Jerome (Jerry) Rodnitzky
Professor
ADDRESS
1832 Westcrest Drive
Arlington, Texas 76013
Telephone: (817) 861-8199
PERSONAL
Married: 1966, two children
EDUCATION
University of Chicago, B.A. (History), 1959
University of Chicago, M.A.T. (History), 1962
University of Illinois, Ph.D. (History), 1967
EXPERIENCE
University of Texas at Arlington, Professor, 1977 - Present
University of Texas at Arlington, Associate Professor, 1971 - 1976
University of Texas at Arlington, Assistant Professor, 1967 - 1970
University of Texas at Arlington, Instructor, 1966 - 1967
University of Illinois, Teaching Assistant, 1963 - 1966
Morton West High School, Berwyn, Illinois, Teacher, 1961 - 1962
Cook County Department of Welfare, Social Caseworker, 1959 - 1960
FIELDS OF INTEREST
Twentieth Century American Popular Culture (Especially Popular Music and Film)
Countercultural Change in America
Twentieth Century American Culture
PUBLICATIONS
Books
• 2007 - Co-editor with Richard Francaviglia, Lights, Camera, History: Portraying the Past in Film,(College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2007), 138 pp.
• 1999 - Feminist Phoenix: The Rise and Fall of a Feminist Counterculture, (Westport , Connecticut and London: Praeger, an imprint of The Greenwood Publishing Group 1999), 233 pp.
• 1997 - Jazz-Age Boomtown. With Shirley Rodnitzky. (College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, 1997) 169 pp.
• 1980 - (Textbook Manual) Jerome Rodnitzky and Charles Keene, Instructor's Manual for Current and Others, The Essentials of American History, second edition (Alfred A. Knopf), 219 pp.
• 1976 - Minstrels of the Dawn: The Folk-Protest Singer as a Cultural Hero (Chicago: Nelson-Hall), 212 pp.
Chapters in Books
• 2010 - “Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam: The Evolution of Protest Songs from the Vietnam to Iraq Wars” in Timothy Dale. (ed.), HOMER SIMPSON MARCHES ON WASHINGTON: DISSENT THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE (U. of Kentucky Press (2010), pp. 203-217.
• 2009 - “Bridges to a Green America: Green Romance Genres in Recent American Fiction ADAPTATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY, LITERATURE AND FILM (Edward Mellen Press, 2009), pp. 89-103.
• 2006 - “Using Baseball to Teach American History Since the Civil War” in Ed Rielly, ed., Baseball in the Classroom: Teaching America’s National Pastime ( Jefferson, N.C: McFarland Press, 2006), pp.69-76
• 2006 - “The Decline and Rise of Protest Music” in Ian Peddie, ed. RESISTING THE MUSE: POPULAR MUSIC AND PROTEST (London: Ashgate Press, 2006), pp. 17-29.
• 2005 - “Popular Music and American Presidents” in John Mativko, editor, The American President in Popular Culture (Westport and London:Greenwood Press, 2005), pp.31-44
• 2002 - “Protest Music in the 1960s,” in Laura K. Egendorf, editor, Rock and Roll: Examining Pop Culture (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2002), pp. 51-60.
• 1992 - "Popular Music as Politics and Protest," in Kenneth Bindas, editor, America's Musical Pulse: Popular Music in Twentieth Century Society (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press), pp. 3-12. This is the lead essay in a reader meant for college classes.
• 1989 - "The Evolution of the American Protest Song," in American Popular Music: Readings From the Popular Press, Volume II: The Age of Rock. (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Press), pp. 112-121.
• 1989 - "The Mythology of Woody Guthrie," in American Popular Music: Readings From the Popular Press, Volume II: The Age of Rock. (Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Press), pp. 13-23.
• 1983 - "They All Sang Songs of Peace: Pacifism and Folk Music in the 1960's" in GIVE PEACE A CHANCE: MUSIC AND THE STRUGGLE FOR PEACE (Chicago: Peace Museum), pp. 77-84.
• 1975 - "The New Revivalism: American Protest Songs, 1945-1968," in American Vistas, Volume II, second edit. Edited by Leonard Dinnerstein and Kenneth Jackson (New York: Oxford University Press) reprinted from The South Atlantic Quarterly (see below), pp. 323-331.
