Rebecca Dirksen Editor & Author

John Holmes McDowell is a professor of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University. His books include Poetry and Violence: The Ballad Tradition of Mexico’s Costa Chica. Katherine Borland is an associate professor and director of the Center for Folklore Studies at The Ohio State University. Rebecca Dirksen is an associate professor of folklore and ethnomusicology at Indiana University and the author of After the Dance, the Drums Are Heavy: Carnival, Politics, and Musical Engagement in Haiti. Sue Tuohy is an emerita senior lecturer of folklore and ethnomusicology and adjunct faculty in East Asian languages and cultures and in global and international studies at Indiana University.