» Dr. Elizabeth M. Macy

Adjunct Faculty

College of Performing Arts

Conservatory of Music

Lecturer, Music Cultures of the World

Office:

Bertea Hall 207

Email:

macy@chapman.edu

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology

Biography

Elizabeth McLean Macy holds her Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from UCLA. Her work examines the function of music tourism in post-disaster economies; in particular, it focuses on the function of music tourism in the recovery and rebuilding of post-Katrina New Orleans and in Bali after the 2002 and 2005 terrorist bombings. To date, her research has resulted in several conference papers and invited lectures. She has previously taught at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she taught courses on world music, non-Western music theory, and the art and culture of Bali, on location in Bali, Indonesia. Currently, she resides in Los Angeles, teaching classes at UCLA and Chapman University.