My current research is in metal music studies. During the Fall 2017 semester, I investigated two different bands: In This Moment and GWAR. I produced a research paper for each subject, the former dealing with gender, sexuality, and feminism in metal music and the latter considering the appeal of violence, gore, and obscenity in performance through the lens of sensory ethnography.
This research will feed into my Master’s thesis, which I will complete in May 2019.