Shana L. Redmond Explained

Discipline:	Comparative Literature Musicology
Awards:	Guggenheim Fellowship (2023)

Shana L. Redmond is an English and Comparative Literature professor at the Center for the Study of Ethnicity & Race at Columbia University. She is currently president of the American Studies Association and a recipient of a 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

Redmond received her B.A. from Macalester College, where she trained as a vocalist, and her Ph.D. from Yale University.^[3] She is an interdisciplinary scholar of race, culture, and power with a specialization in the intersection of music and the black radical tradition.^[4] She also taught musicology and jazz studies at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.^[5]

Redmond is the author of Everything Man: The Form and Function of Paul Robeson (2020), which received multiple book awards, including a 2021 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Three Columbians Win Guggenheim Fellowships . 2023-04-21 . Columbia News . en.
2. Web site: 2022-23 President Shana L. Redmond . April 21, 2023 . American Studies Association.
3. Web site: Shana Redmond . 2023-04-21 . Department of African American Studies . en-US.
4. Web site: Shana Redmond . 2023-04-21 . The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music . en-US.
5. Web site: Musicologist Shana Redmond contributes to award-nominated documentary about Harlem and music . 2023-04-21 . UCLA . en-US.
6. Web site: August 23, 2021 . The Before Columbus Foundation announces the Winners of the Forty-Second Annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS . April 21, 2023 . John Giorno Foundation.