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Dr. Christina Gier is an Associate Professor of Musicology at the University of Alberta's Department of Music within the Faculty of Arts. She holds a BA in Music History from the University of Idaho, and both an MA and PhD in Musicology from Duke University. Her research focuses on gender and identity through musicological lenses, particularly examining early 20th-century European and American music. She authored a 2016 monograph analyzing sheet music's role in shaping identity during WWI and has published extensively on Alban Berg's compositional intertextuality with Vienna's gender discourse.
Education:
- Bachelor of Arts in Music History (University of Idaho)
- Masters of Arts in Musicology (Duke University)
- Doctor of Philosophy in Musicology (Duke University)
Research Interests: Gier's work interrogates intersections of gender, race, and musical practices in historical contexts. She examines how sheet music mediated national identity during WWI, analyzing songs' social functions and their role in shaping racial and gendered ideologies. Her Berg studies reveal how the composer's reading habits influenced his musical treatment of gender themes through intertextual links between his compositions and literary sources like Weininger's philosophical texts.
Teaching & Academic Contributions: She teaches courses on music history, gender studies in music, music and film, American experimentalism, Weimar Republic music culture, and women in music. Her publications bridge musicological analysis with historical, literary, and cultural frameworks, demonstrating innovative methodologies for interpreting musical works through interdisciplinary lenses.
Labs/Teams: No specific research teams or labs explicitly mentioned, though her work likely involves collaboration with musicology departments and historical archives.
