Adrian Gronseth is an MA student in the History Department at UI. His current research interests include the early American music industry, African American music during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and folk song collecting around the turn of the 20th century.

Veronica Zhang is pursuing a PhD in Ethnomusicology (Musicology). Her research interests include Chinese ethnic minorities’ folk music, Mongolian music, intangible cultural heritage, musical archives, and K-pop music.

Danielle Kramer is a master’s student in Musicology. Her primary research interests include adaptation studies in film music and sound design, musical theater’s impact on pop music, and community music making in the Midwest.

Zane Larson is a PhD student in Musicology. He holds a MM in Music Theory from Florida State University and a BA in Music Performance (vocal) with a minor in education from Luther College. Zane’s primary research areas include contemporary pop music, musical theatre, choral music, and film music.

Megan Small is a doctoral alumna in Musicology. Expanding upon her research of American and Hungarian music of the twentieth century, Megan’s dissertation explores gender and exoticism in the music of early water ballet performances.

Rebekah Erdman is a PhD candidate in Musicology at the University of Iowa. Her primary research explores the intersection of pastoralism, gender, and nature in the music of late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century Great Britain.