PhD Alumna Sara Snyder Appointed Asst. Prof of Anthropology & Director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina Univ

The Center for Ethnomusicology is delighted to congratulate PhD program alumna Dr. Sara Snyder, who has been appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology and as Director of the Cherokee Language Program at Western Carolina University.  Dr. Snyder defended her dissertation, "Poetics, Performance, and Translation in Eastern Cherokee Language Revitalization," advised by Prof. Fox, in May, 2016.  She has held the position to which she has now been appointed in a visiting capacity during 2016-17. Congratulations, Professor Snyder!