Research and Teaching Interests
- Music and dance of the Caribbean, especially the Dominican Republic and NYC
- Music and dance of the US-Mexico border
- Social partner dance, especially salsa dancing - localization, globalization, and partnering protocols
- Merengue típico and other accordion musics of Latin America
- Gender and performance
Courses
Performance Live
Music of the Caribbean
Music in Latin America
Dance in American Culture
Music and Identity
Caribbean Dance
Education
Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, New York University, 2008
M.A. Ethnimusicology, Indiana University, 2002
B.Mus. summa cum laude, Piano Performance, University of Arizona, 1996
Other Publications
Please visit https://syr.academia.edu/SydneyHutchinson/Papers for a complete listing of my articles, book chapters, conference papers, and other publications, including some full text.