Ramona teaches music production, topics in popular music, and music industry.
Ramona Gonzalez is a Los Angeles based musician, multimedia artist, and scholar. Her forthcoming dissertation, Why Sad Song?: Women's Laments in Popular Music, aims to revitalize the study of women's lament—a musical expression central not only to the historical processing of grief, but to female creativity. In her research, Ramona investigates the function of lament, or "sad songs," within contemporary pop music, focusing on artists Björk, Rosalía, and Sade. Ramona is also a professional recording artist, having worked for over a decade under the moniker Nite Jewel, for which she has received accolades from outlets such as Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, NPR, and The Guardian.
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