Most broadly, my research interests lie in understanding the impacts of cultural institutions and practices on marginalized groups who attempt to navigate those institutions to achieve desired ends.
My current personal research examines how the intersections of race and gender shape classical musicians’ – specifically opera singers’ – experiences and identities in an artistic labor market. I am working on a book manuscript, tentatively titled Voice, Body, and Identity: Negotiating the Color Line in Opera, which examines how racially minoritized opera singers navigate the institutional processes of becoming opera singers in this overwhelmingly white field.
My research experience includes market research to inform communications campaigns and impact evaluation for nonprofit organizations as well as audience research for federal agencies.
Links to some of my public writing:
Chorus America Impact Evaluation Report
Pontchartrain Park Pioneers: Incorporating Oral Histories into Humanities Curricula
AYESHA CHETTY 