ELIZABETH KIMZEY BATIUK received her PhD in Musicology (ethnomusicology) from the University of Michigan in 2015. She has two articles forthcoming: “Choreographic Drag: Body Styling, Discourse, and the Politics of Culture in Cuban columbia” and “Calling the Ancestors to Dance: Style, Creativity, and Collective Agency in Abakuá Folkloric Performances in Havana.”

ANDREA DECKER is a PhD Candidate in Ethnomusicology at UC Riverside. She researches gender and sexuality in Indonesian dangdut, focusing on women singers and fans in East and Central Java.

AILEEN DILLANE received her PhD in Ethnomusicology from the University of Chicago in 2009 and is currently director of the MA in Irish Music Studies at the University of Limerick. She has co-edited five books, including Songs of Social Protest: International Perspectives (Rowman & Littlefield, 2018).

NATALIE MASON is a Master’s graduate from SOAS, University of London. In September 2019, she begins her PhD in Music (Ethnomusicology and Music Education) at the University of Birmingham as a recipient of the AHRC funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. Natalie is published in ARTicle Press and The World of Music.

THALEA STOKES is a PhD student (Ethnomusicology) at the University of Chicago, researching Mongolian hip hop culture in Mongolia and China. Portions of their dissertation research have been featured by national and international organisations, including National Public Radio and the American Center for Mongolian Studies.