Credentials
Biography
A native of Western Nebraska, Dr. Erin Bauer has over twenty years of experience in education and academic leadership. The breadth of her work has emphasized curriculum development, student success, strategic growth, and inclusive practices. With experience working in both two- and four-year institutions, her previous roles include faculty and leadership positions at Muskingum University in Ohio, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and Laramie County Community College in Wyoming. After joining Teach For America, she also taught middle- and high-school level math and science in low-income communities in Texas and California. Originally a pianist, Dr. Bauer holds undergraduate degrees in Music and Physics from Colorado College and a master’s and Ph.D. in Musicology from Claremont Graduate University.
Dr. Bauer’s research explores the intersection of music, globalization, identity, and social justice, particularly among Latinx/Chicanx communities. She is the author of Flaco’s Legacy: The Globalization of Conjunto (University of Illinois Press, 2023) and has published widely and been recognized nationally in the fields of ethnomusicology and popular music studies. Her current book project expands her focus on the cultural representation of marginalized identities, examining the depiction of stuttering in music through a lens of disability studies.
Awards & Publications
- 2023. Flaco’s Legacy: The Globalization of Conjunto. Champaign: University of Illinois Press.
- 2023. “‘¡Vamos a Pelear en la Guerra!’: Musical Manifestations of Coalition Building in the South Texas Chicano Movement.” In At the Crossroads of Music and Social Justice, edited by Brenda M. Romero, Susan M. Asai, David A. McDonald, Andrew G. Snyder, and Katelyn E. Best, 312-338. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
- 2022. “The Absence of Texas-Mexican Musics at the South by Southwest Festival.” Journal of Popular Music Studies 34, no. 3: 30-58. doi: 10.1525/jpms.2022.34.3.30.
- 2022. “Defining Conjunto Quantitatively: Classical and Modernist Styles in a Texas-Mexican Genre.” American Music 40, no. 1: 75-113. .
- 2021. “Flaco Jiménez, Arhoolie Records, and Modern-Day ‘Race Records.’” Journal of Popular Music Studies 33, no. 3: 60-63. doi: 10.1525/jpms.2021.33.3.60.
- 2021. “Roundtable: Pandemic Lessons.” Journal of Music History Pedagogy 11, no. 1: 46-56. .
- 2019. “Blurring Boundaries in Rosedale Park: The Importance of the Tejano Conjunto Festival
- on the Transnational Dissemination of Traditional Texas-Mexican Accordion Music.” Latino Studies 17, no 2: 164-186. doi: 10.1057/s41276-019-00182-2.
- 2019. “Native American Vocal Music: Tohono O’odham Songs.” In So You Want to Sing World Music, edited by Matthew Hoch, 101-125. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.
- 2019. “Criticism and Confusion in the Spiritual Transformation of Matisyahu.” In Finding God
- in the Devil’s Music: Critical Essays on Rock and Religion, edited by Alex DiBlasi and Robert McParland, 105-116. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc.
- 2018. “Reinterpreting the American Western in Ry Cooder’s Soundtrack to Paris, Texas (1984).” In Re-Locating the Sounds of the Western, edited by Kendra Preston Leonard and Mariana Whitmer, 57-73. Aldershot, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing.
- 2016. “Beyond the Border: Meaning and Authenticity in the Adoption of Texas-Mexican Conjunto Music by International Artists.” Latin American Music Review 37, no. 1: 34-64. doi: 10.7560/LAMR37102.
- 2015. “Cross-Cultural, ‘Oompah-Rock’ Identities: Stylistic Unification and Common Background in the Music of Rowwen Hèze and Los Lobos.” In Het dorp en de wereld: dertig jaar Rowwen Hèze, edited by Barbara Beckers and Leonie Cornips, 172-179. Nijmegen, Netherlands: Vantilt Publishers.
- 2014. “The Participation of Flaco Jiménez on Ry Cooder’s Chicken Skin Music: Cross-Cultural
- Collaboration and the (Inter)national Discovery of Texas-Mexican Accordion Music.” Rock Music Studies 1, no. 2: 148-169. doi: 10.1080/19401159.2014.908520.
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