Spring 2023 seminar: Ph.D. candidate, music and sound studies
Alex Nik Pasqualini is a Ph.D. candidate in Music & Sound Studies, previously earning their bachelor's degree in music at the University of Western Ontario and a Master of Arts at the University of Toronto. Pasqualini's research examines the intersections of popular music, play, activism, humor, and queer community building. Their passion for fostering queer belonging is reflected in the role of Copresident of the LGBTQ Graduate Student Union "QGrads," the Community Engagement Coordinator of Trans Empowerment Programming at Cornell's LGBT Resource Center, a graduate facilitator for the Intergroup Dialogue Project, and as the event coordinator for the Music Graduate Association.