Thomas M. Kitts, Ph.D.
384 E. 3rd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11218
(718) 990-7371
kittst@stjohns.edu
Education
B.A.
M.A.
Ph.D.
St. John’s University, NY
New York University
New York University
English
English
English
1977
1979
1991
Doctoral dissertation: “The Theatrical Life of George Henry Boker,” supervised by
Professor Kenneth Silverman.
Professional Experience
St. John’s University, NY
Professor of English
Director, Liberal Studies Program
Chair, Division of English/Speech
Acting Chair, Division of English/Speech
Associate Professor of English
Assistant Professor of English
Editor, Alumni Quarterly
Director of Alumni Relations
Adjunct Instructor of English
Assistant Director, Alumni Relations
Rice High School, New York, NY
1980 – present
2003 – present
2011 – 2013
2001 – 2013
2000 – 2001
1997 – 2003
1991 – 1997
1991 – 1994
1983 – 1991
1980 – 1991
1980 – 1983
1979 – 1980
Teacher: English (juniors), Fine Arts (freshmen)
St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, NJ
1980 (spring semester)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
Corpus Christi School, New York, NY
1977 – 1979
Teacher: English, Reading, Science (grades 6-8)
New Earth Review, New York, NY
1979 – 1981
Assistant Editor, part time. NER was a small literary magazine.
Teaching Abroad
St. Francis Xavier College
Goa, India
Taught the tragedies of Shakespeare
Summer 2013
Publications
Books
John Fogerty: An American Son. New York: Routledge. In progress. Scheduled date of
publication 2016.
Ray Davies: I’m Not Like Everybody Else. New York: Routledge, 2008.
The Theatrical Life of George Henry Boker. New York: Peter Lang, 1994.
Gypsies (a play). New York: Domestic Press, 1994.
Edited Books
Finding Fogerty: Interdisciplinary Readings of John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater
Revival. Ed. Kitts. Lanham, MD: Lexington, 2013.
Literature and Work. New York: Pearson/ Longman, 2011.
Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The Kinks. Eds. Kitts and
Michael Kraus. Rumford, RI: Rock ’n’ Roll Research Press, 2002.
Journal Editorships
Rock Music Studies. Editor with Gary Burns. Under development. First issue: 2014.
Popular Music and Society. Editor with Gary Burns. 2008 – present.
The Mid-Atlantic Almanack, journal of the Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association,
2007 - 2010.
Guest Editor. Popular Music and Society. Special Issue on The Kinks. 29.2 (May 2006).
Popular Music and Society. Book Review Editor. 2006-2008.
Manuals
Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Literature: Craft & Voice. 3 vols. Eds. Nicholas
Delbanco and Alan Cheuse. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. Published online
and on CD-Rom.
Instructor’s Manual to Accompany The American Tradition in Literature (ninth ed.)
Ed. George Perkins and Barbara Perkins. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
Revised for tenth edition 2003, eleventh edition online 2006.
Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
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(fourth edition). Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Revised
for fifth edition and published as Instructor’s Resource Guide to Accompany
Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 2002. Revised for fifth edition,
2006. Also published on CD-Rom.
Instructor’s Manual to Accompany Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama
Drama (compact edition). Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.
Revised and published online as Instructor’s Manual to accompany Literature:
Approaches to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 2004.
Articles
“Emersonian Individualism and the Quest for Wholeness in Pet Sounds.” God Only
Knows: Faith, Hope, Love and The Beach Boys. Ed. Jeff Sellars. Eugene, OR:
Cascade, 2015. (In press.)
“‘I’m a singer in a band who came out of high school and lucked on to this thing’: An
Interview with Mark Volman. Rock Music Studies 1.1 (2014): 77-91.
“Anti-Establishment Themes in American Songs.” Music in American Life: An
Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. 4
vols. Ed. Jacqueline Edmondson. Santa Barbara, C: ABC-CLIO. 4 vols. 2013: 4852.
