Aarlene is a recent B.A. Performance Studies graduate and current M.A. candidate at PS. During her undergrad, Aarlene’s main focus was the connection between performance, technology, and consumerism. Her final Capstone project, Encoding Bias: Facial Recognition and the
Maintenance of the Status Quo, delved into the complex relationship between human bias and computer coding, investigating how biased humans have created biased technology. Now during her graduate studies, Aarlene’s area of research is affect and music, specifically exploring how music creates affective responses. She plans on applying this research in the future to her career as a Music Supervisor.

Areas of concentration/study:

Music, Affect, Performance and Personality, Psychology

Awards:

The J Ndukaku Amankulor Memorial Award for Academic Excellence (NYU Tisch 2020)

Title of B.A. Capstone Project:

Encoding Bias: Facial Recognition and the Maintenance of the Status Quo

 Why PS @ NYU?

I chose Performance Studies because I want to further develop my critical thinking approach to the impact of performance on society, specifically as it pertains to affect and music.

MA Assistant Event Credits: 

PRACTICE WITH/IN/ DURING A PANDEMIC: RE-IMAGINING ART IN ISOLATION

MAD CLOT ON A HOLY BONE: A CONVERSATION BETWEEN ASHER HARTMAN AND CHIRON ARMAND