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Dr. Ellen Hebden is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Art and Music Histories in Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences. Her research intersects ethnomusicology, gender and sexuality, and mobility politics through the lens of women’s tufo dance performance in Mozambique and aging veteranos night clubs.
- Education:
- Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology & Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2021)
- M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2013)
- M.Mus. in Ethnomusicology, University of London (2008)
- B.Mus. in Bassoon Performance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006)
Research Interests examine the gendered politics of mobility in tufo dance groups, sonic care practices in veteranos night clubs, and Indian Ocean soundworlds. Her work explores how tufo dancers navigate post-socialist constraints through aesthetic innovation and affective labor, while veteranos communities use music to negotiate aging and memory.
Selected Scientific Awards include the Carole & Alvin I. Schragis Faculty Fellowship, Society for Ethnomusicology’s 21st Century Fellowship, Clara Henderson Award, and grants from the Mellon Foundation, Fulbright, and Kenyon College.
