Publications

(under review) “‘It’s all yours, from the hill to the sea, Hawaiian!’: Oceanic Perspectives on Reggae in Hawai‘i” in Sovereign Aesthetics: Indigenous Approaches to Sound Studies, edited by Jessica Bissett Perea and Trevor Reed for Duke University Press.

(under review) “The Fisherman and The Farmerman: Reggae as Medium for Political Consciousness in Hawai‘i”

2022. Review: Listen But Don’t Ask Questions: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Across the TransPacific by Kevin Fellezs. In Journal of the Society for American Music, 16 (1): 120-123.

2021. “Sacred Relations: Indigenous Perspectives on Religion.” In SEM Student News, 17 (1): 1-2. https://www.semsn.com/sacred-relations-kale

2021. “Thoughts from My Desk: Writing Tips for Graduate Students.” In SEM Student News, 16 (2): 9-11. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ethnomusicology.org/resource/group/dc75b7e7-47d7-4d59-a660-19c3e0f7c83e/publications/semsn_16-2.pdf

2017. “A Response to ‘Decolonizing Ethnomusicology.’” In SEM Student News, 13 (1): 25-26. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ethnomusicology.org/resource/group/dc75b7e7-47d7-4d59-a660-19c3e0f7c83e/publications/SEMSN13.1.pdf

Awards

University of California, Davis

University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

2022-2023

Dartmouth College

Charles Eastman Fellowship

2020-2022

Society for American Music

Robert Walser and Susan McClary Fellowship

2019

University of California, Santa Barbara

Doctoral Student Travel Grant

2019

University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate Opportunity Fellowship

2017

Full CV available here