Biography

Northern Arizona University - Anthropology

Assistant Professor
Music
Dr. Kristina M.
Jacobsen
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Kristina M. Jacobsen is an Assistant Professor of Music and Anthropology (Ethnology) at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque (http://music.unm.edu/faculty_staff/fac_profiles/jacobsen.htm.). She co-directs the newly created Masters in Musicology at the University of New Mexico, and is also the faculty sponsor for the newly created "honky tonk ensemble"​ (country music of the '60s, '70s and '80s) at UNM. Kristina earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology (2012) at Duke University, the MPhil in Ethnomusicology at Columbia University (2005) and an M.A. in Ethnomusicology at Arizona State University (2003).
Her teaching, research, and scholarship focus on music and language, anthropology of the voice, politics of authenticity, indigeneity and belonging, music of Native North America and the Appalachian mountains, race and musical genre, indigenous language revitalization and working class expressive cultures. Recent articles include “Radmilla’s Voice: Music Genre, Blood Quantum and Belonging on the Navajo Nation” (Cultural Anthropology, 2014) and “Rita(hhh): Placemaking and Country Music on the Navajo Nation” (Ethnomusicology, 2009).
Based on 2 ½ years of singing and playing with Navajo county western bands, her forthcoming book, Indians and Cowboys (forthcoming), examines ideas of authenticity, nostalgia and cultural intimacy as they circulate in and through live performances of classic country music on today’s Navajo (Diné) Nation (for a brief interview about her research, visit: http://vimeo.com/36693503).
Kristina is also an active singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. To learn more about her music, visit: kristinajacobsenmusic.com. Originally from western Massachusetts, Kristina now makes her home in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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