My dissertation project, which has the working title “Women in Rock and Roll’s First Wave,” focuses on the careers and music of women rock and roll performers active in the 1950s.

Visit the digital part of the project: http://www.womeninrockproject.org.

Read the accompanying document: OhioLink ETD.

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Shortlisted for Reeperbahn Festival International Music Journalism Award, 2019

Selected Media Coverage:

“Leah Branstetter, à la recherche des premières rockeuses,” Clara Magazine (France), July/August 2019.

“Žene rock’n’rolla,” Grazia (Croatia), July 2019.

“Rockens første kvinner frem i lyset: Forsker Leah Branstetter kartlegger kvinnene som spilte rock på 1950-tallet,” Morgenbladet (Norway), July 24, 2019.

“Königinnen an der Gitarre: Frauen im Rock ‚n‘ Roll,” taz (Germany), July 20, 2019.

“Remembering the Overlooked Women Who Helped Create Rock and Roll in the 1950s,” Far Out Magazine (UK), June 4, 2019.

“Pioneiras do rock: conheça as mulheres que ajudaram a criar o estilo nos anos 1950,” Rolling Stone (Brazil), June 2, 2019.

“Nainen ei voi laulaa rock and rollia,” Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), May 26, 2019.

“Databas ska lyfta de första kvinnorna inom 50-talsrocken,” SVT Nyheter (Sweden), May 27, 2019.

“As mulheres que ajudaram a criar o rock na década de 1950,” Revista Bula: Literatura e Jornalismo Cultural (Brazil).

“הנשים הראשונות של הרוק’נ’רול” [“The First Women of Rock & Roll”], אלכסון [Diagonal] (Israel), May 26, 2019.

“New Web Project Immortalizes the Overlooked Women Who Helped Create Rock and Roll in the 1950s,” Openculture.org, May 23, 2019.