Jingyi Zhang

Jingyi Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the School of Music, James Madison University, specializing in global opera, transcultural exchanges, and decolonial practices. With a Ph.D. from Harvard University (2025), she explores intersections of racial identity, media technology, and transpacific networks in 19th-21st century music.

• Education: Ph.D. & M.A., Harvard University; M.A. & M.M., Indiana University; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory
• Editorial Work: Editor of New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera (Routledge, 2024)

Her research spans operatic mobility, film music, and transmedia storytelling, with publications in CHINOPERL, Sound Stage Screen, and Jazz and Culture. Awards include the AMS Holmes/D'Accone Fellowship and Virgil Thomson Fellowship. She teaches courses on 21st-century opera, Western music history, and multimedia dramaturgy, emphasizing marginalized voices and anti-colonial frameworks.

Recent Articles analyze digital opera, postcolonial adaptations, and AI integration in performance. Key presentations at AMS, SEM, and IMS conferences establish her as a leader in transpacific musicology. She directs the World Music Ensemble and mentors students in decolonial research and multicultural performance studies.

• Scientific Awards:
  • American Musicological Society Prizes (2025)
  • Society for American Music Fellowship (2024)
  • Harvard Victor and William Fung Fellowship (2023)

Contact: ynv8hs@jmu.edu | Website