She received her Ph.D. from Brandeis University, where she wrote a dissertation titled Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert, which discussed the racial and musical significance of a landmark jazz performance. Her research interests include the dissemination of jazz history through performance, women’s experiences in jazz and popular music, and the portrayal of swing-era musicians and dancers on film. Her work on Mary Lou Williams is forthcoming in Black Music Research Journal, and her essay on Benny Goodman’s “Sing Sing Sing” and its uses in film will appear in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image. Awards