Degrees
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, Ethnomusicology, 2005
M.A. Wheaton College (IL), MA Intercultural Communications, Summa Cum Laude, 1987
B.S. Brown University, Cognitive Science, Magna Cum Laude, 1984
Current positions
International Coordinator for Ethnomusicology, SIL International (2006- )
Adjunct Professor, Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics (2006- )
Research Associate, Strategic Research Unit, SIL International (2007- )
Other experience
Ethnomusicology consultant, Cameroon, 2002-2006
Linguist/Ethnomusicologist, DR Congo, 1992-1998
Editor, Catalyst & Research Library, 1996-2000
Editor, EMNews, 1995-1997
Course developer, "Music and Cross-Cultural Communication," 1990-1992
Membership
Society for Ethnomusicology
International Society for Traditional Musics
International Council of Ethnodoxologists
Language Proficiency
English native speaker
French Level 3
Lingala (DR Congo) Level 2.5
Mono (DR Congo) Level 2
Research interests
Indigenous hymnody
Communication theory
Revitalization movements
Cognition
Applied ethnomusicology
Africa
Selected publications
Publications in SIL International Bibliography
2005. How Bamiléké Music-Makers Create Culture in Cameroon. Ph.D. dissertation. University of California, Los Angeles.
2003. With Neil Coulter. "Response to 'Ethnomusicology as Tool for the Christian Missionary'." In European Meetings in Ethnomusicology 10: 98-108.
2000. With Kenneth S. Olson. "An overview of Mono phonology." In Proceedings from the 2nd World Congress of African Linguistics, Leipzig 1997, ed. by H. Ekkehard Wolff and Orin Gensler, 393-409. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe.
1998. "Mono Creativity: The Commissioning and Composition of Three Songs." Research Review (Legon, Ghana) Supplementary Issue No. 10.
1996. "Toward a Generative Analysis of Rhythm: A Review of African Polyphony and Polyrhythm [Simha Arom]." EMNews 5(1).
1994. "Toward a Model for the Evaluation of the Cultural Strength of Various Musics." Notes on Anthropology and Intercultural Community Work 16:3-14.
1992. "Translating Song Texts as Oral Compositions. "Notes on Translation 6 (1):44-62.
1989. "Becoming Bi-musical: The Importance And Possibility Of Missionary Involvement In Music." Missiology 17:311-320.
Online works
2000. "Grooving at the Nexus: The Intersection of African Music and Euro-American Ethnomusicology at UCLA." UCLA Ethnomusicology Department. Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles. http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/Groovin%20at%20the%20Nexus.pdf
Selected papers presented
2006. "Musical Invigoration of Cultural Dynamism in a Bamiléké Dance Association." Presented at the annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
2006. With Dan Fitzgerald. "Yeah, but is it any good? The role of criticism in Christian song composition and performance." Presented at the Global Consultation on Music and Missions, St. Paul, Minnesota.
2003. "What Right Have We to Interfere? Rigor, Integrity, and Grace in the Context of Criticism." Presented at the Global Consultation on Music and Missions, Fort Worth, Texas.
1999. "Situated Musical Competence: Insights from the Composition of Three Songs in Northwestern Congo." Presented at the annual Meeting of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Austin, Texas.
1996. "Catalyzing Creativity: Nurturing a Dying Music Through Apprenticeship." Presented at the Meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology, Cincinnati, Ohio. |