Faculty Profile
Catherine Ragland
Title
Associate Professor
Department
Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology
College
College of Music
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Current Scheduled Teaching*
MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
MUET 5220.001, Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods, Spring 2024
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2024
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching*
MUGC 6950.727, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2023
MUET 5080.001, Studies in Latin American Music, Fall 2023 SPOT
MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023
MUET 5220.001, Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods, Spring 2023 SPOT
MUGC 6950.727, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022
MUGC 5930.705, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Fall 2022
MUGC 5930.706, Research Problem in Lieu of Thesis, Fall 2022
MUET 5020.001, Anthropology of Sound, Spring 2022 SPOT
MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
ANTH 5700.050, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Spring 2022 SPOT
MUGC 6950.727, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
MUET 5900.703, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2021
MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021
MUGC 6950.727, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2020
ANTH 5700.001, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2020 SPOT
MUET 6010.001, Current Issues in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MUGC 6950.704, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2020
MUET 5030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2020 Syllabus
MUGC 6950.727, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2019
MUET 5900.702, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2019 Syllabus
MUGC 6900.702, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2019
MUET 6010.001, Current Issues in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2018 SPOT
MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2018 SPOT
MUET 5080.002, Studies in Latin American Music, Spring 2018 SPOT
MUET 5020.001, Anthropology of Sound, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2017
MUET 5030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUET 4900.701, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Fall 2017
MUET 4900.702, SPECIAL PROBLEMS, Fall 2017
ANTH 5700.001, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2017 SPOT
MUET 5220.001, Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods, Spring 2017 SPOT
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2017
MUET 5080.002, Studies in Latin American Music, Spring 2017 SPOT
MUET 6010.001, Current Issues in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2016 SPOT
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2016
MUET 5030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Fall 2016 SPOT
MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2016 SPOT
MUET 5220.001, Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods, Spring 2016 SPOT
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016
MUET 5080.001, Studies in Latin American Music, Spring 2016 SPOT
MUET 5020.001, Anthropology of Sound, Fall 2015 SPOT
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2015
MUET 5900.701, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2015
ANTH 5700.001, Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology, Fall 2015 SPOT
MUET 3030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Summer 5W2 2015 SPOT
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Spring 2015
MUET 3030.002, Music Cultures of the World, Spring 2015 Syllabus
MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2015
MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2014 Syllabus
MUGC 5950.704, Master's Thesis, Fall 2014
MUET 5900.701, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2014
MUET 5900.704, Special Problems in Ethnomusicology, Fall 2014
MUET 3080.001, Studies in Latin American Music, Fall 2014 Syllabus
MUET 5080.001, Studies in Latin American Music, Fall 2014
MUET 3030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Summer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Spring 2014 Syllabus
MUET 5030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Spring 2014
MUET 5030.791, Music Cultures of the World, Spring 2014
MUGC 5900.705, Special Problems, Spring 2014
MUGC 5900.706, Special Problems, Spring 2014
MUET 5220.001, Ethnomusicology Field and Research Methods, Fall 2013
MUGC 5950.710, Master's Thesis, Fall 2013
MUET 3080.001, Studies in Latin American Music, Fall 2013 Syllabus
MUET 5080.001, Studies in Latin American Music, Fall 2013
MUGC 5950.712, Master's Thesis, Spring 2013
MUET 3030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Spring 2013 Syllabus
MUET 5030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Spring 2013
MUET 5210.001, Seminar in Ethnomusicology, Spring 2013
MUET 4500.001, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, Fall 2012 Syllabus
MUET 3030.002, Music Cultures of the World, Fall 2012 Syllabus
MUET 5030.001, Music Cultures of the World, Fall 2012
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Publications
Published Intellectual Contributions
Book
Ragland, C. A. (2009). Música Norteña: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation between Nations.
Book Chapter
Ragland, C. A., Ramos-Kittrell, J. A. (2019). Reclaiming ‘the Border’ in Texas-Mexican Conjunto Heritage and Cultural Memory. Decentering the Nation: Music, Mexicanidad, and Globalization. Decentering the Nation: Music, Mexicanidad, and Globalization, . Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498573184/Decentering-the-Nation-Music-Mexicanidad-and-Globalization
Ragland, C. A. (2013). "Cumbia Sonidera, Mediating Music, Dance and Social Space in Mexico and the US." In Cumbia in the Americas..
Ragland, C. A. (2012). "Tejano and Proud": Regional Accordion Traditions of South Texas and the Border Region." In The Accordion in the Americas: Klezmer, Polka, Tango, Zydeco, and More!.
Ragland, C. A. (2011). " Comunicando la imaginación colectiva: el mundo socio-espacial del sonidero mexicano," In Sonideros en las aceras, véngase la g ozadera..
Ragland, C. A. (2011). " From Pistol-Packing Pelado to Border Crossing Mojado: El Piporro and the Making of a 'Mexican' Border Space," In Transnational Encounters. Music and Performance at the U.S.-Mexico Border..
Ragland, C. A. (2006). "¡ Vivan los mojados ! poder, imaginación e "mexicanidad" en música norteña y su impacto musical en la diaspora mexicana," In Las Dimensiones Culturales de la Transición Mexicana: Identidad, Migración, Género y Violencia..
Ragland, C. A. (2001). "La Voz del Pueblo Tejano: The Construction of Identity and Conjunto Music in South Texas." In Puro Conjunto, An Album in Words, Pictures, Writings, Posters and Photos from the Tejano Conjunto Festival en San Antonio, 1982-1998..
