Shana L. Redmond

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]

Shana L. Redmond
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (2023)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineComparative Literature
Musicology
Institutions

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]

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