Clay Conley
Ethnomusicology

Clay Conley (they/them) is an ethnomusicology PhD candidate. They hold a BA in Music and Gender and Sexuality Studies from Swarthmore College. Their current research focuses on the experience of liveness through the lens of the live sound audio engineer. Their dissertation combines fieldwork, autoethnography, assemblage theory, and posthumanism to approach a new definition for liveness. Outside the classroom, they are an audio engineer at venues throughout South East Michigan and an olympic weightlifting coach.
Contact: ctconley@umich.edu
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- SMR Members Present at IASPM 2023 – July 17, 2023