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​Èrìn-Òṣun, Nigeria
Photo by Debbie Klein

Research

  • Research in the California Community Colleges system | 2019-present
  • Field research in Òṣun State, Nigeria | 2017
  • Field research in Kwara and Òṣun States, Nigeria | 2010 & 2012
  • Field research in Bahia, Brazil | 2009
  • Field research in Caracas, Venezuela | 2008
  • Postdoctoral field research in Òṣun State, Nigeria | 2005
  • Postdoctoral field research in San Francisco, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. | 2000-2001
  • Doctoral dissertation field research in Òṣogbo and Èrìn-Òṣun, Nigeria | 1995-1998
  • Undergraduate honors thesis research in Ìbàdàn and Èrìn-Òṣun, Nigeria | 1990-1991

Honors

Professional Development Grant, Gavilan College
Bayreuth Graduate School of African Studies, Bayreuth University, Germany | 2019

Faculty of the Month
Gavilan College | 2018

Chieftaincy Title
Iyalode Aare of Èrìn-Òṣun, Nigeria | 2017
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National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Research Grant
Indigenous, Islamic, and Secular Intersections in Yorùbá Fújì Performance | 2012
 
Professional Development Grant, Gavilan College
The Making of the Yoruba, Mellon-Sawyer Seminar on Ethnicity in Africa | 2011
 
Faculty of the Month
Gavilan College | 2010

 
Finalist, Alan Merriam Prize
Distinguished Monograph in Ethnomusicology | 2010
 
Professional Development Grant, Gavilan College
Orixá and Evangelical Christian Intersections in Salvador, Brazil | 2009               

​Research Grant, Gavilan College
Democracy, Development, and Regional Integration in Venezuela | 2007
 
Faculty Research Grant, Vassar College
Yorùbá Bàtá: How Traditional Performance Went Global in Nigeria | 2005

 
Carolyn Grant Endowment Grant, Vassar College
Experimentation and Innovation Toward Embodied Learning | 2005
 
Mellon Faculty Conversation Grant, Vassar College
Talking Across Worlds: Conversations in Race, Nation, and Gender | 2004
 
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Ford Foundation
African Immigrant Religious Communities in the United States | 2000
 

Wenner-Gren Research Grant
Performing National Culture: Bàtá Artists, Gender, and the Nigerian State | 1996-97


Fulbright Institute of International Education Research Grant
Performing National Culture: Bàtá Artists, Gender, and the Nigerian State | 1996-98

Outstanding Teaching Award
University of California at Santa Cruz | 1995

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