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News
Dr. Joe Trotter wins the John Lewis Award for History and Social Justice from the American Historical Association.
Dr. Edmund Russell created an interactive digital map on telegraph history.
Read Dr. Michal Friedman's interview for the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Spotlight series.
Dr. Nico Slate recently received a prestigious NEH fellowship for his project on the role of the Highlander Folk School in training leaders of the civil rights movement.
Courses
79-345 - Roots of Rock and Roll
Taught by: Professor Scott Sandage
Roots of Rock and Roll is about open source, collaborative innovation and the impact of social and technological change on American music. The class focuses on early "remix" music (slave songs, Anglo-Appalachian ballads, ragtime, and Depression era blues and country) and revolutionaries like Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and Janis Joplin. The class format is informal lecture and discussion.
