Team
Ph.D. students
Marilia KamilOriginally from Brazil, Marilia Kamil started her music career in São Paulo, where she studied a wide range of musical forms and styles, including early music, classical, jazz, Bossa Nova, and folk. She worked as a performer in orchestras and choirs, and specially, as a music teacher. During her undergraduate years she was awarded with a grant to conduct her own research. Living in the USA since 2012, she taught early childhood and instrumental instruction in New York city, general music in public and private schools in the Bay Area (CA), along with higher education courses. Her main research interests are early childhood, how music can affect and influence people, music cognition and psychology. She holds a BA in music education from the University of São Paulo, and a MA in music and music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Kamil presented her work in different conferences in Brazil, Portugal, and USA.
Samuel Johnson
Márcia Fanti Negri
Monica Figeroa
Lidiana de Moraes
UM partners
Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas
Department of Anthropology
Department of Biology
Department of Geography and Regional Studies
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Department of Philosophy
Department of Political Science
Brazilian Partners
Our research partners work in the following Brazilian institutions: Fundação Getúlio Vargas
Universidade de Brasília
Universidade de Campinas
Universidade de São Paulo
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana
Universidade Estadual Paulista
Universidade Federa de Itajubá
Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Universidade Federal do Amapá
Universidade Federal do Pará
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
