Her host is Dr Justin Williams in the Music Department, and they will be collaborating on the research project 'British Gospel Choirs: Representing Race and Resounding Religion in Twenty-first Century Britain'.
Dr Ingalls is an Associate Professor of Music and Church Music Graduate Program Director at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA. Prior to her appointment at Baylor, she was a postdoctoral teaching fellow at the University of Cambridge (2011-2014) and Senior Research Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor at Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music (2014-2015).
Her research examines the effects of 20th and 21st century social, cultural, and technological changes on Christian communities through the lens of congregational music-making, both within and beyond North America. Her work has been published in the fields of ethnomusicology, religious studies, media studies, popular music studies, and theology.
You can read more about this and the events she will be delivering as part of her visit on her web profile page here.