“Anti-Flag.” Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars,
and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. 4 vols. Ed. Jacqueline Edmondson. Santa
Barbara,CA: ABC-CLIO. Vol. 1. 2013. Sidebar. 48.
“New York Dolls.” Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars,
and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. 4 vols. Ed. Jacqueline Edmondson. Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. 2013. Vol. 3. 805-06.
“New York Dolls: ‘Ridin’ right on the subway train.’” Please Allow Me to Introduce
Myself: The Debut Album. Ed. George Plasketes. Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2013.
85-92.
“The 1980s Comeback of John Fogerty.” Finding Fogerty: Interdisciplinary Readings of
John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Ed. Kitts. Lanham, MD:
Lexington, 2012. 111-33.
Introduction. Finding Fogerty. xi-xvi.
“Tribute to Loretta Lorence.” Mid-Atlantic Gazette. Sept. 2011. Web. Rpt. in MidAtlantic Almanack 20 (2011): 132.
“Obituary: Peter Quaife, 1943-2010.” Popular Music and Society 33.5 (Dec. 2010): 6573
61.
“Documenting, Creating, and Interpreting Moments of Definition: Monterey Pop,
Woodstock, and Gimme Shelter.” Journal of Popular Culture 42.4 (2009) 715-32.
“Anti-Flag: Political Punk and Activism – An Interview with Justin Sane.” Sound
Fabrics: Studies on the Intermedial and Institutional Dimensions of Popular
Music. Martin Butler, Arvi Sepp, and Patrick A. Burger, eds. Trier: WVT
Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2009. 187-97.
“The Romantic Protest of Mid to Late 1960s Rock Music.” Sound Fabrics: Studies on the
Intermedial and Institutional Dimensions of Popular Music. 55-70.
“The Punk Rock Politics of Anti-Flag.” Mid-Atlantic Almanack 17 (2008): 157-64.
Introduction to Special Issue on the Kinks. Popular Music and Society 29.2 (May 2006):
141-43.
“Think Visual: The Kinks vs. the Music Industry.” Popular Music and Society 29.2 (May
2006): 241-54.
“Establishing a Sound and a Theme.” Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders
with The Kinks. Kitts and Michael Kraus, co-editors. Rumford, RI: Rock ‘n’ Roll
Research Press, 2002: 26-37.
“‘… in the grand [and not so grand] tradition’: Film, Theatre, and the Triumph of 20th
Century Man.” Living on a Thin Line: Crossing Aesthetic Borders with The
Kinks. Rumford, RI: Rock ‘n’ Roll Research Press, 2002: 131-42.
“Hold Off on That First Book.” Professor’s Forum. Writer’s Guidelines & News. 13.2
(Summer 2002): 9-11+.
“Let’s Start at the Beginning.” Professor’s Forum. Writer’s Guidelines & News. 13. 1
(Spring 2002): 9-11.
Introduction. The Writers’ Journal Guide to the Writing Life. Christopher L. Buono, ed.
Perham, MN: Val-Tech. 2000: 13-17.
“George Boker and Lawrence Barrett: Intersecting Theatrical Careers.” Nineteenth
Century (The Magazine of the Victorian Society of America). Ed. Sally Kinsey.
17.1 (Spring 1997): 27-34. Rpt. in SIRS Renaissance: Current Perspectives on
the Arts & Sciences. CD-Rom. Boca Raton, Fl. Spring 1998.
“Unlikely Kinsmen: Holmes and Iago.” In Sherlock Holmes: Victorian Sleuth to Modern
Hero. Eds. Charles R. Putney, Sally Sugarman, and Joseph A. Cutshall.
Landham, MD: Scarecrow Press 1996: 211-21.
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“The Individual vs. the Cult Leader: Don Delillo’s Mao II, a Novel for the 1990s.”
Popular Culture Review 7.2 (Aug. 1996): 111-27.
“An Argument for Boker’s Francesca da Rimini.” American Drama 3.2 (1994): 53-70.
