Hey! My name is Marcus Jensen, and I’m a second year here at Oberlin. I’m from Minneapolis, Minnesota - homeland of Prince, among many other wonderful things such as rollerblades and honeycrisp apples! I love reading (especially Amor Towles, Leigh Bardugo, Jandy Nelson, and Erin Morgenstern) and perhaps while away too many hours at the Oberlin Public Library (though I think any and all time spent at a library well spent).
I'm particularly interested in recent media studies, especially regarding video games and TV shows as cultural touchpoints. This semester, I'm teaching an Experimental College course on the music of video games, which has been so amazing and a true blast to run! I also chair 'Round Midnight, Oberlin's all-gender jazz and folk a cappella group (I arranged the Roches' Hammond Song this summer, and I'm so excited to perform it this winter!), co-run the Oberlin Contra Club, co-direct the WOBC (radio station) classical music group (+ have a show - 'Fugue State,' Fridays at 2PM!), am a course assistant for music history 101, and major rep the Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (GSFS) and Musical Studies departments.
I’m absotively delighted to share some of my stories from Oberlin, discuss post-minimalist (Steve Reich and Terry Riley are my favs, though I will steer the conversation far, far away from total serialism) or Romantic era music, and debate the various GSFS angles to character design in video games. A current project that I'm super excited about is one on depictions of witches in media since 1950 - if you happen to run into me, feel free to chat! Be warned, however - there is a high likelihood that a Minnesota goodbye will occur, so plan accordingly!
