Recognitions & Awards
Professional Achievements
Elizabeth May (Slater) Prize
May 2020
Award from the Society for Ethnomusicology’s Education Section
Paper awarded: "Childhood, Repatriation, and Sustainability: A 5th-Grade School Music Experience in North America"
Part of the panel “Musical Resonances and Revivals: Intergenerational, Transnational, and Emotional Connections that Shape Music Making among Children and Youth,” with Dr. Katherine Lee, Dr. Patricia Campbell, Dr. Tiffany Pollock, and Dr. Andrea Emberly, presented at the 2019 Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting in Bloomington, Indiana.
American Orff-Schulwerk Research Grant
April 2020
Grant awarded for the research project, “Creativity As a Vessel for Fostering Pride in Indigenous Youth Culture Through Collective Compositions: A Collaborative Case Study.”
In partnership with the Yakama Nation Tribal School (Toppenish, WA).