• 1975 - "The Decline of Contemporary Protest Music," in Studies in Adolescence, third edition, edited by Robert E. Grinder (New York: The Macmillan Co.). This article reprinted from Popular Music and Society (See below), pp. 420-426.
• 1973 - "The New Revivalism: American Protest Songs, 1945-1968," in From Discovery to Style, a reader edited by Gary L. Tate (Cambridge, Mass.: Winthrop Publishers). This article reprinted from The South Atlantic Quarterly (See below), pp. 271-279. Used in this college English reader as an example of good prose writing.
• 1972 - "A Pacifist St. Joan: The Odyssey of Joan Baez," in Heroes of Popular Culture, edited by Ray Browne and Marshall Fishwick (Bowling Green University Press), pp. 138-156.
• 1970 - (Co-author with John Garraty, Kenneth Philp, and Ross Peterson), Essays on Radicalism in Contemporary America, edited by Leon B. Blair, introduction by President Lyndon B. Johnson (Austin: University of Texas Press). My essay titled, "Popular Music as a Radical Influence, 1945-1970." pp. 3-31.
• 1969 - "The Rise of the Modern American Protest Song," in Some Reflections Upon Modern America, edited by John M. Nance (Texas A & M University Press).
Articles in Journals
• 2002 - “Janis Joplin: The Hippie Blues Singer as Feminist Heroine,” The Journal of Texas Music History, II, no.1 (Spring), pp. 7-15.
• 2002 - “Back to Branson: Normalcy and Nostalgia in the Ozarks” Southern Cultures , Journal of The Center for the Study of the American South,at the University of North Carolina (Summer), pp.97-105.
• 2001 - "The Sixties Between the Microgrooves: Using Folk and Protest Music to Understand American History, 1963-1973," Popular Music and Society, a special issue, American Culture Interpreted Through Popular Music: Interdisciplinary Teaching Approaches XXIII, no. 4 (published in Winter 2001), pp. 105-122. SIRS Mandarin, Inc. reprinted this article in their publication,SIRS Electronic in Summer 2001.
• 1999 -"AMERIKA, The Miniseries: Television's Last Cold War Gasp," a special issue, The Impact of the Cold War on American Popular Culture, of the annual Journal, Studies in the Social Sciences, XXXVI, pp. 25-32.
• 1998 - “America in the 1960s: The Metroplex and Elsewhere” The introductory essay to a special issue on the Dallas metroplex in the 1960's, Legacies, A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, X (Fall), pp. 9-10.
• 1997 - "A Rocky Road to Respect: Trends in Academic Writing on American Popular Music" Popular Music and Society XXI (Spring), pp. 93-96.
• 1993 - "The Lost World," (the "Then and "Now") feature in American Heritage (August), pp. 94-95. (Original photo included with essay.)
• 1990 - “The First Picture Show: Early Cinema in a West Texas Boomtown,” Texas Journal of History, Ideas, and Culture, XIII (Fall/Winter), pp. 24-25.
• 1988 - "Also Born in the USA: Bob Dylan's Outlaw Heroes and the Real Bob Dylan," Popular Music and Society XII (Summer), pp. 37-43.
• 1981 - "Henry David Thoreau: Nearsighted Native Son" Modern Age, XXV (Spring), pp. 173-78.
• 1979 - "Farm and Gown: The University of Illinois and the Farmers" The Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, LXII (February), pp. 13-20.
• 1977 - "The Southwest Unbound: Janis Joplin, The Feminist Art Journal, V (Winter), pp. 22-26.
• 1976 - "The Making of a University in the Progressive Era: Edmund James and the University of Illinois," The Great Lakes Review, II (Winter), pp. 1-18.
• 1975 - "Mass Mourning: A Cultural Approach to LOVE STORY," Illinois Quarterly, XXXVIII (Fall), pp. 5-10. (the cover article)
• 1975 - "Songs of Sisterhood: The Music of Women's Liberation," Popular Music and Society, IV (Autumn 1975), pp. 77-85. This article was condensed and featured in the Music Section of Human Behavior (April 1975), p.31.
• 1975 - "Soothe the Savage Beast: Nonviolence and Popular Music in the 1960's, "Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, VI pp. 4-11.
