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    Expertise & Skills<\/h3>\n

    \n Musicology, Sound Studies, Media Studies, Popular Culture Studies\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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    Message for researchers<\/h3>\n

    \n I look forward to getting to know you and your ideas, and to help you navigate through the ever-changing landscape of research.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    What inspired me to become a research administrator (URA)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    During my PhD studies, I worked as an assistant to professors and found that I really enjoy supporting others with their research. So, when I came across the role of research administrator, I immediately became interested in it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Academic & Professional Background<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • BMus (Hons), Department of Music, King’s College London<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • MMus, Department of Music, King’s College London<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • M.A. (Musicology), Department of Music, Cornell University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Personal Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      As a graduate student, my areas of interest spanned from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century vocal music and the sounds and music of media, to keyboard-operated “speaking\/singing” machines and the tape recorder in postwar Japan. On weekends, I enjoy strolling around Kyoto looking for interesting (and delicious) things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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