Book Review
New York (NY), N. N. (2017). ¡Corrido! The Living Ballad of Mexico’s Western Coast by John Holmes. Other. New Jersey & Indiana: American Anthropological Association/Wiley. http://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/issue/10.1111/jlca.2017.22.issue-1/
Ragland, C. A. (2017). Dissonant Divas, In Chicana Music: The Limits of La Onda by Deborah R. Vargas. Other. 61(1), 150-153. University of Illinois Press. https://www.jstor.org/journal/ethnomusicology
Ragland, C. A. (2007). Mariachi in America by Daniel Sheehy. Other. 51(1), 151-153. Illinois: University of Illinois Press. https://www.jstor.org/journal/ethnomusicology
Ragland, C. A. (2003). Música Tejana by Manuel Peña. Other. 47(2), . Illinois: University of Illinois Press. https://www.jstor.org/journal/ethnomusicology
Catalogue Essay
New York, N. N. (2015). Mixing It Up with High Voltage Violins. Other. New York: Lincoln Center. http://americansongbook.org/assets/img/downloads/03-13%20Villalobos.pdf
Conference Proceeding
Ragland, C. A. (2011). "Norteno Music, Transcending the History of a Texas-Mexican Border Tradition," In Gateways: Northeastern Mexico and South Tejas, One Region, One Culture: An Anthology of Essays..
Critical Review
Ragland, C. A. (2010). Borders y Bailes, Los Texmaniacs. Other. 42, 218-219. Memorial University: International Council for Traditional Music. http://www.ictmusic.org/publications/yearbook-for-traditional-music
Ragland, C. A. (2009). The Best of Lydia Mendoza and Juan Reynoso: Genius of Mexico’s Tierra Caliente. Other. 41, 244-245. Memorial University: International Council for Traditional Music. http://www.ictmusic.org/publications/yearbook-for-traditional-music
Ragland, C. A. (2008). Rolas de Aztlán: songs of the Chicano Movement. Other. 121(480), . Indiana University: American Folklore Society. http://www.afsnet.org/?page=JAF
Ragland, C. A. (2006). The Roots of the Narcocorrido. Other. 38, 155-156. Memorial University: International Council for Traditional Music. http://www.ictmusic.org/publications/yearbook-for-traditional-music
Ragland, C. A. (2005). La Bamba: Sones Jarochos de Veracruz. Other. 47(1), 192-193. Berlin: VWB - Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung.
Ragland, C. A. (2003). El Ciego Melquiades (the blind fiddler): San Antonio House Party and La Hermanas Segovia, Puñaladas de Amor: Pioneers of Tex-Mex/Norteño Music. Other. 35, 218-219. Memorial University: International Council for Traditional Music. http://www.ictmusic.org/publications/yearbook-for-traditional-music
Encyclopedia Article
Ragland, C. A. (2013). "Folk and Traditional Musics of Mexico and Central America," In Gale World Scholar" Latin America and the Caribbean..
Journal Article
Ragland, C. A. (2019). Hacer sonar la tradicon a traves de las fronteras: la popularidad transnacional de Ramon Ayala, ıcono de la autenticidad fronteriza en la musica nortena. Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos. 35(1), 35. Oakland, California: University of California Press. http://msem.ucpress.edu/
Ragland, C. A. (2003). " Mexican Deejays and the Transnational Space of Youth Dances in New York and New Jersey," In Ethnomusicology, 47/3 (Fall)..
Ragland, C. A. (2000). "With his Accordion in his Hand: The Impact of the Accordion during the Formative Years of Modern Texas-Mexican Conjunto Music (1930s-1950s)." In The Free Reed Journal, Vol. 2 (Fall)..
Ragland, C. A. (2000). Raíces musicales…raíces de la raza : Maintaining Tradition in Conjunto Style." In Tonantzin..
Scholarly Note
Ragland, C. A. (2011). 22 scholarly notes on Mexican, Mexican American and Latino Music and Musicians In The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed..
Awarded Grants
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Grant - Research
Ragland, C. (Supporting), Gudino, J. O. (Principal), Valerio, R. G. (Supporting), Hirai, S. (Supporting), Santana, L. D. (Supporting), "Processes of Cultural Construction in Northeastern México and South Texas. The Case of hip hop y la música norteña," Sponsored by University of North Texas, International, $35000 Funded. (September 2014 – August 2019).
Grant - Service
Ragland, C. A. (Principal), Rowell, R. (Supporting), ""Hear the World" @ Vickery Meadows," Sponsored by Dallas Foundation, Local, $20000 Funded. (September 1, 2022 – November 2023).
Ragland, C. A. (Principal), Rowell, R. (Co-Principal), "Hear the World Festival @ Vickery Meadows," Sponsored by Rea Charitable Trust Foundation, Private, $30000 Funded. (August 2022 – November 2023).
Ragland, C. A. (Supporting), Castro, D. (Principal), Martinez-Ebers, V. (Supporting), "Third International Conference of Research Faculty on the Arts and Cultures," Sponsored by Global Venture Fund, University of North Texas, $4000 Funded. (December 18, 2019 – November 13, 2020).
Grant - Teaching
Ragland, C. A. (Principal), "Mexican Music Initiative at UNT," Sponsored by Rea Charitable Trust Foundation, Private, $20000 Funded. (January 1, 2020 – May 2023).
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- Overall Summative Rating (median):
This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):- The course as a whole was
- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
- Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was