• 1975 - "History and Relevance," Improving College and University Teaching, XXIII (Spring), pp. 75-76.
• 1974 - "Popular Music and American Studies," The History Teacher, VII (August), pp. 503-510. Reprints of this article were sold by the Society for History Education as part of a series of college history teaching aids.
• 1973 - "The Mythology of Woody Guthrie," Popular Music and Society, II (Spring), pp. 227-237.
• 1973 - "David Kinley: A Paternal University President in the Roaring Twenties," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, LXVI (Spring), pp. 4-19.
• 1972 - "Red Grange and the Professionalization of College Football in the 1920's," Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, III pp. 34-40.
• 1971 - "The Decline of Contemporary Protest Music," Popular Music and Society, I (Fall), pp. 44-50.
• 1971 - "The New Revivalism: American Protest Songs, 1945-1968," The South Atlantic Quarterly, LXX (Winter), 00. 13-21.
• 1970 - "Two Men on a Horse: President Truman and Secretary of State Byrnes," International Review of History and Political Science, VII (August), pp. 61-75.
• 1970 - "President James and His Campaigns for University of Illinois Funds," Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, LXIII (Spring), pp. 69-90.
• 1970 - "A Guide to College Relations," College and University Journal, IX (Spring), pp. 27-30.
• 1969 - "College Fraternities: Brotherhood and Ballyhoo," School and Society, (now titled Intellect), XCVII (November), pp. 449-452.
• 1969 - "The Evolution of the American Protest Song," Journal of Popular Culture, II (Summer), pp. 35-45.
• 1968 - "Getting the Ear of the State: A Pioneer University Radio Station in the 1920's," History of Education Quarterly, VIII (Winter), pp. 505-509.
• 1968 - "Image Versus Reality," College and University Journal, VII (Fall), p. 11-14.
• 1968 - "Recapturing the West: The Dude Ranch in American Life," Arizona and the West, X (Summer), pp. 111-126.
• 1968 - "Public Relations, the Public, and the University: Some Historical Perspectives," Journal of Higher Education, XXXIX (June), pp.336-340.
• 1968 - "Holding the Public's Attention," College and University Journal, VII (Winter), pp. 29-38.
Book Reviews
• 2005 - Bryan Carman, A Race of Singers: Whitman’s Working Class Hero from Guthrie to Springsteen (U. of North Carolina Press, 2000) in Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas (December), pp. 106-107.
• 2003 - Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture (Durham: Duke U. Press, 2002) in Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas , (October), pp. 111-112.
• 2001 - Angharad Valdivia, A Latina in the Land of Hollywood and Other Essays on Media Culture (Tucson: U. of Arizona, 2000) in Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas ( October), pp.102-3.
• 2002 - Carl Benson, editor, The Bob Dylan Compendium: Four Decades of Commentary (New York: Schirmer Books, 1998) in Popular Music and Society XXIV, no. 3 (Winter), pp. 137-138.
• 2000 - Kenneth J. Bindas, ALL OF THIS MUSIC BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE: THE WPA’S FEDERAL MUSIC PROJECT AND AMERICAN SOCIETY (Knoxville, Tennessee: U. of Tennessee Press, 1995) in POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY, XXIII, no. 3 (Fall), pp. 103-104.
• 1995 - Laurence R. Moore, SELLING GOD: AMERICAN RELIGION IN THE MARKETPLACE OF CULTURE (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994) in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (October), pp. 87-88.
• 1993 - Milo Kearney and Anthony Knopp, BOOM AND BUST: THE HISTORICAL CYCLES OF MATAMOROS AND BROWNSVILLE (Austin: Eakin Press, 1991), in JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS (October), pp. 90-91.
• 1992 - John Arthur Maynard, VENICE WEST: THE BEAT GENERATION IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1991) in AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW (April), p. 637.
• 1991 - Amy Kesselman, FLEETING OPPORTUNITIES: WOMEN SHIPYARD WORKERS IN PORTLAND AND VANCOUVER DURING WORLD WAR II AND RECONVERSION (Albany: State Univ. of New York Press, 1990) in JOURNAL OF THE WEST (October), p. 115.
