This page is a series of links either to places where I have taught, program summaries, or home pages of the programs I have taught during my time at The Evergreen State College. Since 2020, my program sites have been available only through Canvas, which requires an Evergreen ID for access.
I am an ethnomusicologist—an anthropologist of music—and I teach music and cultural studies. My interests include liminality, language, gender, religion, and food; because of teaching with so many colleagues, those interests have expanded to include so much more. I have been very fortunate to teach with specialists in theater, physics, philosophy, psychology, agriculture, film, writing, cultural studies, linguistics, history, marine science, literature, and more. It has given me both breadth and depth in my teaching, along with the opportunity to observe outstanding colleagues at work. I teach my students to play and sing in whatever genre and language we explore. In addition to my articles and reviews in the field of ethnomusicology, I have written one award-winning book and pieces about music and religion, revival, food, dance, and identity for several edited volumes. My next book—Music at the Threshold from the Sacred to the Dangerous (Oxford University Press)—will appear in print in May.
- Ireland in History and Memory (2025-26)
- Exploring the In-Between; Epics in Theory and Practice; Bringing Ideas to Life (2024-25)
- America to 2025/Humanities Capstone (2023-24)
- Ireland in History and Memory (2022-23)
- Taste: Music in Cultural Context (2021-22); Slavic, Celtic, and Hellenic Folklore (S22)
- Sabbatical (2020-21)
- Ireland in History and Memory (2019-20)
- Student Originated Studies – Music (F18), Not a Melting Pot: American Identities, Migrations, and Places (W19), and World Music Theater (S19)
- Foundations of the Performing Arts (2017-18) and Slavic and Celtic Folklore (spring 2018)
- Ireland in History and Memory (2016-17)
- Knowing the World through Thought, Sound, and Vision (2014-15) and Irish Drama (spring 2015)
- Sacred Movement, Sacred Sound (2014-15)
- Ireland in History and Memory (2013-14)
- Music Intensive (2012-13)
- Equatorial Studies (2011-2012) and Slavic and Celtic Folklore (spring 2012)
- Music and Movement in Nature and Culture (2010-11)
- Ireland: Between History and Memory (2009-10)
- Performance Works: Telling Stories (2008-09)
- Perception, Mind and Reality (2007-08)
- Ireland Program (2006-07)
- Asian Culture and Arts (2005-06)
- Sabbatical Year (2004-05)
- Ireland: Living Between Worlds (2003-04)
- Intimate Nature (2002-03)
- The Expression of Self, West to East (2001-02)
- Awakening Ireland (2000-01)
- Performing Arts and Culture (1999-2000)
- Envisioning Home (1998-99)
- Perspectives on Ireland (1997-98)
- Asian Performing Arts and Culture (1996-97)
- Foundations of the Performing Arts (1995-96)
- The Irish Experience (1994-95)
- Music Cultures of the World (1993-94)
- Popular Art and Culture (1992-93)
- Introduction to the Performing Arts (1991-92)
- Columbia University (1990-91)
- University of Washington (1982-1990)