Yoon, Paul

(BA from the University of Michigan with a double major in Philosophy and Music; PhD in Ethnomusicology, Columbia) wrote his MA thesis on "Soh Daiko: Negotiation and Construction of an Asian American Identity." This thesis focused on the difficulties found in presenting a unified pan-Asian identity while performing a uniquely Japanese art form. His dissertation is entitled "The Korean American Presbyterian Church of Queens: An Acoustemology of Place and Identity in an Ethnic Church," and was sponsored by Prof. Fox. It was defended in May, 2004. His academic service has included teaching Music Humanities for the Department of Music at Columbia and working as a TA for Asian Music Humanities. He has been a senior editor for Current Musicology. His article “’She’s really become Japanese now!': Taiko Drumming and Asian American identifications” was published in the Winter 2001 issue of Asian Music. His dissertation, sponsored by Prof. Fox, is an ethnography of a Korean Presbyterian church community in Queens, New York. Dr. Yoon is currently teaching ethnomusicology at Bowling Green State University. email: yooncho@comcast.net