Research Interests
Sundanese and Indonesian music, dance, and theater; discourses on music theory and practice; social relations of power and music; music and the formation of nation-states; gender and popular music. Current projects include a study of Melayu popular music in Southeast Asia (1950-70) and a book about female singing traditions in West Java, Indonesia.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (1997)
M.A., University of Hawai`i (1990)
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz (1985)
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Courses
Undergraduate
- Music Cultures of the World
- Music of Southeast Asia
- Gamelan
- The Beatles
Graduate
- Introduction to Ethnomusicology
- Field and Lab Methods
- Advanced Methods in Cultural Theory and Musical Practice
- The Study of Popular Music
Organizations
- Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) 
- Society for Asian Music
- Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
- International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)
Publications
- Power Plays
- Music and Cultural Rights
- Dangdut Stories (forthcoming, Oxford University Press)
- Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
- Wayang Golek: The Sound and Celebration of Sundanese Puppet Theater