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Tamar Sella

Title: Assistant Professor

Department: Music History, Theory and Ethnomusicology

College: College of Music

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

Education

  • PhD, Harvard University, 2020
    Major: Music
  • MA, Harvard University, 2019
    Major: Music

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

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

MUET 6010.002Current Issues in EthnomusicologySpring 2025 SPOT
MUET 4500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologySpring 2025 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.001Introduction to EthnomusicologySpring 2025 SPOT
MUET 5210.002Seminar in EthnomusicologySpring 2025 SPOT
MUET 5900.704Special Problems in EthnomusicologySpring 2025
MUET 3060.001African American MusicFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 4500.002Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.002Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2024 SPOT
MUET 3060.001African American MusicSpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 6010.002Current Issues in EthnomusicologySpring 2024 SPOT
MUET 5210.002Seminar in EthnomusicologySpring 2024 SPOT
MUET 3060.001African American MusicFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 4500.002Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
MUET 5500.002Introduction to EthnomusicologyFall 2023 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 Intellectual Contributions

    Encyclopedia Article

  • Sella, T. (2021). Zohra El Fassia. Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/fassia-zohra-el

    • Interpretive Essay, Co-Author

  • Sella, T. (2021). Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Musicians in America during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Documentary Project of the Society for Ethnomusicology. https://semmusicianscovid.com/essay/

    • Journal Article

  • Sella, T. (2024). Sour Solidarities: Musicians, Academics, and Precarity in the Pandemic’s Wake. Ethnomusicology. 68 (2) 300-24.
  • Sella, T. (2020). Where Lineage Fails: Reorienting Diasporic Memory in Israel. Women and Music: A Journal of Gender and Culture. 24 (1) 107-125.

    • Newsletter

  • Sella, T. (2022). Introducing Three Arab Jewish Musicians. (21) 4-5. Branches: News from the Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Geoffroy-Schwinden, R.D., Wright, B.F., Virani, V., Snyder, B., Sella, T., Dietlinger, B., "Team Mentoring Grant," University of North Texas, $5000 Funded. (2024 - 2025).
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Overall
Summative Rating		 Challenge and
Engagement Index		 Response Rate

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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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