Cain Trevino

Major and Classification

Sophomore, American Studies & Ethnicity, Latin American Studies

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Josh Kun – Annenberg, Communications

Department

Dornsife – American Studies & Ethnicity

Research Gateway Project

“The Transcultural Influences of Cumbia Rebajada in Texas Borderlands”

Project Abstract

Through this interpretive research, Cain aims to demonstrate how the music and sound of marginalized people functions as a tool for community-building, as well as how migration affects and creates cultural shifts in regional music.