Rehanna Kheshgi
Dr. Rehanna Kheshgi is an ethnomusicologist whose current research focuses on community engagement through music with Somali diaspora communities in the US. Her project, “Somali Songs: Building Community through Sound,” which seeks to empower Somali youth and foster sharing of intergenerational knowledge through listening, performing, and building public resources on Somali songs has received support from the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council.
As Associate Professor of Music at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, Kheshgi leads students in courses and research exploring music from around the world through a locally grounded approach centered on community building and social justice.
Kheshgi’s research on gender, sexuality, and the body at the intersections of popular, folk, sacred music and dance performance in India has been supported by the American Institute of Indian Studies, the American Association for University Women, the Fulbright Program, and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. Her publications explore performances of gender and sexuality through Bihu, the springtime Assamese New Year's festival.
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