The outside middle section of the music center, on the first floor.

Grad Students

Ph.D. Students

Ontario Alexander

Campus Email
- loalexan@ucsc.edu

Lydia Wallace Barrett

Title
- PhD candidate
Campus Email
- lywbarre@ucsc.edu

Drew Michael Daniels-Rosenberg

Campus Email
- dmdaniel@ucsc.edu

Joseph Finkel

Title
- Graduate Candidate
Campus Email
- jofinkel@ucsc.edu

Sean Keenan

Title
- PhD Candidate in Cross-Cultural Musicology
Campus Email
- sakeenan@ucsc.edu

David Reeves Long

Title
- Master of Arts
Campus Email
- drlong@ucsc.edu

Shireen Nabatian

Title
- PhD candidate
Campus Email
- snabatia@ucsc.edu

Balakrishnan Raghavan

Title
- Mr.
Campus Email
- braghava@ucsc.edu

Kolawole James Rasheed

Title
- Mr.
Campus Email
- krasheed@ucsc.edu

Savanna Lynn Solian

Title
- M.A.
Campus Email
- ssolian@ucsc.edu

Wesley Edward Somers

Title
- Graduate Student
Campus Email
- wsomers@ucsc.edu

Vidula Sonagra

Title
- NA
Campus Email
- vsonagra@ucsc.edu

Ashwin Suseendran

Campus Email
- asuseend@ucsc.edu

Arya Tavallaei

Title
- PhD Student
Campus Email
- artavall@ucsc.edu

Tyler John Thom

Title
- Graduate Student
Campus Email
- tyjthom@ucsc.edu

DMA Students

Forrest Balman

Title
Campus Email
- wbalman@ucsc.edu

Siamak Barghi

Title
- DMA Student in Music Composition
Campus Email
- sbarghi@ucsc.edu

Nina Barzegar

Title
- DMA Candidate in Composition
Campus Email
- nbarzega@ucsc.edu

Keshav Ram Batish

Title
- DMA Candidate
Campus Email
- kbatish@ucsc.edu

Ben Dorfan

Title
- DMA Candidate
Campus Email
- bdorfan@ucsc.edu

Rodrigo Díaz Barriga López

Title
- Graduate Student
Campus Email
- rdiazbar@ucsc.edu

Christopher Everingham

Title
- Graduate Student Faculty
Campus Email
- cpeverin@ucsc.edu

Michael John Fleming

Title
- DMA
Campus Email
- mjflemin@ucsc.edu

Nilufar Habibian

Title
- DMA Candidate in Composition
Campus Email
- nhabibia@ucsc.edu

Lukas Janata

Title
- DMA Candidate in Composition
Campus Email
- ljanata@ucsc.edu

Maisha Lani

Title
- Teacher’s Assistant
Campus Email
- mlani@ucsc.edu

Marc Perez

Title
- Graduate Student
Campus Email
- mpere180@ucsc.edu

Shanna Sue Sordahl

Campus Email
- ssordahl@ucsc.edu

MA Students

Postdoctoral Scholars

Jonathan B Myers

Pronouns
- He/Him
Title
- Assistant Researcher in Systematic Musicology
Campus Email
- jbmyers@ucsc.edu

Suhail Yusuf

Campus Email
- suyusuf@ucsc.edu

Last modified: Sep 18, 2025