• 1991 - Lawrence Clayton, BENJAMIN CAPPS AND THE SOUTH PLAINS: A LITERARY RELATIONSHIP (Denton, Texas: Univ. of North Texas Press, 1990) in LEGACIES (Spring), pp. 38-39.
• 1989 - Robert Bogdan, FREAK SHOW: PRESENTING HUMAN ODDITIES FOR AMUSEMENT AND PROFIT (Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1988) in JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY (September), pp. 603-04.
• 1987 - Wayne Hampton, GUERILLA MINSTRELS: JOHN LENNON, JOE HILL, WOODY GUTHRIE, BOB DYLAN (Knoxville: Univ. of Tennessee Press, 1986) in AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW (October), p. 1056.
• 1986 - Neil V. Rosenberg, BLUEGRASS: A HISTORY (Urbana, Illinois: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1984), in AMERICAN STUDIES (Fall), p. 158.
• 1984 - Anne Warner, TRADITIONAL AMERICAN FOLKSONGS: FROM THE ANNE AND FRANK WARNER COLLECTION (Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Univ. Press, 1984) in POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY (Fall), pp. 73-74.
• 1983 - Roger A. Bruns, KNIGHTS OF THE ROAD: A HOBO HISTORY (New York: Methuen, 1980) in AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW (April), p. 494.
• 1977 - Morris Dickstein, GATES OF EDEN: AMERICAN CULTURE IN THE 1960’S (New York: Basic Books, 1977), reviewed in AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW (December), p. 1364.
• 1973 - Henry C. Johnson, TEACHERS FOR THE PRAIRIES: THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AND THE SCHOOLS, 1868-1945 (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1972), reviewed in JOURNAL OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Summer), pp. 239-240.
• 1972 - Harold H. Hart (editor), CENSORSHIP: FOR AND AGAINST (New York: Hart Publishing Company, 1972), reviewed in AMERICAN QUARTERLY (August), pp. 269-270.
• 1972 - David A. Noebel, THE BEATLES: A STUDY IN DRUGS, SEX, AND REVOLUTION (Tulsa: Christian Crusade Publications, 1969), reviewed in POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY (Spring), p. 178.
• 1972 - R. Serge Denisoff, GREAT DAY COMING: FOLK MUSIC AND THE AMERICAN LEFT (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1971) reviewed in POPULAR MUSIC AND SOCIETY (Winter), pp. 120-121.
• 1971 - Robert Somma, NOBODY WAVED GOODBY (New York: Outerbridge and Dienstfrey, 1971), reviewed in JOURNAL OF POPULAR CULTURE (Spring), p. 1019.
• 1971 - Daniel J. Leab, A UNION OF INDIVIDUALS: THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN NEWSPAPER GUILD, 1933-1936 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1970), reviewed in AMERICAN QUARTERLY (August), p. 315.
• 1969 - Justin E. Walsh, TO PRINT THE NEWS AND RAISE HELL (Chapel Hill, North Carolina: The University of North Carolina Press, 1969), reviewed in AMERICAN QUARTERLY, (Summer), p. 405.
• 1968 - Harry Kersey, Jr., JOHN MILTON GREGORY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1968) reviewed in JOURNAL OF THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY (Fall), pp. 488-490.
Invited Lectures and Papers, and Participation in Symposia
• 2009 - “Coffee, Tea, or Folk: The New Coffee House Folk Music” at the Far West American Culture Association meeting in Las Vegas in March, 2009
• 2008 - “Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam: Comparing Protest Songs from Vietnam to Iraq” at the National American Culture Association Meeting in San Francisco in March 2008
• 2007 - “The New Court Jesters: The Capitol Steps from Regan to Dubyah,” American Culture Association Meeting in Boston, March 21st.
• 2006 - “Touching All the Bases: Using Baseball to Teach American History.” American Culture Association meeting in Atlanta , Georgia, in April 2006.
• 2005 - “Deja Vue All Over Again: Protest Music for the 21st Century,” National American Culture Association in San Diego in April 2005. Also chaired a session on popular music history at this meeting.
• 2005 - One AP lecture for Tarrant County public school history teachers in January and three AP lectures for Arlington public school history teachers in June
• 2004 - “Madison Bridges Over Troubled Waters: New Romance Genres in Recent American Fiction and their Film Adaptations,” Far West American Culture Association in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 6th.
