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Nancy Guy is a Professor of Music at the University of California, San Diego within the School of Arts and Humanities, holding the Chiu-Shan and Rufina Chen Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Taiwan Studies and co-directing UCSD’s Center for Taiwan Studies. Her faculty position spans research, publication, and institutional leadership focused on Taiwan’s musical ecosystems.
Her research integrates ethnomusicology with political and environmental analysis, examining how music shapes and is shaped by cultural identity in Taiwan and China. Core interests include Chinese and European opera traditions, state-politics-music interplay, and ecomusicology—particularly through studies of garbage truck soundscapes and river environments. This work bridges academic and public spheres, challenging elite/mass culture dichotomies as seen in her Beverly Sills research.
Recent publications (2019-2025) reveal deepening engagement with Taiwan’s sonic diversity, from Indigenous musicians and colonial-era musical life to contemporary sustainability practices. Her edited volume Resounding Taiwan (2022) and 2024 Taiyupian chapter demonstrate interdisciplinary approaches linking sound, politics, and cultural memory. Opera remains a consistent thread, evolving from Peking Opera analyses to Western opera fandom studies.
Her scientific awards include:
- ASCAP Béla Bartók Award for Excellence in Ethnomusicology
- Choice Outstanding Academic Title (2006)
- Rulan Chao Pian Publication Prize (2010)
- Fulbright Grant (x2)
- American Musicological Society AMS 50 Dissertation Fellowship
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship
- Koo's Foundation Fellowship
- Hsio-De Foundation Fellowship
- European Association for Taiwan Studies Fellowship
Guy’s research is sustained by grants from the U.S. Department of Education, ROC-Taiwan Ministry of Education, ROC-Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and UC San Diego Academic Senate. She actively disseminates work through international presentations at Harvard University, National Taiwan University, and University of London. As Center for Taiwan Studies co-director, she cultivates cross-disciplinary research networks focused on Taiwan’s cultural and political landscape.
