Two Women Join the Faculty at the Eastman School of Music

The Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester has announced the hiring of two women to its faculty.

Elena Bellina is a new assistant professor of Italian. She is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music in Verona and the University of Bergamo. She earned a master’s degree in English from Youngstown State University in Ohio and is finishing up her doctoral dissertation at New York University. For her dissertation she conducted research on the writings of Italian prisoners of war during World War II.

Jennifer Kyker was hired as an assistant professor of ethnomusicology. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and has conducted extensive research on popular music in Zimbabwe.