Musicologist Gabriel Solis has been named a dean’s fellow of the College of Fine and Applied Arts.
Please see Interim Dean Peter Mortensen’s announcement below:
Dear Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce that Gabriel Solis will join the dean’s office as a fellow in the new year. A professor of music, anthropology, and African American studies, Gabriel’s scholarly work explores the ways people engage the past, performing history and memory through music.
As dean’s fellow, Gabriel will serve an important role in the implementation of the new college strategy, ensuring timely and inclusive realization of established goals. A primary area of focus for this work will be the planning and realization of a new research hub for the college, including the establishment of infrastructure to support faculty-driven research themes in interdisciplinary performance, community partnerships, and arts research. The fellow will coordinate the exploration and establishment of a new center according to university statutes and processes, and work to devise and realize measurable goals for related efforts with attention to staffing, space, and fiscal stability.
While serving the college, Gabriel will retain his faculty appointment. Last year, he was named an NEH fellow, and this year, began a three-year digital jazz studies project funded through the Trans-Atlantic Platform for Humanities and Social Sciences. His previous awards include the Wenner Gren Foundation’s Hunt Fellowship, the Arnold O. Beckman Fellowship for distinguished research, the Madden Fellowship for research in technology and the arts, an IPRH fellowship, and a Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory senior fellowship.
Please join me in welcoming Gabriel to his new role within the college.
Illinois Musicology 