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