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Curriculum Vitae

Scott Valois Linford
11511 Rochester Avenue #8
Los Angeles, CA 90025
scottlinford@ucla.edu
510 599 6432

Education
2016 Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, UCLA (in progress)
Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
Dissertation Committee: Dr. Allen Roberts, Dr. Anthony Seeger, Dr.
Timothy Taylor, Dr. Christopher Waterman

2012 M.A., Ethnomusicology, UCLA
Advisor: Dr. Steven Loza
Thesis: Musical Nationalism in Nicaragua: History, Processes, and
Contemporary Approaches

2006 B.A., Ethnic Studies and English, Brown University
Magna cum laude, with Honors in Ethnic Studies, 4.0 GPA

Selected Fellowships and Awards
2014a Fine Arts Trust Award, UCLA School of Arts and Architecture
2014b Fieldwork Fellowship, UCLA International Institute
2014c Ki Mantle Hood Student Paper Prize, Honorable Mention, Society for
Ethnomusicology, Southern California and Hawaii Chapter
2014d Healthy Campus Initiative grant, UCLA Office of the Provost
2013a FLAS summer fellowship, University of Kansas, to study Wolof at the African
Languages Initiative at the University of Florida
2013b FLAS summer fellowship, Indiana University (declined)
2013c FLAS summer fellowship, University of Florida (declined)
2013d FLAS summer fellowship, UC Berkeley (declined)
2013e University of California Regents Fellowship
2012a Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA, for field research in The Gambia
2012b University of California Regents Fellowship
2011a Graduate Summer Research Mentorship, UCLA, for field research in Nicaragua
2011b University of California Regents Fellowship
2010 University Fellowship, UCLA
2009a 4Culture Individual Artist award, Martin Luther King, Jr. County, WA
2009b smART Ventures grant, Seattle Department of Arts and Cultural Affairs, for
production and screening of Farther Along documentary
2006 Research at Brown grant, Brown University, for field research in New Orleans
and production of Every Note Counts documentary


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Conference Presentations
2014 "La Familia Meja Godoy: Generational Strategies of Musical Nationalism in
Nicaragua." Paper presented at the Society for Ethnomusicology, Southern
California and Hawaii Chapter Annual Meeting. UC Santa Barbara.
2013a "O'teck Akonting: Ethnography of a Senegambian Folk Lute." Paper presented at
the Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN.
2013b "Balance and Swing: Embodied Community and Music/Dance Relationships at
Los Angeles Contra Dances." Paper presented at Western States Folklore Society
Annual Meeting. UC San Diego.
2013c "Ethnomusicological Performances and Perspectives on Music and Health in
Mexico, Nicaragua, and Ecuador." With Len Garcia Corona and Jessie Vallejo.
Paper presented at "At the Crossroads: Medicine and Culture in Latin America"
Symposium. Los Angeles, CA.
2013d "Fresh Eyes: Editorial Perspectives on Open Access." Panelist at Open Access
Week. UCLA.
2012 The Curbside Sound Machine: Approaches to Musical Nationalism in
Contemporary Nicaragua. Paper presented at the Society for Ethnomusicology
Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

Publications
2014a "Book Review: Hidden in the Mix: The African American Presence in Country
Music." Ethnomusicology Review Vol. 19. (forthcoming)
2014b "Griot," "Jali," and "Xalam." In Music Around the World. Santa Barbara, CA:
ABC-CLIO/Praeger. (forthcoming)
2012 "Bluegrass and Old Time at UCLA." Ethnomusicology Review Vol. 17.
http://ethnomusicologyreview.ucla.edu/content/bluegrass-and-old-time-ucla
2011 "Book Review: Woody Guthrie: American Radical." Ethnomusicology Review
Vol. 16. http://ethnomusicologyreview.ucla.edu/journal/volume/16/piece/467

Audiovisual Publications
2014 Teach Yourself to Play Five-String Banjo. Instructional video. Los Angeles:
Alfred Publishing Group.
2013 Oteck Akonting. Documentary film. Producer, director, and editor.
2012 L.A. BlueGrassHoppers. Album recorded at UCLA School of Film and Television
Studios. Banjo and vocals.
2009 Farther Along. Documentary film. Producer, director, and editor.
2006 Every Note Counts. Documentary film. Producer, director, and editor.

