Three Scholars will answer your questions about navigating career pathways, public ethnomusicology, work/life balance, and more!

Room 1: Dr. Janice Mahinka, Associate Professor of [Ethno]Musicology and Co-Program Coordinator for Music, Harford Community College

Potential topics include tenure and promotion, committee and community organization work, syllabus design, pedagogy issues, work/life balance, teaching at a community college.

Room 2: Dr. Christina Sunardi, Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Chair of the Department of Dance, University of Washington-Seattle

Potential topics include pathways to tenure and full professorship, balancing administrative work with teaching and research, publishing, syllabus design, balancing service with research and teaching, work/life balance, navigating academia as a woman of color.

Room 3: Dr. Panayotis League, Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology and Director of the Center for Music of the Americas, Florida State University

Potential topics include job applications and interviews, the tenure process, work/life balance, integrating research-performance-teaching, community outreach, collaboration with academics and public folklorists, navigating challenging political environments in academia, advising students, grant applications.