• 2004 - Lecture on Popular Culture as a Teaching Subject for the AP Summer History Group at UTA, June 24th.
• 2002 - “Using Popular Music to Teach and Interpret Depression America, 1929-l940,” First Annual Music Experience Project Conference at the EMP museum , Seattle, Washington, April 13th
• 2001 - “Swimming With the Sheiks: Small Town Movie Theaters and Big Time Entertainment, 1920-1930,” International Popular Culture Association at Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, August 7th
• 2000 - Bringing Back the 1960s: Historical Emotion through Popular Music,” National American Popular Culture Association Meeting in New Orleans, April 21st.
• 1999 - "AMERIKA, The Miniseries: Television's Last Cold War Gasp," International Popular Culture Association, at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, August 4th. Also chaired session on Cold War Popular Culture.
• 1998 - “Music and the Muse: Using Popular Music to Teach American History” National American Culture Association Meeting in Orlando, Florida, April 7, 1998.
• 1997 - Invited speaker at TCJC East's first "Multicultural Fest." Made opening remarks on the topic "What Is an American" from historical perspective, April 1.
• 1997 - "Back to Branson: Nostalgia and Normalcy in the Ozarks" International Popular Culture Association, College of Ripon and York-St. John in York, England, July 28.
• 1997 - Chair and commentator for a popular music session at the National American Culture Association meeting in San Antonio, March 25.
• 1996 - "Madonna's Foremothers: Non-feminist Singers as Feminist Role Models" American Culture Association meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 25.
• 1995 - "New American Edens" International Popular Culture Association, at Oxford University, Oxford England, July 26.
• 1995 - "Musically Correct: Feminist Music and the Folk Revival" American Culture Association Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 14.
• 1994 - "West Texas Crude: Cultural Life in a Jazz-Age Texas Boomtown," Far West American Culture Association in Las Vegas, February 5.
• 1993 - "Frontier Flappers: Texas Women in the 1920s," Far West American Culture Association in Las Vegas, January 20.
• 1992 - “Basil Clemons: Western Photographer,” Far West American Culture Association, in Las Vegas, February 4.
• 1991 - Sole commentator at a session on Popular Music at American Culture Association, meeting in San Antonio, March 21.
• 1991 - “The Wild West in the Previously Wild West: Wild West Shows and Rodeos in West Texas, 1920-1930.” Far West American Culture Association in Las Vegas, Nevada, January 22.
• 1990 - "The First Picture Show: The Experience of Cinema in a 1920's West Texas Boomtown." American Culture Association Meeting in Toronto, Canada, March 9.
• 1988 - Organized and participated in Symposium on John Kennedy, Arlington, Texas, November 20.
• 1988 - "Popular Response to the Vietnam War," American Historical Association Regional Conference on the Teaching of History," Denton, Texas, October 29.
• 1988 - "Popular Culture in the U.S. Since 1945," UNT Institute on the History of the U.S. since World War II, Denton, Texas, July 28.
• 1987 - "The Cultural Response to Women's Liberation," at the Third International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, meeting in Dublin, Ireland, July.
• 1986 - "Bob Dylan's Critique of American Society," at the Western Social Science Association meeting in Reno, Nevada, April.
• 1986 - “Images of Women in Recent Popular Music,” meeting of the Tarrant County National Organization of Women, September, in Fort Worth, Texas
• 1985 - "Mass Consciousness Raising: Feminist Music as a Counterculture". The joint American Culture Association-Popular Culture Association Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky, April 3-7.
• 1984 - "Amazons and Ladies: Historical and Regional Perspectives on American Women," a Public Lecture at the Arlington Central Library January 14, sponsored by the Fielder Museum and Arlington AAUW and funded by the Texas Committee for the Humanities.
• 1983 - "Popular Music and New Left History," The Popular Culture Association Meeting in Wichita, Kansas, April 15.
• 1981 - "Multi-Media as an American Studies Teaching Tool," American Studies Association of Texas in El Paso, Texas November 21.
• 1981 - "The New Romanticism: Images of Women in American Popular Culture," Berkshire Women's History Conference, Vassar College, June 16.
