Mark Feng is a Ph.D. candidate in ethnomusicology. He holds two MAs in ethnomusicology and musicology from the University of California, Davis and the Taipei National University of Arts. Mark is a trans-Pacific, activist ethnomusicologist, and his study at UC Davis was sponsored by the Taiwan Ministry of Education. Mark’s dissertation examines the intertwinement of whiteness and Han Taiwanese ethnic hegemony through the music and embodiment of Taiwanese heavy metal. He conducts musical ethnographic fieldwork in three major Taiwanese cities, Taipei, Taichung, and Takao.