Contact Information
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Office:
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(440) 775-5291
Personal Office Hours:
M 100-300
Th 900-1000
Or by appointment
Meredith Raimondo
Educational Background
- Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1991
- Master of Arts, Emory University, 1997
- Doctor of Philosophy, Emory University, 1999
Professor Meredith Raimondo came to Oberlin in 2003 as one of the first professors in the newly created Comparative American Studies Department. It was therefore her responsibility, along with Professor Gina Perez, to help create a vision for Oberlin's CAS Department. CAS is focusing on the comparative, Raimondo said in 2003, how diversity affects Americans at home and abroad, and what this means when we look at the role of the United States in a global context. Professor Raimondo's focus has been on LGBT and sexuality studies. In the 04-05 school year, she received a grant from the CSL to teach her First-Year Seminar, HIV/AIDS in America . This seminar addresses the questions of the state of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, as well as the disproportionate affect of HIV/AIDS in particular groups and localities in the US. In addition to discussing and writing about assigned readings, students explore these questions by participating in a local community-based organization addressing HIV/AIDS. In the 2006-2007 school year, she is also teaching the community-based learning practicum CAST 300 and 301, Situated Research taught in the past by Gina Perez. This course combine classroom methodology learning with field-based research in Comparative American Studies.