• 1979 - "A Man's Perception of Teaching Women's History," at an American Historical Association Conference on the Teaching of History, held at East Texas State University, October 27.
• 1979 - "Images of Women in Contemporary Mass Media and Popular Culture," Spring Semester College Humanities Lecture, The University of Texas at Dallas, April 19, Dallas, Texas.
• 1976 - Moderator of session on "Manifestations of the American Spirit," American Studies Association of Texas, Waco, Texas, November 13.
• 1976 - Moderator and commentator at a program session on "Women and the Blues" at Popular Culture Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 23.
• 1976 - "Heterosexual Bliss in Advertisements and Popular Music," Popular Culture Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 24. Published in proceedings of Conference (Microfilm).
• 1975 - Formal written comment, as commentator at session on "Sexual Conflicts and Concepts of Identity in American Fiction," National American Studies Association, November 7, San Antonio, Texas.
• 1975 - "Songs of Sisterhood: The Music of Women's Liberation," Popular Culture Association, St. Louis, Missouri, March 21. (Published in Proceedings of Conference) microfilm.
• 1975 - "The Southwest Unbound: Janis Joplin, " Texas State Historical Association Meeting, Austin, Texas, March 6.
• 1974 - "Soothe the Savage Beast: Popular Music and Nonviolence in the 1960's," American Studies Association of Texas, Houston, Texas, November 15.
• 1974 - "Popular Music and American Studies," paper and media presentation, American Studies section, Rocky Mountain Social Science Association, El Paso, Texas, April 24.
• 1973 - Formal written comment, as commentator at session on "The Artist as Public Figure," American Studies Association, San Francisco, California, October 6.
• 1973 - "Phil Ochs: A Minstrel's Search for Martyrdom," Popular Culture Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 14.
• 1972 - "A Love Story Over Troubled Waters," Popular Culture Association, Toledo, Ohio, April 7.
• 1972 - "A Pacifist St. Joan: The Odyssey of Joan Baez," Popular Culture Association, Toledo, Ohio, April 7.
• 1971 - "Red Grange and the Professionalization of College Football in the 1920's," American Studies Association of Texas, Southwestern University, December 4.
• 1971 - "Popular Music as a Radical Influence, 1945-1970," Sixth Annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, Arlington, Texas, April 22.
• 1971 - "The Decline of Contemporary Protest Music," Popular Culture Association, East Lansing, Michigan, April 10.
• 1969 - "The New Revivalism: American Protest Songs, 1945-1968", National American Studies Association, Toledo, Ohio, October 31.
• 1968 - "The Rise of the Modern American Protest Song," American Studies Association of Texas, meeting in Austin, Texas, December 7.
HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2008 - Nominated for Academy of Distinguished Teachers
• 2007 - Recognized by FLOC (Freshmen Leaders on Campus) for outstanding teaching.
• 2005 - Recognized by FLOC (Freshmen Leaders on Campus) for outstanding teaching
• 2004 - The UTA Athletic Department’s Faculty Loyalty Award (April)
• 1999 - The UTA Faculty Big Kahuna Award (November)
• 1989 - Winner, Gertrude Golladay Award as Outstanding Teacher in College of Liberal Arts.
• 1978 - One of the three Liberal Arts College finalists for Amoco Outstanding Teacher Award.
• 1977 - One of the three Liberal Arts College finalists for Amoco Outstanding Teacher Award.
