As a budding PhD Student, here are some of the past research experiences I have taken part in.
2030, June—University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
PhD in Music
2026, June—University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
MA in Music
2024, May - Tufts University, Medford, MA
BA in Music
BA in Anthropology
BA in Mathematics
GPA: 3.80
Honors:
Summa Cum Laude
High Honors in Thesis
Title: “Music in Online Activism: The Soundtrack of the #MeToo Movement”
Thesis Advisor: Stéphanie Khoury
Dean’s List: 2020 - 2024
Awards:
2024 Lise Waxer Prize—Boston, MA, Northeast Chapter for the Society of Ethnomusicology
2024 Outstanding Achievement Award—Medford, MA Tufts University, Department of Music
2024 Ethel M. Hayes Scholarship Award—Medford, MA Tufts University
2023 Summer Scholars Research Award—Medford, MA Tufts University
2020 Daughters of the American Revolution’s Good Citizenship Award—Sussex County, NJ DAR 2020 John Philip Sousa Award—Hopatcong, NJ Music Department
Leadership Experience:
2023-2024 TCU Music Major Representative Tufts University
2023-2024 Math Society Interim President Tufts University
2021-2024 Math Society Treasurer Tufts University
2021-2024 Math Department Outreach Committee Board Tufts University
2022-2024 Personal Tutor/ Instructor Tufts University
Research Papers (single-authored):
2024
2024, May Music. Networked and Refracted: The Echoes of TikTok’s #MeToo Movement—Department of Music, Tufts University
2024, May Hashtags and Healing: Exploring Restorative Musical Practices on TikTok —Department of Music, Tufts University
2024, May Considering Value and Agency in Musical Activism The #MeToo Movement—Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
2023
2023, May Constructing Identity and Community: An Anthem for the #MeToo Movement—Department of Music, Tufts University
2023, Dec. Sonic Connectivity in Political Activism: The Soundtrack of the #MeToo Movement—Department of Music, Tufts University
2023, Dec. Cinderella Snapped: Renegotiating Modern-Day Structuralism—Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
2023, Nov. Structuralism and Functionalism: What the Hell is Going On?—Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
2023, Oct. Marx and Freud: An Unlikely Pair—Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
2023, May Identity in Music, Music in Identity: An Exploration of Music in the #MeToo Movement—Department of Music, Tufts University
2023, May Reclaiming Identity and Community Through Music: An Anthem for Public Media—Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
2023, May Singing Out for Social Justice: Twenty-First Century Massachusetts— Departments of Music and Anthropology, Tufts University
2023, May The Voice of Many to One: An Ethnographic Approach to Communal Music Making in the Church—Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
2022
2022, Dec. Diplomatic Dissonance—Department of Music, Tufts University
2022, Dec. A Book Review: “Shostakovich and Stalin: The Extraordinary Relationship Between the Great Composer and the Brutal Dictator”—Department of Music, Tufts University
2022, Dec. The Power of Symphonic Language—Department of Anthropology, Tufts University
2022, May The Mystification of Harmonizing Spheres: Mathematics and Music—Department of Music, Tufts University
2022, May Solfeggio Sound Baths—Department of Physics, Tufts University
2021
2021, Nov. Hidden Figures: Paola Massarenghi—Department of Music, Tufts University
Compositions:
2021, May The Eye of the Storm—Department of Music, Tufts University
Recitals:
2022, May Private Lesson Spring Recital—Department of Music, Tufts University
2021, Dec. Private Lesson Winter Recital—Department of Music, Tufts University