Lauralee Yeary (she/her)

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Senior Associate Editor commissioning titles in Ethnomusicology, Oral History, Jazz Studies, and Religion for Oxford University Press | bad jokes + opinions my own

Screenshot of a live audience during a 2015 taping of the Dr. Oz Show. I am seated in the bottom left corner next to a display of ping pong balls and two plexiglass dishes, one of which is filled with blue water. During the show, a guest tossed balls into each dish. The empty dish repelled balls while the dish filled with water retained the balls, proving that skin needs moisture to retain additional moisture. The episode was sponsored by a Eucerin in-shower moisturizer.
Cover for Music & Dance as Everyday South Asia, edited by Sarah L. Morelli and Zoe C. Sherinian. The cover is split evenly into three horizontal sections, each with
Cover of Insurgent Fandom by Max Jack. A black & white cover photo shows an ultra whose face is covered by a bi-color ski mask. He stares resolutely into the camera while standing in front of a chainlink fence.
Cover for The Oxford Handbook of Community Singing. The cover photo shows a person standing with their arms outstretched, facing away from the camera. They appear to direct a group of vocalists on a small outdoor stage.
A dazzling kaleidoscopic collage in red, orange, blue, and purple. To the left, a figure holds a microphone, poised to sing. The flag of the Philippines appears behind the image, with the author's name, the book title, and the subtitle printed diagonally across the cover.
Navy blue cover of Postgraduate Research in Music by Victoria Rogers. Primarily text-based with a vector of a pencil with musical notes coming off the top of the pencil, where an eraser would typically appear.
Book cover for Music, Mind, and Language in Chinese Poetry and Performance. The title, subtitle, and author byline appear on a red rectangle in the lower left side of the cover, superimposed over a scanned image of Chinese text.
All-text cover for Swinglines by Fernando Benadon. Orange and white text is superimposed on a plain blue background, with the series title (Oxford Studies in Music Theory) in a black band along the bottom edge of the cover.
Book cover for Sounds, Ecologies, Musics. The title and volume editors' names are superimposed on a photo of a swamp. Water in the middle of the photo reflects the trees and sky above.
Cover of Music, Encounter, Togetherness by Nicholas Cook. The cover image is a photo of four musicians performing in a band while atop an apartment roof in a city. The band comprises a pianist, a saxophone player, a fiddle/violin player, and a drummer. The fiddle/violin player is centered in the foreground, with skyscrapers and a powerline in the background.
Book cover of The Cantigas de Santa Maria. White text is superimposed over a multicolor illustration of Alfonso X who holds an open book and stands as overseer of the Cantigas project. He is surrounded by scribes, poets, and musicians. Beneath is text from the cantiga de loor, ‘Des oge mais quer’ eu trobar’ (CSM 1). El Escorial, Biblioteca del Real Monasterio, MS T.I.1, fol. 5r.
Book cover for Jazz Migrations: Movement as Place Among New York Musicians by Ofer Gazit. A central block print illustration shows two jazz musicians facing each other while performing on string instruments in a night club. The book's main title is printed in custom block lettering designed by artist Mariano Gil, who also provided the cover illustration.
Book cover for Spectacular Listening showing a multi-color pair of headphones on a black background.
Cover for Audible Infrastructures: Music, Sound, Media, edited by Kyle Devine and Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
Cover art for Sound Relations: Native Ways of Doing Music History in Alaska by Jessica Bissett Perea, which was jointly awarded the 2023 Ruth Stone Prize by the Society for Ethnomusicology.
Prof. Adriana N. Helbig holds a copy of her book ReSounding Poverty at the 2023 Society for Ethnomusicology conference.
Prof. Marysol Quevdo holds a copy of her book, Cuban Music Counterpoints, at the 2023 Society for Ethnomusicology conference.
Professor Sean Williams holds a copy of her book, Musics of the World, at the Society for Ethnomusicology 2023 conference in Ottawa, Canada.