Wade F. Dean, Phd Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Design and teach two undergraduate courses: “Survey of Black Music,” in addition to “Jazz History and the Political Imagination”

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Conceptualized and managed a program that paired 120 students with volunteer opportunities in Los Angeles’s communities of color, increasing community engagement by 55%.• Organized and facilitated an annual retreat for 130 students, staff, and facilitators, leading to 70% improvement in collaboration and program cohesion, as indicated by survey responses among participants.• Monitored student workflow, including 240 journals and volunteer site reports, ensuring 92% of students met or exceeded program objectives within the academic year.• Established and expanded relationships with 35 donors and community partners, which led to a 35% increase in synchronized workflows, in addition to meeting and surpassing program benchmarks by 35% progress among affiliated students.• Establish, in addition to maintaining, and expanding relationships among donors, community partners and stakeholders.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Dissertation: “Shouting the People: The Aesthetics of Live-Soul Performance.”My research explores the relationship between Music, Media and mid-twentieth - twenty first century Black life. My dissertation, entitled “Shouting the People,” examines live-soul performance and the distinct conditions that enabled its collaborative production.Dissertation Committee Co-Chairs: Robert Fink Committee Members: Ray Knapp, Tamara Levitz and Robin D.G. Kelley

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Facilitated forums that fostered collaboration and knowledge sharing among existing team members and new entrants, resulting in a 45% improvement in team efficiency and 4 projects within the first academic year• Collaborated alongside three additional departments, increased success among student researchers (undergraduate and graduate) by 65%.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Co-currated and facilitated orientation for 15 incoming graduate students. Specific responsibilities included outlining departmental expectations in addition to moderating an open forum between students (in-coming and present), faculty, and staff. • Envisioned, programmed, and moderated monthly community resource gatherings among undergraduate and graduate students. Each meeting rested on a given theme; whereby participants were challenged to explore the interconnections between race, sex, and gender. Moreover, these sessions invited participants to candidly unpack their concerns within a setting predicated on trust and inter-mutual respect.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Develop strategies and processes towards recruitment and onboarding of graduate students from under represented communities• Drove successful implimentation of strategic plan designed provoke interdisciplinary study and expand participation amongst students from under-represented communities. • Served as resource to admitted students and liason between the Dept of Diversity Inclusions and Admitions and UCLA’s academic community and market resources for prospective and current students.- Consulting on ways that the Graduate Division can better serve the graduate student population during the academic year and summer months.

Silver Spring, Md, Us

 Leveraged interdisciplinary scholarship from Musicology, African American, Gender, Queer, and Performance Studies to analyze socio-political conditions, produced 4 of research papers and presentations. Featured in 4 on-air appearances with notable figures such as Mtume, Digable Planets, Shirley Murdock, Quincy Jones, Coretta Scott King, and Chadwick Boseman, enhancing visibility and impact within the field.

Los Angeles, California, Us

The GMS DEI Mentorship Program is a "career development opportunity connecting aspiring and/or up-and-coming music supervisors with a seasoned mentor (to be determined after application and acceptance). Mentees will be matched with a working supervisor in their area of interest, with the hope of providing access and building a more inclusive industry." While Working alongside music supervisor Andy Ross, I honed a skill set in music licensing, synchronizations, publishing, etc. Altogether, my work with Mr. Ross generated a deep understanding of the requisite elements for successfully placing music within a wide range of media

Los Angeles, California, Us

Inglewood, California, Us

Gathered, processed, and conducted quantitive analysis of raw data surrounding the social, political, and environmental conditions surrounding the lives of Black women in California prior to and during COVID. Copy writing and editing of data for revamped website.

Washington, Dc, Us

The New Leaders Council Institute is the premier leadership and professional development, training, mentoring, networking, and career and political advancement program for young professionals.An intense, five-month progressive entrepreneurship training program, the New Leaders Council Institute is highly-selective, admitting only 20 fellows to each program. The typical New Leaders Council Fellow is a successful risk-taker and a progressive advocate.

• Build and cultivate collaboration between the council, the West Adams community, stakeholders and educational entities (schools, job training programs, after school programs, test prep organizations, student/mentor initiatives). • Reorganized the organization of the Education Committee – shifting the perspective to generating coalitions amongst teen advocacy groups, college prep programs and schools in the West Adams community• Drove successful implementation of strategic plan to encourage student participation in pre-college training• Leveraging the West Adams community’s core values towards to the generation of partnerships with education institutions and local businesses

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Managed program administration and directed instrumental ensembles, overseeing development and introduction of 3 new courses, such as “Jazz Harmony” and “Jazz Improvisation,” increasing offerings by 15%.• Expanded the instructor pool from 3 to 8, resulting in a 166% increase and student participation tripled, demonstrating a 200% increase in engagement by the end of tenure.

Columbia, South Carolina, Us

During my years of service with Senators Mathews and Pinckney, I assisted with generating ideas for legislation. This includes bills, rules, and other policy initiatives. Specifically, I conducted research (archival, field, ect.) that informed several bills that shifted socio-economic policy on the local and state level. This includes Senate bill 1343, which mandated the General Assembly to provide equitable funding to all public school districts in the state.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Musicology

Master Of Arts - Ma, Musicology

Master Of Music, Jazz/Jazz Studies

Bachelor Of Music, Music Education

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