Alice Echols
Alice Echols | |
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| File:Alice Echols 01.jpg Alice Echols, 2011 | |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Macalester College, University of Michigan |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Contemporary Gender Studies |
| Institutions | Rutgers University, University of Southern California |
Alice Echols is Professor of History, and the Barbra Streisand Chair of Contemporary Gender Studies, at the University of Southern California.[1][2][3]
Education
Echols received her bachelor's degree from Macalester College, Minnesota in 1973. She obtained her master's degree and Doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1980 and 1986 respectively.[2]
Career
Echols has been a professor of history at the University of Southern California since 2004. Since 2011 she has been the Barbra Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies, an endowed professorship. Echols was a visiting associate professor at Rutgers University during the 2009–2010 academic year.[2]
Honors and awards
| Honor or Award | Date |
|---|---|
| Rackham Dissertation Grant, The University of Michigan | 1984 |
| Center for Gender Research Fellowship | 1985 |
| University Fellowship, The University of Michigan | 1986 |
| The Horace H. Rackham Distinguished Dissertation Award, The University of Michigan | 1987 |
| ACLS Grant-in-Aid Fellowship | 1990 |
| Gustavus Meyers Outstanding Book Award-Daring to Be Bad | 1990-1991 |
| General Education Course Innovation Award | 2006-2007 |
| USC Endowed Professorship, Barbra Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies and Professor of English, Gender Studies and History | 2011-2016 |
| USC Endowed Professorship, Barbra Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies | 2016- |
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Publications
She authored Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 (with foreword by Ellen Willis);[4] Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin; Shaky Ground: The Sixties and Its Aftershocks; and Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture.[5] Her book Shortfall: Family Secrets, Financial Collapse, and a Hidden History of American Banking was published by The New Press on October 3, 2017.[6] She also wrote a chapter on the Women's Liberation Movement in William McConnell's book The Counterculture Movement of the 1960s.[7]
Selected bibliography
- Daring to Be Bad: Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 (with foreword by Ellen Willis)[4]
- Shaky Ground: The Sixties and its Aftershocks (2002)[2]
- Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin (1999)[8]
- Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture (2009)[2]
References
- ↑ Charles, Ron (March 8, 2009). "On Campus, Vampires Are Besting the Beats". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Alice Echols [USC Faculty profile]". University of Southern California. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
- ↑ "The '80s are back with 'Transformers'". Today.com. June 29, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Lit up by her own blowtorch". Irish Times. March 25, 2000. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
- ↑ Gavin, James (April 1, 2010). "Dance Dance Revolution". The New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2017.
- ↑ Echols, Alice (3 October 2017). Shortfall. ISBN 9781620973042. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ↑ McConnell, William S (2004). The counterculture movement of the 1960s. San Diego: Greenhaven Press. OCLC 52819791.
- ↑ "Dissecting rock 'n' roll's first female superstar". CNN. May 24, 1999. Archived from the original on 16 February 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2010.
External links
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