Cody Norling (Musicology) recently completed his PhD with a dissertation titled: “Opera in the Second City: Negotiating National Operatic Identities In and Around 1920s Chicago.” Cody’s work draws on archival documents and press clippings related to some of Chicago’s major opera presenters and supporting organizations to study “opera’s role as a perceived indicator of civic and national progress,” highlighting discourses around economy, class, race, and nationality. This research brought him to multiple archival collections in Iowa and Illinois, and it was supported by  the UI School of Music, Graduate College, Graduate Student Senate, and the Michael J. Budds Scholarship for Doctoral Study in Musicology. Cody currently teaches for Western Technical College, and portions of his work appear in his recent article for American Music and in two forthcoming chapters in edited volumes. Congratulations, Cody!