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The Miner Music Minute on Dr. Kenith Meissner

In this special edition of Frontera Frequencies: The Miner Music Minute, Faculty Edition, hosts Roberto Avant-Mier and Ale Seañez interview Dr. Kenith Meissner, Dean of the Miguel A. Loya College of Engineering. They discuss how Dr. Meissner’s career path, origins, and roots, impacted his music. For instance, he mention The Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road" to describe his career till today. His love for and connection to the *Americana* genre, showing the soundtrack to the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" as an example. And Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" to describe how classic rock plays in his daily life.

Roberto Avant-Mier (PhD, Univ. of Utah) is the Interim Chair of the Department of Communication at UTEP and host of Frontera Frequencies. Prior to returning to Texas-El Paso in 2010, he was a professor at Boston College, and he previously attended the University of Utah, UTEP, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa. His research analyzes the discursive construction of Latino/Hispanic identity(ies) and cultural issues in popular music and film.
Ale Seanez is a graduate student and MTA who recently earned her degree in Communication. She is passionate about exploring how media, culture, border identity, and storytelling intersect, and plans to pursue a PhD after completing graduate school.
Martin Leon is a producer at KTEP, editing and assembling radio shows for the station. He engineers and records interviews, as well as being a Board Operator for Texas Standard once a week. Current shows include Jazz Night in America, The Latin Alternative, Classical Guitar Alive, From the Top, and Pipedreams.
Daisy Morales is part of the on-air talent, and interview host, in charge of recording and producing shows such as El Paso Prime Time, Science Studio, and We Are UT El Paso; Daisy also manages the recently added Podcast division.