Deborah A Kapchan

Deborah A Kapchan is an Associate Professor affiliated with New York University's College of Arts & Science, Liberal Studies, and the Graduate School of Arts & Science. Her research focuses on narrative, poetics, feminist theory, music, aesthetics, and North Africa/Middle East studies. She previously directed the Center for Intercultural Studies in Folklore and Ethnomusicology at the University of Texas at Austin.

• Education: Ph.D. (1992) Folklore and Folklife from University of Pennsylvania; M.A. (1987) Linguistics from Ohio University; B.A. (1981) English from New York University

Her work explores intersections of art, ideology, and cultural translation, exemplified in her book Gender on the Market: Moroccan Women and the Revoicing of Tradition (1996) and studies on Moroccan Gnawa music. She has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship and Fulbright Hays Fellowship for projects like Poetic Justice: Translating Art and Ideology in Morocco.

• Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Fulbright Hays Fellowship

No specific grants or advisee students are detailed in the provided information. Her academic contributions span folklore, ethnomusicology, and interdisciplinary cultural studies.