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Sarah Politz

Contact Information

Email: spolitz
Office: 130 Music Building

Dr. Sarah Politz is an assistant professor in the School of Music in the UF College of the Arts.

Education

Ph.D. Ethnomusicology, Harvard University, 2017
M.A. Ethnomusicology, Wesleyan University, 2011
B.M. Jazz Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory, 2007
B.A. English, Oberlin College and Conservatory, 2007

Research Interests

phenomenology, semiotics, and history in music analysis, to culturally grounded definitions of musical genre and style, the aesthetics of jazz, and Afro-modernism

Countries/Regions of Expertise

Republic of Benin, West Africa

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