LEARNED AND HONOR SOCIETIES
American Studies Association of Texas
American Culture Association
Popular Culture Association
UNIVERSITY SERVICE (During past 15 years)
University:
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• Faculty Advisor Progressive Student Alliance and Students for Civic Arousal, 2008-2009
• Faculty Sponsor: Student Peace Action Network (SPAN), 2004-05
• Chair, Liberal Arts Faculty Forum, 1992-93
• President's Advisory Committee (Liberal Arts Representative.), 1988-91, 1993-95, 96, 97-98, 1998-99
• Faculty Advisor, Student Congress, 1988-90
• Faculty Sponsor, Progressive Student Union, 1988-96
• Faculty Sponsor, Amnesty International, 1987-93
• Faculty Senate, 1988-91, 1993-96, 97-98, 98-99
• Faculty Hearing Panel, 1982-87, 88
• Organized UTA's Symposium on JFK, 1988
Departmental:
• Promotion and Tenure, 1992-93, 1994-95, 2001
• Promotion and Tenure, Chair, 1997-98
• Curriculum, Chair, 1989-90
• Executive, 1989-90
• Graduate Advisor, History Department, Summer, 1985-87
• History Fair, 1989-93
• Media Committee, Chair, 1985, 87-93, 94-2008
• Phi Alpha Theta, 1989-93, 1995-2008
• Recruitment - U.S. of Science & Technology, 1989-90
• Recruitment - U.S. Economic, 1989-90
• Research Enhancement Review, Chair, 1988-89
• Recruitment - Women's History, 1995-96
• Adjunct Teaching Review Committee, 2008
CONSULTING (Since 1979 only)
• 2008 - Reviewed Manuscript for U. of Deleware Press and textbooks for Norton and Longman
• 2007 - Reviewed textbooks for McGraw Hill and Longman
• 2006 - Reviewed newest editon of JFK and a New Generation for Longman
• 2004 - Reviewed new edition of JFK and a New Generation for Longman, acknowledged in Preface.
• 2004 - Reviewed the new edition of James Roark, The American Promise for Bedford Publishers
• 2002 - Reviewed textbook, JFK and a New Generation for Longman
• 2002 - Reviewed textbook, After the Fact for McGraw-Hill.
• 2001 - Reviewed textbook, History and Historians for Prentice-Hall
• 1988-89 - Consultant for Foreign Service Entrance Exam, 1988, Educational Testing Agency, Princeton, NJ.
• 1987 - Reviewed a text on America since 1945 for Harper and Row
• 1986 - Reviewed Contesta, America in the 20th Century for Harper and Row and another text for Prentice-Hall, acknowledged in preface
• 1985 - Reviewed one survey text for Harper and Row and a text on America since 1945 for Little Brown
• 1984 - Lecturer and facilitator for Arlington Independent Schools In Service Training session, August 26
• 1983 - Reviewer, National Endowment for the Humanities, Research Resources Program
• 1982 - Reviewed the Fifth edition of John Garraty's American Nation for Harper and Row (Fall)
• 1981 - Reviewed the Fourth edition of John Garraty's American Nation for Harper and Row (Summer)
• 1981 - Reviewed From Triumph to Uncertainty: The U.S. From 1945, for Prentice-Hall (Summer)
• 1980 - Humanist advisor/facilitator for We the Family, Play for Living Project, second session (funded by the National Humanities Foundation)
• 1980 - Reviewed the new edition of David Burner and others, America: A Portrait in History for Prentice-Hall
• 1980 - Reviewed second edition of Cary & Weinberg's text The Social Fabric for Little Brown, acknowledged in preface
• 1980 - Reviewed 4th edition of Leon Litwack's text, The United States for Prentice-Hall, acknowledged in preface
• 1980 - Advisor humanist for KERA TV's series on Lillian Hellman (Spring)
• 1979 - Served as lecturer and facilitator at the Dallas Independent School District in Service training session for social science teachers, August 22.
