Conference Grant Recipients

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The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Conference Grants Program is designed to encourage newcomers to attend ARSC's annual conference and participate in the association.

2024 Grants - St. Paul, MN

• Joseph Sioui (University of North Texas)
• Sydney Kysar (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Ian Evans  (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Kyle Felkins (Baylor University)

2023 Grants - Pittsburgh, PA

• Alexis Bhagat (SUNY Albany)
• Nikki L'Amour (Marr Sound Archives, UMKC Libraries)
• Ferenc János Szabó (Institute for Musicology, Budapest, Hungary)
• Lydia Warren (Frank & Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center, Fairmont State University)

2022 Grants - Virtual

• Ronit Ghosh (University of Chicago)
• Jackson Harmeyer (Indiana University, Bloomington)
• Nathaniel Kpogo (University of Ghana)
• Jhensen Ortiz (City University of New York)
• Jonathan Verbeten (Texas Tech University)

2021 Grants - Virtual

• Dora Dunatov (KunstUniverstat, Graz, Austria)
• Nathan Huxtable (University of California-Riverside)
• Anthony J. LaBat (University of Missouri-Kansas City)
• Leo Martin (University of Houston)
• Joaquin Peres (University of California-Los Angeles)
• Ferenc Szabo (musicologist, pianist and discographer, Budapest, Hungary)
• Melissa Weber (Tulane University)

2020 Grants - Virtual

• Maya Edmond (University of California-Los Angeles)
• Miles Levy (Smithsonian Channel)
• Emily Plemel (Nova Scotia Archives)
• Jihoon Suk (University of Michigan)

2019 Grants - Portland, OR

• Mariana Mejia (McGill University)
• Timothy Lake (University of Maryland)
• Suzy Thompson (Cajun music performer and scholar)
• Crystal Willer (Oberlin College)

2018 Grants - Baltimore, MD

• Traci Mark (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library)
• Biancamaria Binazzi (The Goma-Laca Project, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
• Regan Sommer McCoy (The Mixtape Museum/Hip-Hop Hacks, New York, NY)
• Yuri Shimoda (University of California, Los Angeles)

2017 Grants - San Antonio, TX

• Mark Jackovic (Manchester Craftman's Guild, Pittsburgh, PA)
• Sunny Mathew Kunnelpurayidom (Discs & Machines Gramophone Museum/private collector, Kerala, India)
• Hannah Mayer(University of Missouri, Kansas City)
• Joe Stolarick (Louisiana State Museum/New Orleans Jazz Historical Park/WWOZ)

2016 Grants - Bloomington, IN

• Audra Adomenas (Lithuanian Archives Project, Chicago)
• Susie Cummings (NPR, Washington, DC)
• Carolyn Friedrich (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra)
• Mary Kidd (Institute of Museum and Library Services, New York)

2015 Grants - Pittsburgh, PA

• Jane Gilvin (National Public Radio)
• Emily Hilliard (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)
• David Lewis (Birthplace of Country Music Museum)
• Jennifer Vaughn (Syracuse University Libraries)

2014 Grants - Chapel Hill, NC

• Heather Darnell (University of Maryland)
• Monica Figueroa (University of Chicago)
• Laura LaPlaca (Northwestern University)
• Amye Rae McCarther (University of Texas)

2013 Grants - Kansas City, MO

• Jolene Beiser (Pacifca Radio Archives)
• Henry Borchers (University of Maryland, College Park)
• Eric Cartier (University of Maryland, College Park)
• Derek Long (University of North Carolina, Greensboro)

2012 Grants - Rochester, NY

• Will Chase
• Derek Jackson
• Kelley Martin
• Laurie Lee Moses

2011 Grants - Los Angeles, CA

• Matthew Gagnon
• Nathan Gibson
• John Schooley
• Chris Segura

2010 Grants - New Orleans, LA

• Tim Bathgate
• Michael Heller
• Kevin Miller
• Kevin Nutt

2009 Grants - Washington, DC

• Ashlie Conway
• Daniel Shiman
• Geoff Willard

2008 Grants - Palo Alto, CA

• Emma S. Lincoln
• Tracy Popp
• Mark A. Puente
• Laura Schnitker

2007 Grants - Milwaukee, WI

• Aaron M. Bittel
• Craig Breaden