Reviews
Rev. of Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry. By Kristin J. Lieb.
New York: Routledge, 2013. Rock Music Studies 1.2 (July 2014): 183-85.
Rev. of Transatlantic Roots Music: Folk, Blues, and National Identities. Eds. Jill Terry
and Neil A. Wynn. Jackson, MS: U of Mississippi P, 2012. Popular Music and
Society 37.1 (Feb. 2014): 101-03.
Rev. of Classic Harmonica Blues. Various Artists. CD. Barry Lee Pearson and Jeff Place,
compilers. Smithsonian Folkways. Popular Music and Society 36.4 (2013): 55457.
Rev. of Old Man Below: The Dust Busters with John Cohen. CD. Smithsonian Folkways.
Popular Music and Society 36.3 (July 2013): 421-22.
Rev. of I’m Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism and the Mississippi Delta. By
Stephen A. King. Jackson: U of Mississippi P, 2011. Popular Music and Society
36.2 (May 2013): 287-89.
Rev. of John Mayall. B.B. King’s. Feb. 2, 2013. The Daily Blues & Jazz.
<www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
Rev. of The Death Proclamation of Generation X. By Maxim W. Furek. Bloomington:
iUniverse, 2008. Popular Music and Society 34.5 (Dec. 2011): 695-98.
Rev. of Johnny Winter. B. B. King’s. Jan. 24, 2012. The Daily Blues & Jazz.
<www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
Rev. of Richie Furay. B. B. King’s. Nov. 11, 2011. The Daily Blues & Jazz.
<www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
Rev. of Blues Music in the Sixties: A Story in Black and White. By Ulrich Adelt. New
Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2010. Popular Music and Society 34. 2 (May 2011) 25961.
with Andre Cadet. Rev. of George Clinton & the P-Funk All-Stars. B. B. Kings. Dec. 3,
2010. The Daily Blues & Jazz. <www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
Rev. of Eric Burdon. B. B. Kings. Oct. 25, 2010. The Daily Blues & Jazz.
<www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
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Rev. of I Slept with Joey Ramone: A Family Memoir. By Mickey Leigh with Legs
McNeil. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Popular Music and Society 33.4
(Oct. 2010): 569-71.
Rev. of Voices of the Down and Out: The Dust Bowl Migration and the Great Depression
in the Songs of Woody Guthrie. By Martin Butler. Heidelberg, Germany:
Universitätsverlag, 2007. Popular Music and Society 32.4 (Oct. 2009): 557-59.
Rev. of The Rock History Reader. Ed. By Theo Cateforis. New York: Routledge, 2007.
Popular Music and Society 32.4 (Oct. 2009): 564-66.
Rev. of Courageous Hearts (CD) and Interview with Towner Galaher. June 2009. The
Daily Blues & Jazz, the online publication of the The New York Blues & Jazz
Society, <www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
Rev. of How Britain Got the Blues. By Roberta Freund Schwartz. Aldershot, UK:
Ashgate, 2007. Popular Music and Society 32. 1 (Feb. 2009): 137-39.
Rev. of Bob Dylan: The Never Ending Star. By Lee Marshall. Cambridge, UK: Polity,
2007. Popular Music and Society 32. 1 (Feb. 2009): 130-33.
Rev. of The Prophet Singer: The Voice and Vision of Woody Guthrie. By Mark Allan
Jackson. Jackson: U of Mississippi, 2007. Popular Music and Society 31.5 (Dec.
2008): 705-08.
Rev. of Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America’s Garage Band. By Joe Bonomo.
New York: Continuum, 2007. Popular Music and Society 31.3 (July 2008): 40608.
Rev. of The Words and Music of Bob Marley. By David Moskowitz. Westport, CT:
Praeger, 2007. Popular Music and Society 31.2 (May 2008): 293-95.
Rev. of Irish Catholic Boy. Seanchai & the Unity Squad. CD. Popular Music and
Society 31.1 (Feb. 2008): 128-30.
