Sevin Yaraman

Sevin Huriye Yaraman, a music theorist, received her PhD from the Graduate Center of the City of New York. She is a Senior Lecturer at Fordham University, where she teaches Music for Dancers in the Fordham/Alvin Alley BFA program and seminars on music and dance and the perception of others. She was the recipient of an AAUW fellowship in support of her book Revolving Embrace: The Waltz, as Sex, Steps, and Sound (2002) and received a fellowship from the Istanbul Tarihi Turk Muzigi Toplulugu (Istanbul Historical Turkish Music Society) for her research on the role of music and movement in the Sufi contemplative practices of Turkey. Yaraman was granted a Faculty Fellowship for Fall 2020 to develop her current interest in Music and Disability.