Alumni
Department of Linguistics

Graduated with MA 2001

I am interested in studying language in the context of music. My research focuses on how identities are projected and negotiated during musical performance, via tactics such as adequation, distinction, authentication, and intertextuality. My current research focuses on how these techniques manifest themselves in the improvised vocal performance genre of freestyle rap. I am also interested in how identities collectively emerge in the course of freestyle rap performances.