Dr. Wibbelsman has worked among Otavalan communities in Northern Ecuador since 1995. She is the author of Ritual Encounters: Otavalan Modern and Mythic Communities (University of Illinois Press, 2009) as well as several articles. Her current research focuses on transnational migration, Otavalan diaspora communities and indigenous cosmopolitanism. She is working on a second book-length project on musical poiesis among the Otavalan worldwide diaspora.