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 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