Cohort Year:
2016
Research Interests:
music and nationalism, modernity, and global migration/diaspora; music and religion; Middle Eastern/Kurdish Studies
About
Jon came to UChicago after earning a bachelor's degree in religion (2011) and an MA in ethnomusicology (2015). His current dissertation project combines ethnographic and historical methods to examine the musical traditions of Iraqi Kurdistan and music among the global (Iraqi) Kurdish diaspora.
Workshops
EthNoise! – coordinator, 2018-2019
Teaching Experience
Music in Western Civilization I (Course Assistant, Winter 2019)
Music in Western Civilization II (Course Assistant, Spring 2019)