Lindsay Pope (D.M.A.), Williamsburg, Mass., won the Julius Herford Dissertation Prize for outstanding doctoral terminal research project in choral music – making her the first UNT student to win the prestigious honor. Her dissertation, “Beyond the Binary: The Intersection of Gender and Cross-Cultural Identity in Reena Esmail's Life and Choral Works,” also was recognized with the 2019 Toulouse Dissertation Award in the Fine Arts field by UNT’s Toulouse Graduate School. She is visiting director of choral activities at Williams College.