(A.B., Harvard University, 2008, cum laude in Special Concentration in Ethnomusicology) 

Samuel joined the Ph.D. programme in ethnomusicology at Columbia University in the fall of 2008, where he was awarded a Faculty Fellowship in the Department of Music.  His research interests include linguistic anthropology, education, and immigration policy.  He is a member of the editorial board of the peer-reviewed journal Current Musicology and participates in the Japanese gagaku world music performance ensemble at Columbia.  Fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese, he has ethnographic experience in the United States, Quebec, continental Europe, and Peru, where he was affiliated with the Instituto de Etnomusicología at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. 

E-mail: ss3485@columbia.edu