MICHELLE HABELL-PALLAN

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN STUDIES
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, SCHOOL OF MUSIC
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

GUEST CURATOR
AMERICAN SABOR: LATINOS IN U.S. POPULAR MUSIC
Museum of Texas State History. Austin. February 2010 - May 2010
Museo Alameda. San Antonio. June 2009 - September 2009
Miami Museum of Science. Miami. October 2008 - February 2009
EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT/SCIENCE FICTION MUSEUM. SEATTLE. OCTOBER 2007 - SEPTEMBER 2008
More dates TBA

Dr. Habell-Pallan's Contact Information


Michelle Habell-Pallan

Associate Professor

Research Areas:

Transnational Cultural Studies Methodologies. Transnational Chicana Feminist Theory. Politics of Represenation in Transnational Latina Culture, Theater and Performance. Pop Music and Pop Culture Criticism. Public Scholarship. U.S. Third World/Transnational Feminist Theory and Methodolies. Cultural Politics of Immigration Discourse.

Department of Women Studies

University of Washington
Padelford Hall Room B110T
Box 354345
Seattle, WA 98195-4345

voice mail: 206.543.6981

mhabellp@u.washington.edu


CV

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BOOK PUBLICATIONS
  • Loca Motion: The Travels of Chicana and Latina Popular Culture (New York University Press, 2005). Honorable Mention, Modern Language Association Book Prize.

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    photo by Sean Carrillo


Loca Motion
Listen to author interview on KUOW FM Public Radio

  • Latina/o Popular Culture (New York University Press, 2002).

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cover artwork by Diane Gamboa, "Layering the Decades"



  • American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music/American Sabor: Latinos en la Música Popular Norteamericana. Exhibit Catalog. Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum. 2007. (Michelle Habell-Pallan, Marisol Berrios-Miranda, and Shannon Dudley).

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    American Sabor Latino Music catalog


PUBLIC SCHOLARSHIP/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

EXHIBITS

American Sabor: Latinos in U.S. Popular Music/American Sabor: Latinos en la Música Popular Norteamericana. Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum. Seattle, WA. October 2007-September 2008.

The first interactive and interpretive bilingual traveling exhibit featuring the profound influence of Chicano/Mexican-American and Puerto Rican/Cuban American communities living in the U.S. on the sound of rock and roll and Top 40 for the past 50 years. The American Sabor exhibit includes 5,000 square feet of historical artifacts including recordings, costumes, and posters.

Focus on early rock, salsa, Tex-Mex, Latin rock, punk, hip hop, banda rap, reggeaton, and Top 40.

Highlights Ritchie Valens, Cannibal and the Headhunters, Santana, Linda Ronstadt, El Vez, Alice "Bag" Armendariz, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz, Willie Colon, Los Illegals, The Brat, The Zeros, The Plugz, Lysa Flores, Quetzal, Juan Barco, Little Joe y La Familia, Los Lobos, AKWID, and many more.


Major collaborative effort between the Univeristy of Washington and the Experience Music Project Museum. Sponsored in part by the University of Washington Simpson Center for the Humanities, American Music Partnership Seattle (AMPS), and Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum.

Curatoral Team:

Director of Curatorial Affiaris: Jason Emmons, EMP|SFM

Guest Curator: Dr. Marisol Berrios-Miranda, UW

Guest Curator: Dr. Shannon Dudley, UW

Guest Curator: Dr. Michelle Habell-Pallan, UW

Associate Curator: Francisco Orozco, M.A. UW

Associate Curator: Rob Carrol, PhC, UW


TEACHING

GRADUATE COURSES

  • Transnational Chicana Feminst Theory
  • Cultural Studies
  • Pop Music, Rock Criticism, Nationalism
  • Women of Color Feminist Theory and Methodology
  • Public Scholarship/Public Humanities

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

  • American Sabor/American Flavor: Latinos Shaping U.S. Popular Music (Hum 206, Danz Course) Winter 2008
  • Latina and Latino Theater
  • Latina and Latino Popular Culture
  • Women of Color and the Arts
  • Chicana/Latina Cultural Production
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LINK TO AMERICAN SABOR EXHIBIT MUSIC, REVIEWS, AND MORE


HEAR EXHIBIT MUSIC

"AMERICAN SABOR" GUIDED LISTENING MODULES
EAST L.A.'S EASTSIDE 60S ROCK AND ROLL REVUE. Narrated by Michelle Habell-Pallan
"AMERICAN SABOR: MUSICAL MIGRATIONS" ON NPR'S "LATINO USA" RADIO PROGRAM
Habell-Pallan Radio Interview (7/15/08)

READ EXHIBIT REVIEWS

"Latin Experience: New EMP Exhibit Explores its Influence on U.S. Pop." In Seattle P.I.
"EMP Honors the "Brown Sound." In The News Tribune.
"EMP's 'American Sabor' Savors the Latino Influence on American Popular Music." In University Week.
"Hot Salsa, Cool Congas." In Seattle Times.

Link to Exhibit on-line at Experience Music Project/SCIENCE FICTION MUSEUM

EMP American Sabor: U.S. Latinos in Pop Music
America Sabor Guided Listening Podcast

AMERICAN SABOR COMMUNITY LINKS

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EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT/SCIENCE FICTION MUSEUM (EMP)/SFM LINKS

2008 POP CONFERENCE CALL FOR PROPOSALS