Rev. of Seguida III (CD) and Interview with the band. Oct. 2007. The Daily Blues and
Jazz.
Rev. of The Bill Monroe Reader. By Tom Ewing (Ed.). Chicago: U of Illinois P, 2006.
Popular Music and Society 30.4 (Oct. 2007): 565-68.
Rev. of Jefferson Starship, “4 Sets Covering 4 Decades.” B. B. Kings. Sept 8, 2007.
The Daily Blues & Jazz. <www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
Rev. of Performance and Popular Music: History, Place and Time. By Ian Inglis (Ed.)
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Ashgate, Hampshire, UK, 2006. Popular Music and Society 30.3 (July 2007):
444-46.
Rev. of Panorama (CD) and Interview with Towner Galaher. June 2007. The Daily
Blues & Jazz,
Rev. of Music Scenes: Local, Translocal, and Virtual. By Andy Bennett & Richard
A. Peterson (Eds.). Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 2004. Popular Music and Society
30.2 (May 2007): 295-98.
Rev. of Seduxion (CD), Sylvia Pilar. Jan. 2007. The Daily Blues & Jazz, the online
publication of the The New York Blues & Jazz Society, the online publication of
The New York Blues & Jazz Society. <www.nybluesandjazz.org>.
Rev. of Magic Box (CD), Robi Zonca and his Band featuring Luther Kent. Dec. 2006.
The Daily Blues & Jazz, the online publication of The New York Blues &
Jazz Society.
Rev. of Nikki Armstrong at the River Bank, Cornwall-on-the-Hudson (performance
review). 8 Dec. 2006. The New York Blues & Jazz Society.
<www.nybluesandjazz.org>
Rev. of 36 Years and a Wake-up: An American Returns to Vietnam by Carey Spearman.
The Gazette, the online newsletter of the Mid-Atlantic Popular / American Culture
Association. April 2005. <www.wcenter.ncc.edu/gazette/>.
“Fat Tuesday at Mexicali Blues Café” (performance review). February 28, 2006. The
Daily Blues & Jazz, the online publication of The New York Blues & Jazz Society.
“Buckwheat Zydeco at B.B. King’s (performance review). February 18, 2006. The Daily
Blues & Jazz, the online publication of The New York Blues & Jazz Society.
“Ray Davies at the Supper Club.” (performance review). November 28, 2005. The Daily
Blues & Jazz.
“Melvin Sparks at B.B. King’s.” (performance review). November 20, 2005. The Daily
Blues & Jazz.
“Dr. John at Au Bar.” (performance review). May 16, 2005. The Daily Blues & Jazz.
Rev. of Rebel Massive (CD), Seanchai & The Unity Squad. April 2005. The Gazette.
Rev. of Writing Creative Nonfiction: Fiction Techniques for Crafting Great Nonfiction
by Theodore A. Rees Cheney. Writer’s Guidelines & News. 13.1 (Spring 2002):
22-23.
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“Making Sense of the Seventies.” Rev. of The Seventies Now by Stephen Paul Miller.
The Gazette. March 2000.
“What Happened to America’s Intellectual Optimism?” Rev. of Apocalypse Then:
American Intellectuals and the Vietnam War, 1954 –1975 by Robert Tomes. in
The Gazette. Dec. 1999 / Jan. 2000.
“The Art of Rock & Roll.” Rev. of Rocking My Life Away: Writing about Music and
Other Matters by Anthony DeCurtis. The Gazette. Feb. 1999.
Contributions to Texts/Anthologies
Provided motivating links and directions to The Art of Literature CD-Rom. Pearson
Prentice Hall. 2005.
Questions following the fiction selections in Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and
Drama. Ed. Robert DiYanni. 5th & 6th editions. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002,
2007.
Questions following the fiction selections in Literature: Approaches to Fiction, Poetry,
Poetry, and Drama. Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
“Author Biographies.” The Hudson Book of Poetry: 150 Poems Worth Reading. New
York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. pp. 151-181.