Invited Lectures
2014a "West African Popular Music in Perspective." Lecture at Center for the Art of
Performance, UCLA.
2014b "Fiddle and Banjo Styles and the American Music Industry." Guest lecture for
course "Introduction to Music: History, Culture, Creativity," UCLA.
2013a "Akonting and Banjo: Musical Twoness in the United States and West Africa."
Lecture/demonstration at Fowler Museum, UCLA.
2013b "El Banjo Como Smbolo Racial (How the Banjo Means Race)." Lecture at
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Centro Nacional de Investigacin, Documentacin e Informacin Musical,
Mexico City.
2013c "Banjos, Bluegrass, and Old Time: Power, Race, and Participatory Music." Guest
lecture for course "Music of Europe and the Americas," UCLA.
2013d "American String Band Music." Guest lecture for course "Introduction to Music:
History, Culture, Creativity," UCLA.
2010a History of the Banjo. Guest lecture for course Music of Europe and the
Americas, UCLA.
2010b What is Ethnomusicology? Guest lecture for course Senior Seminar Series,
UCLA Community School.

Professional Experience
2012-2014 Editor in Chief, Ethnomusicology Review
2012-2014 Editorial Board, ECHO: A Music-Centered Journal
2012-2014 Teaching Assistant Consultant, Department of Ethnomusicology/Office for
Instructional Development, UCLA
2011-2014 Teaching Associate/Assistant, Department of Ethnomusicology, UCLA
2011-2014 Director, UCLA Bluegrass and Old Time String Band
2011-2012 Reviews Editor, Ethnomusicology Review
2010-2011 Editorial Board, Ethnomusicology Review
2004-2006 Writing Fellow, Brown University

Selected Musical Performances and Awards
2014a Selections from Big River, a revival of the Broadway show for deaf and hearing
performers and audiences at UCLA. Banjo and guitar. Score by Roger Miller,
direction by Steve Landau.
2014b 1
st
place, Advanced Traditional Banjo Competition at Topanga Fiddle and Banjo
Festival, Agoura Hills, CA. Solo performance.
2014c 1
st
place, Band Competition at Topanga Fiddle and Banjo Festival, Agoura Hills,
CA. Director, guitar, and vocals for UCLA Bluegrass Band.
2011-2014 UCLA Spring Festival of World Music. Director, banjo, fiddle, and vocals for
UCLA Bluegrass Band.
2011-2014 UCLA Fowler Museum Concert Series. Director, banjo, fiddle, and vocals for
UCLA Bluegrass Band.
2013a 1
st
place, Advanced Traditional Banjo Competition at Topanga Fiddle and Banjo
Festival, Agoura Hills, CA. Solo performance.
2013b 1
st
place, Band Competition at Topanga Fiddle and Banjo Festival, Agoura Hills,
CA. Director, banjo, and vocals for UCLA Bluegrass Band.
2013c Performance and workshops at Centro Nacional de Investigacin, Documentacin
e Informacin Musical, Mexico City. Director, banjo, fiddle, and vocals for
UCLA Bluegrass Band.
2012 International Culture and Arts Festival at Jiao Tong University, Shanghai. Banjo
and lead vocals for Skin and Strings Trio.
2011 Festival Internacional de Msica y Solidaridad. Achuapa, Nicaragua. Solo guitar
and vocal performance.
2007-2009 Seattle Earshot Jazz Festival. Musical director for Paul Harding and the Juju
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Other Professional Employment
2008-2009 Special Projects Coordinator, Southeast Seattle Senior Center. Seattle, WA.
2006-2008 Program Coordinator, Central Area Senior Center. Seattle, WA.
2004-2006 Program Coordinator, Writers Groups. Providence, RI.
2004 Editor, Training Manual for Medical Interpreters, Kaiser Permanente National
Diversity Committee. Oakland, CA.

Languages
English (native speaker)
French (read, write, and speak at advanced level)
Spanish (read, write, and speak at advanced level)
Wolof (read, write, and speak at intermediate level)
Portuguese (read at intermediate level)

Professional Affiliations
American Anthropological Association African Studies Association
Society for Ethnomusicology West African Research Association
West African Research Center

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