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RONALD RADANO

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ACS403 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Loved professor Radano. He is extremely well-versed on the subject matter and does a great job facilitating discussion even when you feel completely lost. Would take another class in a heartbeat if I weren't graduating.
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Classes with RONALD RADANO

AFRICAN 409

Topics in US and Global Black Music Studies

Credits unavailable

Explores 'musical blackness' as a transnational cultural form shaped by colonial and imperial legacies.

No offering record · Spring 2020

with this instructor · course overall, matching historical terms

Ronald Radano

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Spring 2018–Spring 2018 · limited sample
AFRICAN/ANTHRO/ECON/GEOG/HISTORY/POLISCI 983

Interdepartmental Seminar in African Studies Topics

3 credits

An interdisciplinary seminar exploring African societies and cultures.

No offering record · Spring 2020

Ronald Radano

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2016–Fall 2016 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2020AFRICAN 409Topics in US and Global Black Music Studies
Spring 2020AFRICAN/ANTHRO/ECON/GEOG/HISTORY/POLISCI 983Interdepartmental Seminar in African Studies Topics
Fall 2019AFRICAN 405Topics in African Cultural Studies
Fall 2019AFRICAN 700Reading and Writing African Cultural Studies
Spring 2018AFRICAN 403Theories of African Cultural Studies
Spring 2018AFRICAN 409Topics in US and Global Black Music Studies
Fall 2017AFRICAN 100Introduction to African Cultural Expression
Spring 2017AFRICAN 901Seminar in Modern African Literature
Spring 2016MUSIC 799Independent Work
Spring 2016MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Fall 2015MUSIC 405Seminar: Cultural Study of Music
Fall 2015MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Spring 2015MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Fall 2014MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Spring 2014MUSIC 405Seminar: Cultural Study of Music
Spring 2014MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Fall 2013FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Fall 2012MUSIC 497Special Topics in Music
Spring 2012MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Spring 2011FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Fall 2010MUSIC 799Independent Work
Spring 2010FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Fall 2009MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Spring 2009FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Spring 2009MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Fall 2008MUSIC 497Special Topics in Music
Fall 2008MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Spring 2008MUSIC 799Independent Work
Spring 2008MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Fall 2007MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Spring 2007FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Spring 2007MUSIC 799Independent Work
Spring 2007MUSIC 990Masters Thesis
Spring 2007MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project
Fall 2006FOLKLORE/MUSIC 515Proseminar in Ethnomusicology
Fall 2006FOLKLORE/MUSIC 915Seminar in Ethnomusicology
Fall 2006MUSIC 799Independent Work
Fall 2006MUSIC 999Phd Diss/dma Project

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