CONTRIBUTOR:

Abigail Rehard

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

PhD Candidate

DEPARTMENT:

Musicology

INSTITUTION:

Florida State University

BIOGRAPHY:

Abby Rehard is currently a PhD student in Musicology at Florida State University. She holds a Masters of Music degree in Percussion Performance from Northern Illinois University and Bachelor of Music degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her research interests include Afro-Brazilian music and movement forms, Lusophone studies, protest music, and community engagement. Her dissertation focuses on all-women maracatu drumming ensembles and issues of gender, race, sexuality, and social activism in Brazil.