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Faculty Expert Spotlight

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Janice Monti

Professor and Chair
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Rosary College of Arts and Sciences

Talking About
Blues and the Spirit Symposium III, a signature Dominican event that will examine issues of race and gender in the Blues scene as well as featuring performances by many of Chicago's preeminent blues performers.

“We’ve got women, incredible talents, who record and tour overseas but are not recognized in Chicago. The lived experience, the lyrics, the musical contributions have a lot to tell us about what it’s like to be Everywoman today.”
Chicago Magazine, April 2012

Areas of Expertise
Culture and race, music and racial identity, blues, rhythm and blues, Black popular music

Academic Degrees
PhD, sociology, Carleton University, Canada
MA, sociology, Carleton University, Canada
BA, social communications, University of Ottawa, Canada

Background
Janice Monti has taught at Dominican since 1979 and has been the chair of the sociology and criminology department since 2001. She has twice won the Excellence in Teaching Award in 1987 and 1994, and in 2008 she received the Sister Mary Clemente Davlin, OP Diversity Leadership Award. Monti’s teaching and research interests have focused on popular culture, racial identity and social change. She has developed and conducted annual study courses that bring Dominican students to Memphis and the Mississippi Delta to explore the musical and racial heritage of this region. In 2011, Monti was one of three Dominican professors to lead the first U.S. university-sponsored trip to Cuba since travel restrictions to the country were eased.

Scholarly Activity
Monti presented a paper on the experiential learning model used in this course at the 4th International Arts in Society Conference, held in Venice, Italy in July 2009. In May 2008 Monti organized a national symposium, “Blues and the Spirit,” on the legacy of blues and gospel music, in collaboration with Living Blues Magazine and with the support of a major grant from the Illinois Humanities Council. This symposium, which brought together scholars, industry leaders and musicians and artists, provided a unique forum for dialogue and debate. A second symposium, held in June 2010, in conjunction with the Chicago Blues Festival, commemorated the 100th anniversary of the birth of blues legend Howlin’ Wolf. Wolf’s daughters, almost all of his living sidemen including the iconic guitarist, Hubert Sumlin, and several distinguished musicologists and cultural critics participated in a series of discussions and debates about the heritage and legacy of the music. The symposium featured a historic jam session with Sumlin and several session musicians who played with Wolf and Muddy Waters, including Eddie C. Campbell, Eddie Shaw, Abe Locke, Bob Stroger and Jody Williams.