Presentations & Workshops
2021
“Apollo Women: Performance and Activism." Virtual Educators' Workshop, Apollo Theater
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“Touching the Sun: Music, Trauma, and Youth in New York City.” Music, Sound, and Trauma: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Virtual Conference, Indiana University
2020
“The Sugarloaf Mudslide: Climate Change and Musical Activism in Sierra Leone.” Society for Ethnomusicology Virtual Annual Meeting, Carleton University and Queen’s University
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“Twelve and Me: Teaching the Apollo Theater’s Between the World and Me Curriculum.” International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Music, Education, and Social Inclusion Group Conference, Universidad Interamericana, Puerto Rico, COVID Cancellation
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“Lonta! Environmental Sustainability Messages in the Music of Sierra Leone’s Freetong Players.” Responses to Music in Climate Change Conference, CUNY Graduate Conference, COVID Cancellation
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“Kykunkor: Early American Encounters with Sierra Leonean Dance Dramas.” American Contact Virtual Conference, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania
“Freetown Soundscape: Chosan’s Love Song to Sierra Leone.” Un/Sounding the Relational City Conference, New York University, New York, NY
2019
“Beyond the Estate: Migration Messages in the Music of Emcee Chosan.” African/Diaspora Migrations, Displacements, and Movements Conference, Howard University, Washington, DC
“Lonta! Ecomusicological Messages in the Songs of Sierra Leone’s Freetong Players Musical Arts Troupe.” Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Conference, Washington, DC
“‘Trilliant’: Searching for Truth, Realness, and Brilliance in Music and the Public Humanities.” Northeast Chapter of the Society for Ethnomusicology Conference, Colby College, Waterville, ME
“Hip-Hop and Trauma in New York City.” PHENND Trauma and the Arts: Mobilizing Anchor Institutions, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
“Student Musical Tastes: Exploring Musical Cultures through Writing in Middle School through College Classrooms." Teachers in the Round Conference, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
2018
“‘Say It Again’: Stories of Worthy Witnessing with Emcee Chosan.” Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM
“‘The Educational Coffeehouse’: Using Sierra Leonean Hip-Hop Music in New York City Teacher Workshops.” International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) African Musics Symposium, Accra, Ghana