Eric Hung

Eric Hung (he/they) is executive director of the Music of Asian America Research Center, curator of the AA+NH/PI Learning Pathway for Smithsonian Folkways, and adjunct lecturer at the University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies. Prior to joining the nonprofit world full-time, he was a tenure-track and tenured professor of music history at the University of Montana and Rider University. Hung is also an active pianist and conductor who has performed in Germany, Australia, Thailand, Australia and throughout North America. A long-time member of the New York-based Gamelan Dharma Swara, he recently joined Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture’s Arab Percussion Ensemble. He holds a PhD in musicology from Stanford University and an MLIS in archives and digital curation from the University of Maryland.