Cara Schreffler

Dr. Cara Schreffler is an Assistant Professor of Music. She specializes in ethnomusicology, focusing on how music reflects cosmology and preserves cultural identity in indigenous Andean communities. Her research examines syncretic religious practices formed through colonization and modernization influences. She is presenting at the 13th Annual International Conference for Religion and Spirituality in Society (2023) and has a forthcoming article in Crosscurrents .

Education: Master of Music (University of New Mexico), PhD (University of Colorado, Boulder).

Research interests bridge music, spirituality, and cultural preservation, with global case studies on ritual music’s role in sustaining traditions.