Susan Pratt Walton

Biography:
Lecturer, Residential College, app’t 1996
B.A. University of Michigan, 1969
M.A. University of Michigan, 1974
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1996

Research/Teaching Specializations: Music in Southeast Asia; life histories; women’s studies; ethnomusicology; Gamelan music workshops

Courses Taught: Music & Culture: Indonesian Music and Culture, Images of Indonesian Women in Literatures and Music

Field Research: Indonesia: 1992, five months Java, Bali, Eastern Indonesia and Lombok; Indonesia: 1993, five months in Java, Bali and Sulawesi

Recent Publications: "Bu Behi Mardusari," New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (forthcoming). "Singing Against the Grain: A Javanese Composer Challenges Gender Ideologies," Women and Music, vol 2, 1998.

The center is committed to promoting a broader and deeper understanding of Southeast Asia and its peoples, cultures, and historiesby providing resources for faculty, students and the community to learn and disseminate knowledge about the region.