His research focuses on music and cultural policy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a special emphasis on the cultural politics of contemporary tango. His work has appeared in Latin American Music Review and Ethnomusicology Forum; he is currently working on a book length project on the new ways tango as a genre has been drawn upon and used as a resource for cultural, social, and economic development in contemporary Buenos Aires. Luker received the PhD in ethnomusicology from Columbia University. Bio courtesy of his faculty page.