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Kate Alexander is an Associate Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona, specializing in ethnomusicology with a focus on race, gender, and sexuality in North American social dance communities. Her research examines queer presence in country music/dance networks and intersections of whiteness, place, and identity. She holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Ethnomusicology from UC Riverside, and dual B.A. degrees in Near Eastern History and Violin Performance from UC San Diego.
Research interests include phenomenological frameworks analyzing LGBTQ communities' social coherence, implications of regionalism in contemporary America, and cultural production in marginalized groups. She teaches interdisciplinary courses on sound, music, visual art, and cultural heritage.
Publications include work on queer country networks, Cape Breton Scottish music culture, and heteronormativity in social dance. No awards explicitly listed, though her work appears in MUSICultures and the Yearbook for Traditional Music. No grants or advising roles detailed in text.
