Curriculum Vitae

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Academic Appointments:

2024-26 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California-Los Angeles Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and the Initiative to Study Hate             
2023-24 Visiting Assistant Professor of Musicology, Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music 
2022-23 Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Bowdoin College 
2021-22 Postdoctoral Fellow in Holocaust Studies, American University and the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 
Spring 2022 Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies, SUNY-Albany

Education: 

2021 Ph.D.,Musicology/Ethnomusicology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 
2018 M.A.,  Musicology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Graduate Minor: Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies. 
2016 M.A., Religious Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder. Graduate Certificate: Jewish Studies 
2013 B.A., B.A. Music/B.A. Religious Studies, Montana State University-Bozeman

Research and Teaching Interests: 

Antisemitism, Holocaust and Jewish Studies; Sound Studies; Israeli/Palestinian Studies; Religion and Interfaith Dialogue; Hate & Social Justice; Voice Studies; Trauma and Memory; Film and Media; Social Media and Pop Culture

Grants, Fellowships, & Awards:

External—National & International 

2025 Curt C. and Else Silberman Faculty Seminar Fellow, "Jewish Experiences Under Nazi and Soviet Occupation of Eastern Europe," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, June 11–20, 2025

2024-25	Association for Jewish Studies Paula Hyman Memorial Mentorship Program Cohort 

2024 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Broadening Academia Initiative Conference Travel Grant (awarded to 10 scholars from the U.S. and Canada)

2024 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Broadening Academia Initiative Writing Retreat Selected Participant (one of 10 scholars selected across the U.S. and Canada for this competitive in-person residency)

2022-23	Semi-Finalist, Alfred Landecker Lecturer Program and the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure
2021-22 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Berlin Program for Advanced German & European Studies, Free Universität Berlin (declined) 
2021-22 First Alternate, Yale Institute for Sacred Music Postdoctoral Fellowship 
2020 Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Summer Fellowship (Polish) 
2019 Graduate Research Fellow, Visiting Scholar Programs, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (3-month residency)
2019 Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern University Fellow, 24th Annual Institute on the Holocaust & Jewish Civilization 
2019 Jewish Music as Research Workshop Fellow, Europäisches Zentrum für Jüdische Musik, Hildesheim, Germany
2018 Auschwitz Jewish Center Graduate Fellow, Auschwitz Jewish Center, NYC/Oświęim, Poland 
2016 Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace, Middlebury Summer German Language School, Middlebury College

Internal—University 

2020-21 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota
2020 Hella Mears Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, Center for German & European Studies, University of Minnesota
2020 Lillian and Leo Gross Scholarship in Jewish Studies, Center for Jewish Studies, University of Minnesota
2019-20 Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellowship, University of Minnesota
2019 Jerome L. Joss Graduate Student Research Fellowship, Center for Jewish Studies, University of Minnesota 
2018 Professor Riv-Ellen Prell Research in the Study of Jewish Cultures Graduate Student Research Fellowship, Center for Jewish Studies, University of Minnesota
2017 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, Literature/Film Association Conference: Politics, Ethics, Adaptations 
2017 Graduate Research Partnership Program Fellowship, College of Liberal Arts & School of Music, University of Minnesota 
2016 Barry and Sue Baer Graduate Fellowship, Program in Jewish Studies, University of Colorado
2016 Center for Western Civilization Language Study Grant, University of Colorado 
2015 Goldberger Research Fellowship, Program in Jewish Studies, University of Colorado 
2013 Outstanding Performance Award, Class of 2013, Montana State University 
2013 Service Award, Department of History, Religion, and Philosophy, Montana State University

Professional Affiliations:

  • American Musicological Society

  • Association for Jewish Studies

  • German Studies Association

  • Holocaust Educational Foundation of Northwestern

  • Society for American Music

  • Society for Ethnomusicology

Research Languages:

  • English, native speaker

  • German, fluent

  • Yiddish, beginning reading comprehension

  • Polish, reading comprehension

  • Hebrew, beginner

Musicianship, Ensembles, and Creative Work:

Violinist and vocalist trained in classical, folk, klezmer, and improvisational styles; Audio Guide Curator—Treblinka Memorial Site, Poland; Violinist, Naya Strunes Klezmer Ensemble (2019-21)