University of Maryland, Baltimore County Interdisciplinary CoLab: Jazz and Justice Project

Acknowledgements and Sources

This website and its resources featured on it such as the podcast, article and gallery were created as part of a research project on the Left Bank Jazz Society through UMBC’s 2023 Interdisciplinary CoLab: Jazz and Justice.

UMBC’s Interdisciplinary CoLab is a joint effort between the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Activities Advisory Committee, the Dresher Center for the Humanities, and Summer/Winter Programs. This program offers students a three-credit paid internship utilizing narrative-based research, diverse modes of analysis and technical resources to create products that effectively informs the public of narrative stories which the students and faculty are studying. Additionally the internship also provides workshops in professionalism , narrative research, and collaboration to further prepare them for the experiences the internship provides and to carry with them beyond the internship.

The website and its resources was created by UMBC’s Interdisciplinary CoLab: Jazz and Justice team consisting of….

Bethan Cruise – B.A Music Performance and MLL

Adi Mwangi – B.A. Animation

Zachary Bradley – B.A. Music Technology

Students work with not just UMBC faulty but also community partners to complete the products for this internship. We would like to give a special thanks to the faculty and community partner that helped us through our research journey. Without their contribution, we would not have been able to create these resources for the public to enjoy.

UMBC’s Faculty

President Sheares Ashby
Provost Philip Rous

Dr. Earl Brooks – Mentor and project leader for the Jazz and Justice CoLab project

CoLab Directors: Dr. Carole McCann, Dr. Donald Snyder, Dr. Rachel Carter

Courtney Hobson- Program Coordinator for the Dresher Center for the Humanitie

Lindsey Loeper – UMBC Special Collections Reference and Instruction Archivist

Susan Graham- UMBC Special Collections Archivist

Jim Doran – UMBC Webmaster

Marykate Conroy – Provided the Community Partners and professionalism Workshop
Dr. Jessica Berman – Provided the Narrative Workshop

Community partners

John Fowler – Charter Member of the Left Bank Jazz Society

Graham Connah – Early member of the Left Bank Jazz Society

Bertrand Uberall – Archivist at the Library of Congress

Zev Feldman – Archival recording producer, music historian, and record label executive

Dr. Mark Osteen – Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Humanities at Loyola University Maryland


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