Shannon Tanhayi Ahari (’19 PH.D.)
Librarian
Shannon Tanhayi Ahari just accepted a job as Librarian/Curator of European Studies in International Studies at the UCLA Library (at the rank of Associate Librarian).
Alumni employment news
Elise Anderson (’19 M.A.)
Traditional Arts Specialist
Elise Anderson started a new job as Senior Program Officer for Research and Advocacy at the Uyghur Human Rights Project in Washington, DC. Elise's dissertation was "Imperfect Perfection: Uyghur Mugam and the Practice of Cultural Renovation in the People's Republic of China."
Nate Gibson (’03 PH.D.)
Audiovisual Preservation Archivist
Nate was promoted at UW-Madison as Audiovisual Preservation Archivist putting him in charge of media preservation for entire General Library System at UW Madison.
Additionally, Nate was awarded the Morgridge Fellow at University of Wisconsin-Madison (only awarded to 10 faculty and staff members on campus each year for community-engaged scholarship).
Kathleen Kuo (PH.D. Candidate)
Program Manager
Kathleen Kuo, PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology, has accepted a position as Program Manager for Nevada Humanities at their Las Vegas office.
Allie Martin (’20 PH.D.)
Mellon Postdoc to Tenure
Allie Martin will be beginning a Mellon Postdoc to Tenure position this fall at Dartmouth University. This position starts as a postdoc and transitions into Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology and Digital Humanities.
The job encompasses teaching, research and service. Allie will be teaching classes in black popular music, sound studies, and black digital humanities. She will also continue her research agenda that encompasses listening to gentrification and works towards the decriminalization of black sound. Finally, she will be helping to build the newly formed Digital Humanities and Social Engagement Cluster at Dartmouth.
Evangeline Mee (’19 M.A.)
Traditional Arts Specialist
Evangeline Mee is the Tennessee Arts Commission’s new Traditional Arts Specialist. Evangeline joins to document, preserve, and present Tennessee’s diverse folklife. She is integral to the Folklife Program’s ongoing grants work and apprenticeship program, as well as the upcoming training institutes and future multimedia projects.
Suheyla Saritas (’03 PH.D.)
Sociology Professor
Dr. Suheyla Saritas is now a full professor in The Department of Sociology in Balikesir University in Turkey. Her works include; material culture, gender, and intangible cultural heritage in Turkey.
Her advisor was professor Henry Glassie and her dissertation was titled "The Influence of Home Decoration in a Small Village in Turkey."
Dom Tartaglia (’19 PH.D.)
Curator and Folklorist
Dr. Dom Tartaglia is the new Curator and Folklorist at The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art. Dom received his Ph.D. in Folklore and Ethnomusicology with a minor in the anthropology of food. His dissertation, "Festival Politics and American Identities: A Folkloristic Study of Hot Dog Eating Contests," explores how hot dog eating contests are used at festivals across the U.S. to create and reinforce group identity.
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