Present | Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of Appalachian Studies | |
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Present | Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University ‐ Department of History | |
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Present | Bluegrass Band Director, Individual Instruction - Mandolin., East Tennessee State University ‐ Bluegrass, Old Time, and County Music Studies | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2018 - 2019 | Between Globalism and Nationalism: Czech Bluegrassers' Stories of Localization |
Charles University | |
Fulbright Scholar Award | |
$36,000 | |
2017 - 2017 | Consort Collective Course |
East Tennessee State University | |
Presidential Grant-in-Aid | |
$900 | |
2014 - 2015 | Preparing for PBS Broadcast of the ETSU Documentary film Banjo Romantika |
East Tennessee State University | |
RDC Major Grant | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$9,000 | |
2012 - 2013 | Czech Bluegrass: Sounds and Stories from Home and Abroad |
East Tennessee State University | |
RDC Major Grant | |
Role: Co-Investigator | |
$9,790 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
Present | Member, Appalachian Studies Association | Present | Member, Classical Mandolin Society of America | Present | Member, International Bluegrass Music Association | Present | Member, Society for Ethnomusicology | Present | Web- and Social Media Coordinator, Southeast and Caribbean Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology |
Honors and Awards
- 2005 - First Place, Albemarle County Fair Fiddle Contest
- 2006 - Third Place, Albemarle County Fair Fiddle Contest
- 2008 - First Prize (Bluegrass Fiddle and Mandolin) Hoppin' John Fiddlers' Convention
- 2016 - Third Place (Novice) Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Scottish Fiddle Competition
- 2016 - Second Place, Mandolin. Fiddlers' Convention
- 2017-2018 - East Tennessee State University College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2018 - ETSU College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award (Spring)
Courses
- Bluegrass Seminar I (Bluegrass and America's Music)
- APST 5337/5337 - Appalachia in Scotland
- BLUE 4xx7/5xx7 - Band Performance Abroad
- APST 5670 - Ethnomusicology and Appalachia
- APST 5950 - Research and Methods in Appalachian Studies
- BLUE 3140 - Bluegrass History II
- BLUE 3130 - Bluegrass History I
- BLUE 4130 - Survey of Contemporary Bluegrass
2003 - 2011 | Ph.D, Critical and Comparative Studies in Music, University of Virginia | |
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1997 - 2001 | B.A., Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | |
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Links
Contact Information
PO Box 70435
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: 304C Brooks Gym
Phone: 423-439-7072
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