My current projects:
- Folklore and Ethnomusicology fieldwork methods handbook
- Edited volume called Everyday Life on the African Continet
- The politics of intangible cultural heritage in Malawi.
- The musical listening practices of American troops fighting in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Anti-war activism of contemporary American war veterans.
- Gender, dance and other performance genres, and gender in Malawi
I made a documentary film about contemporary G.I. resistance in the U.S. called Grounds for Resistance. Visit
www.groundsforresistance.com for more information.
Research and teaching areas:
- Folklore
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- African Studies
- Dance
- Gender
- Sexuality
- Music, Dance and War
- Personal Narratives
- Performance and Power