I am an assistant professor in Musicology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I am also a classically-trained singer and scholar whose research triangulates aesthetic theory, cultural history, and technology and science. I received my Ph.D. in Music History and Theory from the University of Chicago, and the degrees of B.M. in voice performance and an M.A. in musicology from Indiana University, Jacobs School of Music. I was a co-founder of Project Spectrum.

My current book project traces the cultural history of the atomic bomb in mediations of “spectacle,” including film, television, video game, opera, and performance art. I teach courses on opera across media, music in the atomic age, and theories of the spectacle.

I have many hobbies including triathlon, baking & cooking, knitting & crocheting, painting & photography.

Please contact me about writing on music, opera, film, and nuclear cultures or creative collaborations with voice, poetry, and performance.