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Michelle Kisliuk is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Virginia. Her work bridges performance studies and ethnographic research, focusing on the music, dance, and cultural politics of the BaAka forest people in the Central African Republic, urban music in Bangui, and the socioesthetics of bluegrass jam sessions in the U.S. A recipient of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award, she has held fellowships from the Mellon Foundation and Laura Boulton Senior Fellow in Ethnomusicology.
- PhD in Performance Studies, New York University (1991)
Her research explores performance ethnography, environmental sustainability through expressive culture, and the intersection of music with political activism. She directs the UVA African Music and Dance Ensemble and co-chairs the Mellon Lab in Embodied Creative Practices.
Key trends in her publications include decolonial methodologies in ethnomusicology, vibrational relationships between humans and nonhumans, and music's role in addressing slow violence and ecological crises. Her work often synthesizes creative nonfiction with academic theory.
- ASCAP Deems Taylor Special Recognition Award
- Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
- Laura Boulton Senior Fellow in Ethnomusicology
As a College Fellow at UVA, she teaches first-year students in "Cultures of Play(ing)" and mentors graduate students in field research. She co-founded the Mellon Lab in Embodied Creative Practices to explore interdisciplinary performance studies.
