Marisol Berrios-Miranda

Visiting lecturer Marisol Berrios-Miranda holds doctoral and master's degrees in music (ethnomusicolgy) from the University of California, Berkeley; a master's degree in music from San Jose State University (Calif.); and a bachelor's degree in music form the University of Puerto Rico.

Her academic awards include a Fulbright grant for fieldwork in Venezuela, a UC Berkeley Chancellor's Dissertation fellowship, and a UC Berkeley President's Post Doctoral fellowship.

Berrios-Miranda's research experience includes fieldwork on Gwoka, the traditional music of Guadeloupe, French Caribbean; on popular and traditional music in Puerto Rico, salsa and bomba; on salsa dancing in nightclubs in Seattle; on dancing and socialization in Florida and Puerto Rico;on steelband music in Trinidad and Tobago; and on traditional and popular musics in Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

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