Faculty Profile

Kimberly Hannon Teal

Title
Assistant Professor
Department
Jazz Studies
College
College of Music

    

Education

PhD, University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music), 2012.
Major: Musicology
Dissertation Title: Living Traditions: Embodying Heritage In Contemporary Jazz Performance
MA, University of Rochester (Eastman School of Music), 2008.
Major: Musicology

Current Scheduled Teaching*

MUJS 3400.001, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Summer 2024
MUJS 5430.001, Graduate Review of Jazz History, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MUJS 3070.001, History of Jazz, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MUJS 5440.001, Introduction to Research in Jazz Studies, Spring 2024 Syllabus
MUJS 3400.800, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Spring 2024 Syllabus

* 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*

MUJS 5430.001, Graduate Review of Jazz History, Fall 2023 SPOT
MUJS 3070.001, History of Jazz, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5780.001, Jazz Styles and Analysis, Fall 2023 SPOT
MUJS 6010.001, Seminar in Jazz History and Analysis, Fall 2023 SPOT
MUJS 4910.708, Special Problems, Fall 8W2 2023
MUJS 5900.713, Special Problems, Fall 2023
MUJS 3400.002, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Fall 2023 Syllabus
MUJS 3400.700, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Fall 8W2 2023 SPOT
MUJS 3400.001, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Summer 8W1 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5430.001, Graduate Review of Jazz History, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 3070.001, History of Jazz, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5440.001, Introduction to Research in Jazz Studies, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 3400.020, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Spring 2023 Syllabus
MUJS 3400.021, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Spring 8W2 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5430.001, Graduate Review of Jazz History, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 4470.001, History of Jazz, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5780.001, Jazz Styles and Analysis, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 6010.001, Seminar in Jazz History and Analysis, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 3400.002, Understanding and Appreciating Jazz in U.S. and World History and Culture, Fall 2022 Syllabus
MUJS 5430.001, Graduate Review of Jazz History, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 4470.001, History of Jazz, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5440.001, Introduction to Research in Jazz Studies, Spring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5900.707, Special Problems, Spring 2022
MUJS 5430.001, Graduate Review of Jazz History, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 4470.001, History of Jazz, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 5780.001, Jazz Styles and Analysis, Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
MUJS 6010.001, Seminar in Jazz History and Analysis, Fall 2021 SPOT

* 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
Hannon Teal, K. (2021). Jazz Places: How Performance Spaces Shape Jazz History. 218. Berkeley, California: University of California Press.
Journal Article
Hannon Teal, K. (2021). Highlighting Collaboration in the Music History Classroom through the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Jazz Education in Research and Practice. 2(1), 4-24. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
Journal Special Issue
Hannon Teal, K. (2021). Jazz in the Present Tense, special issue of Jazz and Culture. Jazz & Culture. 4(2), 136. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press.

Awarded Grants

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Hannon Teal, K. D., "Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship," Sponsored by Society for American Music, National, $3000 Funded. (May 2023September 2023).
Grant - Research
Hannon Teal, K. (Principal), "H. Earl Johnson Publication Subvention," Sponsored by Society for American Music, International, $2000 Funded. (June 1, 2021).
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Overall
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Challenge and
Engagement Index
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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
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