Chenmeng Li
Graduate Employee
Music
Email: chl1@uoregon.edu
Phone: N/A
Office: 198C Esslinger
Research Interests: Musicology, Asian hip-hop, Music and Identity, Artistic Autonomy
Chenmeng Li is a second-year PhD student in Musicology at the University of Oregon. She completed her undergraduate studies in Flute Performance at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She later shifted her focus to musicology and earned her master’s degree at Brandeis University. Her research focuses on hip-hop in Xinjiang, China, where she explores how musicians negotiate cultural identity, language, and authenticity as they reach wider audiences. Outside of her academic work, Chenmeng enjoys painting and practicing Chinese calligraphy.