• 1979 - Member of the Advisory Committee of the Child Abuse Prevention Project (funded by the National Humanities Foundation)
• 1979 - Humanist advisor and facilitator for We the Family, Plays for Living Project (funded by the National Humanities Foundation)
• 1979 - Member of four person Advisory Panel for KERA Channel 13's Profile series television shows, focusing on contemporary American intellectuals and literary figures (funded by National Humanities Foundation)
ADVISORY AND EDITORIAL WORK
• 2003-09 - Member of The Editorial Review Board of THE JOURNAL OF TEXAS MUSIC HISTORY
• 2000-2001 - Contributing Advisory Editor, The Historian
• 1984 - Contributing Advisory Editor, Peace and Change
• 1979 - Contributing Advisory Editor, American Studies, 1979-1990
• 1975 - Advisory Editor, Journal of the American Studies Association of Texas, 1975-1985
• 1972-74 - Councilor, The American Studies Association of Texas 1972-74
• 1971-2009 - Founding and continuing Advisory Editor, Popular Music and Society, 1971 - Present
ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
• Graduate Advisor, History Department, Summer 1985, 1986
• Director of Teaching, The Center for Women's Studies, University of Texas at Arlington, 1973-77
LISTED IN
• Directory of American Scholars
• Who's Who in the South and Southwest
• Contemporary Authors
• International Directory of Scholars
• Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002, 2004
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
• 2004 - Column as a byline columnist , op-ed section, Arlington Star-Telegram, April 29
• 1999 - Column as a byline columnist, op-ed section, Arlington Star-Telegram, April 8
• 1996 - Column as paid byline columnist, op-ed section Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Oct. 25
• 1995 - Column as a paid byline columnist, op-ed section, Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 29
• 1994 - Column as a paid byline columnist, op-ed section, Fort Worth Star Telegram, November 24
• 1994 - Column as a paid byline columnist, op-ed section, Fort Worth Star Telegram, May 15
• 1992 - Column as a paid byline columnist, op-ed section Fort Worth Star Telegram, March 28
• 1991 - Column as a paid byline columnist, op-ed section Fort Worth Star Telegram, Feb. 27
• 1990 - Column as a paid byline columnist, op-ed section Fort Worth Star Telegram, Feb. 17
• 1989 - Two Columns for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram as a paid byline columnist.
• 1988 - Three byline columns for Ft. Worth Star Telegram
• 1987 - Three different byline columns for Ft. Worth Star Telegram
• 1986 - Three different columns on current events as a paid byline columnist for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram
• 1985 - Two columns on current events as a paid byline columnist for the Ft. Worth Star Telegram
TELEVISION PROGRAMS AND RADIO SHOWS
• Half-hour feature panel interview in which I was questioned by a panel of broadcast and newspaper reporters about the Women's Liberation Movement and its historical background. The show, New 8 Probe, was produced by Channel 8, telecast Sunday May 5, 1974, repeated on May 6, 1974 and distributed to other ABC stations around the State during May 1974.
• Half-hour feature interview on the Women's Liberation Movement on Channel 11's weekly Point of View Show, telecast Sunday October 7, 1973.
• Half-hour T.V. program on Arlington Telecable on John Kennedy's Legacy, interviewed by Donna Darovich, October 16, 1988.
• Half-hour T.V. program on Arlington Telecable on contemporary student activism in historical perspective, interviewed by Mark Permenter, May 26, 1989.
• Half-hour T.V. program on “Arlington Today” show discussing JFK’s assasination and Oliver Stone’s film, JFK, December 16, 1991.
• Taped interview with Stefan Schumacher on Protest Music for his Chicago-based radio show, VIEWPOINTS, August 2, 2007
MEDIA
• Produced and developed a 20 minute slide-music, multi-media segment for the Memory exhibit and symposium which marked the 25th Anniversary of John Kennedy's death, Nov. 4, 1988.
PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS
• Original color photo of the National Theater in Breckenridge, Texas, taken in 1991 and published in American Heritage (August 1993), p. 95. See above.
• Original copyrighted, color photo titled, “Madison County’s Roseman Bridge” published in America at the Millenium (Owings Mill, Maryland: International Library of Photography, 2000)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
• I have started research on a book which traces the ways movies portrayed college professors in the period since 1945.
• I am finishing a book on how to use music in teaching and interpreting American history at the high school and college levels.
TALKS TO COMMUNITY GROUPS AND WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS
• 2008 - Spoke to Friends of the Arlington Public Library about my co-edited book, Lights, Camera History and autographped copies that they sold there in May.
• 2005-2007 - 11 Workshops for Arlington Public School Teachers
• 2004 - AP LECTURE FOR TARRANT COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
• 2003 - Developed and delivered two separate programs on popular culture in the 1970s on April 4th and April 18th for the Arlington Central Library’s “Library Fest” 30th Anniversary celebration with the theme “Back to the Seventies.”
• 2000 - “Student Activism in the 1960s,” talk for the Adult Forum of The First Jefferson Unitarian Chuch of Fort Worth, Texas, October 15
• 1999 -"Humorous Approaches to Current American Politics." Arlington Unitarian Church, Oct. 8th.
• 1998 - Presented a two hour session on the 1960s for combined 4th Grade Social Science classes at the Woodway Public School in Fort Worth Texas May 18th.
