Kyra D. Gaunt Ph.D.

Digital ethnomusicologist

Prize-winning author
Expert social media witness

Senior TED Fellow (2020-2021)

Voicing the unspoken through
song, scholarship, and social media. 

Prize-Winning Book

Awarded the 2007 Alan P. Merriam Prize for the most outstanding English-speaking monograph by the Society for Ethnomusicology. 

$27.00 on Amazon.

Media 

Appearances

2018 Small Thing, Big Idea TED design series, episode 2, went viral. "How the Jump Rope Got its Rhythm" featuring Professor Gaunt!