOX OF LIVE MUSIC ECONOMIES"
Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, NM. November 2018
“MAKE MUSIC LIKE A PRO: THE LAPTOP AS AN ASPIRATIONAL FOLK INSTRUMENT”
University of Texas San Antonio. American Musicological Society Annual Meeting.
November 2018.
“DIGITAL FOLKLORE: AN INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE”
Harvard University. Ex-Centric Music Studies Conference. February 6, 2018.
“CLAVE/DISTORTION: RE-IMAGINING LATINO MASCULINITIES”
University of North Texas. Society for Ethnomusicology Southern Plains Regional Conference. 2016.
University of Texas at Austin. ILASSA 34. Annual Student Conference on Latin America. February
28, 2015
“FROM SELENA TO SHAKIRA: THE LATINA CROSSOVER STAR IN THE AMERICAN IMAGINATION.”
Princeton University. Graduate Latino Student Conference. April 24, 2015
University of Texas at Austin. ILASSA 34. Annual Student Conference on Latin America. February
28, 2015
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
CITY OF AUSTIN COMMUNITY INITIATIVES PROGRAM
2020
RAINWATER INNOVATION GRANT
2019
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS DIVERSITY COMMITTEE PROJECT GRANT
2019 and 2020
TINKER PRE-DISSERTATION FIELD RESEARCH GRANT
2017
UT AUSTIN GRADUATE SCHOOL DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIP
2014
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
SOCIETY FOR ETHNOMUSICOLOGY
THE AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF POPULAR MUSIC (IASPM)
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN MUSIC
THE COPYRIGHT SOCIETY OF AMERICA
LANGUAGES
Spanish (native speaker)
Portuguese (working knowledge)
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Event production and fundraising
Computer-based music production and songwriting using ProTools, Ableton Live, Max MSP
Graphic design using Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator