EDUCATION

Ph.D. Music/Ethnomusicology (1997)

University of California, Berkeley

M.A. Music/Ethnomusicology (1990)

University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

B.A. Music (1985)  Honors

University of California, Santa Cruz

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

University of Pittsburgh, Professor of Music (2010-present), Associate Professor of Music (2004-2010), Assistant Professor of Music (1998-2004), Visiting Assistant Professor of Music (1997-1998)

University of California, Los Angeles, Lecturer in Music (Spring 1997)

University of California, San Diego, Lecturer in Music (Spring 1996 - Spring 1997)

PUBLICATIONS (selected)

Books

Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities (co-editor with Bart Barendregt). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2017.

Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia (editor). London and New York: Routledge, 2011.

Dangdut Stories: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia’s Most Popular Music. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Translated into Indonesian: Dangdut: Musik, Identitas, dan Budaya Indonesia. Jakarta: Gramedia Press, 2012.

Music and Cultural Rights (co-editor with Bell Yung). Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2009.

Power Plays: Wayang Golek Puppet Theater of West Java. Athens, Ohio and Singapore: Ohio University Press/Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

“The Act of Singing: Women, Music, and the Politics of Truth and Reconciliation.” Yearbook for Traditional Music 53, 2021:1-44.

“Nation, Islam, and Gender in Dangdut, Indonesia’s Most Popular Music.” In The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Indonesia, Ed. Robert W. Hefner. New York: Routledge Press, 2018: 369-377. 

“Re-vamping Asia: Women, Music, and Modernity in Comparative Perspective.” (co-author with Bart Barendregt). In Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities, Ed. Andrew N. Weintraub and Bart Barendregt. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 2017: 1-39. 

“Decentering Ethnomusicology: Indonesian Popular Music Studies.” In Producing Indonesia: The State of the Field of Indonesian Studies, Ed. Eric Tagliacozzo. Ithaca: Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2014:347-366.

“The Sound and Spectacle of Dangdut Koplo: Genre and Counter-Genre in East Java, Indonesia.” Asian Music 44(2), 2013:160-194.

“The Audible Future: Reimagining the Role of Sound Archives and Sound Repatriation in Uganda.” [co-authored with Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza]. Ethnomusicology 56(2), 2012:206-233.

“Morality and its Dis(contents): Dangdut and Islam in Indonesia.” In Music and Islam in Indonesia, ed. David Harnish and Anne Rasmussen. Oxford University Press, 2011:318-336. 

“Dance Drills, Faith Spills: Islam, Body Politics, and Popular Music in Indonesia.” Popular Music 27(3), 2008:365-390.

“Dangdut Soul: Who are ‘The People’ in Indonesian Popular Music?” Asian Journal of Communication 16(4), 2006:411-431. Reprinted in Mark Hobart & Richard Fox (eds.) Entertainment Media in Indonesia. New York: Routledge, 2008.

“The Crisis of the Sinden: Gender, Politics, and Memory in the Performing Arts of West Java, 1959-1964.” Indonesia 77, 2004:57-78.

HONORS AND AWARDS (selected)

CAORC-NEH Fellow (alternate), 2023-24.

Society for Ethnomusicology Helen Roberts Prize for “The Act of Singing,” the most significant article in ethnomusicology written by a member of the Society for Ethnomusicology after the first ten years of their scholarly career (2020-21).

International Council for Traditional Music Article Prize (Honorable Mention) for “The Act of Singing,” the most outstanding article in a scholarly journal or edited volume (2020-21).

Henry Luce Foundation Research Grant for the project “Critical Dimensions of Music and Collective Memory of 1965-66.” American Institute for Indonesian Studies, June/July, 2019.

Visiting Fellow, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV), for the project “Articulating Modernity: The Making of Popular Music in 20th Century Southeast Asia,” July/August, 2012.

Fulbright Specialists Grant in Anthropology, for the Development of an Ethnomusicology Program at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, June 2011 and July/August 2010.

Visiting Fellow, Institute for Ethnic Studies (KITA), National University of Malaysia (UKM), for the project “Music and Multiculturalism in Popular Music of Indonesia and Malaysia, 1950-1970,” July, 2009.

Fulbright Senior Scholar Award for the project “Dangdut Stories: A Social and Musical History of Indonesia’s Most Popular Music,” 2006-07. 

Ford Foundation Grant (co-director) for the Workshop, Conference, and Dissemination of Research for the project “Cultural Rights and Academic Responsibility: Politics and Economics in the Globalization of Music,” 2003-2006.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND FIELD STUDY (selected)

Field study in Indonesia (7 years): 2019; 2017; 2016; 2014; 2013; 2012; 2011; 2010; 2009; 2008; 2006-07; 2005; 2001; 1999; 1994-1995; 1992; 1988-1989; 1986; 1984

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS (selected)

Board of Directors, American Institute for Indonesian Studies (AIFIS), 2020-present

Editorial Board Member, Studies on Performing Arts & Literature of the Islamicate World (books series, Brill Publications, the Netherlands), 2014-present

Executive Board Member, Society for Asian Music, 2006-present

Executive Board Member, Society for Ethnomusicology, 2013-2015

Chair, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh, 2012-2015

LANGUAGES

Indonesian (speak, write, read); Sundanese (speak, write, read); Dutch: read