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Neal page 2 <br /> 2008: "Country-Pop Formulae and Craft: Shania Twain's Crossover Appeal," Expression in Pop- <br /> Rock Music, 2nd ed., ed.Walter Everett. New York: Routledge, pp. 285-311. <br /> SELECTED RECENT ARTICLES <br /> 2011: "The Online Challenge: Why Not Teach Music History Unconventionally?" Journal of Music <br /> History Pedagogy vol. 2 no. 1 (Fall): 81-98. <br /> 2008: "When Recollection Is All We've Got: Analytical Exploration of'Catchy' Songs." Special Issue: <br /> Analysis and Performance Across the Canon. College Music Symposium vol. 47 (2007 <br /> [copyright 2008]): 12-22. <br /> 2008: "Dancing around the Subject: Race in Participatory Fan Culture." Special Issue: Music, Race <br /> &Identity. Musical Quarterly vol. 89 no.4 (2006 [copyright 2008]): 555-579. <br /> 2007: "Narrative Paradigms, Musical Signifiers, and Form as Function in Country Music." Music <br /> Theory Spectrum vol. 29 no. 1: 41-72. <br /> SELECTED RECENT PAPERS/COLLOQUIA <br /> 2013 "Ladies Love Country Boys: Gendered Narratives and the Meaning of Country Music," <br /> Inaugural lecture (invited)for the Institute for Popular Music, University of Rochester(January <br /> 23). <br /> 2013 "Hoedown on a Harpsichord: Making Sense of 1960s Pop Stars Gone Country." Society for <br /> American Music National Conference, Little Rock,Arkansas(March 6-10). Also presented at <br /> the 30th International Country Music Conference, Nashville,TN (May 23-25). <br /> 2012 Keynote: "Strappy Sandals and Dusty Boots: Footwear, Gender, Class, and Economics in <br /> Today's Country Music." 29th Annual International Country Music Conference, Nashville,TN <br /> (May 24-26). <br /> 2011 "Country Music U.S.A. 3rd Edition Revised:Working on a Legend," Invited Lecture, 28th <br /> Annual International Country Music Conference, Nashville,TN (May 26-28). <br /> 2011 "Songwriting in Fashion: The Evolution of Musical Form and its Cultural Implications Over <br /> Sixty Years of Country Music." Invited Lecture, University of Georgia Department of Music <br /> Colloquium Series(April 15). <br /> SELECTED RECENT FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS,and AWARDS <br /> 2013 Academic Leadership Program Fellow, Institute for the Arts and Humanities, UNC. <br /> 2012 Center for Faculty Excellence 100+(large-enrollment course) Course Redesign Grants. <br /> Awarded jointly with Tim Marr$6,000 to re-design the Introduction to Southern Studies. <br /> SELECTED RECENT SERVICE <br /> Professional <br /> Program Chair, Southern Sounds/Out of Bounds: Music and the Global American South Conference <br /> with the Center for Global Initiatives and the Center for the Study of the American South, UNC <br /> Chapel Hill, February 2013. <br /> Program Chair, Society for Music Theory National Conference Qoint with two other professional <br /> societies:AMS and SEM), New Orleans, 2012. <br /> Committee Member, Graduate Student Workshop Program, Society for Music Theory, 2012. <br /> Program Committee Member, Society for Music Theory National Conference, Minneapolis, 2011. <br /> Board Member, University of Michigan Press"Tracking Pop" series, 2009-present. <br /> Editorial Board Member, Music Theory Spectrum,three-year appointment to the board for the Society <br /> for Music Theory's flagship print-journal, 2006-2009. <br />