“10 Questions Worth Asking about Fiction.” The Hudson Book of Fiction: 30 Stories
Worth Reading. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2002. p. 329.
Films
Special Consultant. Do It Again. A Robert Patton-Spruill Film. Directed by Robert
Patton Spruill; written and starring Geoff Edgers. 2009.
Commentator. TC Boyle: The Art of the Story. Producers: Tom Knoff and Harper College
Director, Greg Herriges. 2008.
Commentator. The Kinks: Two for the Road. Directors, Lloyd Jansen and Rob Peirson.
Lloyd and Rob Productions. 2007.
CD-Roms
Ariel: A Reader’s Interactive Exploration of American Literature. CD-Rom to
accompany American literature anthologies published by McGraw-Hill, 2006.
Participation includes writing biographies, study guides, annotating texts, and
personal appearances.
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Ariel: A Reader’s Interactive Exploration of Literature. CD-Rom to accompany
literature literature anthologies published by McGraw-Hill, 2004. Participation
includes writing biographies of 6 authors; bibliographies for 10 authors;
introductions, annotations, and questions to accompany 15 texts; and a personal
appearance in which I discuss certain texts and participate in a round-table
discussion with Robert DiYanni and Judith Sanford.
Articles in SJU Alumni Quarterly
“A Conversation with Arthur J. Benvenuto.”
“St. John’s Alum Saves Polish Economy.”
“D.A. Programs Thrive.”
“The Announcement.”
“The Partnership for the Homeless:
Providing a Future.”
“An Interview with Father Harrington.”
Summer 1994: 6-8.
Spring 1994: 4-6.
Summer 1992: 11-12.
Spring 1992: 19-20.
Winter 1992: 8-10.
Fall
1991: 4-6.
Articles in New Earth Review
“Robert Francis: An Appreciation.”
“A New Earth Interview with Edward Field.”
Rev. of Stomping the Blues (Albert Murray).
Rev. of Urban Blues (Charles Keil).
4 (1979)
5-6 (1980)
5-6 (1980)
5-6 (1980)
5-7.
92-102.
88-90.
90-91.
Production of Plays
Gypsies (Spring 1987)
Divine Theatre
New York, NY
Director: Jon Michael Johnson
Past Times (Summer 1982)
The 18th Street Playhouse
New York, NY
Director: John Guitz
Presentations / Personal Appearances
“John Fogerty: Rock and Roll Jeremiah.” Annual Conference of the Popular Culture and
American Culture Associations. New Orleans. 4 April 2015. (upcoming)
Interviewer and Moderator. “A Special Session with Mark Volman: The Music Industry
and My Lawsuit against Sirius Radio.” Annual Conference of the Popular Culture
and American Culture Associations. New Orleans. 4 April 2015. (upcoming)
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“Creedence Clearwater Revival: Sabotage, Lawsuits, Battles, and Fantasy.” Mid-Atlantic
Popular and American Culture Association. Balitmore, MD. 7 Nov. 2014.
“John Fogerty’s Blue Ridge Rangers: Escape into the Studio.” Annual Conference of the
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. Chicago, IL. 18 April 2014.
Session chair and Interviewer for Special Session: “Mark Volman—Road Work: Using
Student Interns on a Rock-and-Roll Tour.” Annual Conference of the Popular
Culture and American Culture Associations. Chicago, IL. 18 April 2014.
Panelist: “Green Day’s American Idiot: If This Is the Future of Musical Theater, Run
Don't Walk to the Nearest Exit—Green Day and Broadway. Mid-Atlantic Popular
and American Culture Association. Atlantic City, NJ. 8 Nov. 2013.
“John Fogerty: The Artist as a Boy.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture
Association. Atlantic City, NJ. 7 Nov. 2013.
“Dignity and Work through Literature.” International Conference on Education and
Social Justice. St. Xavier’s College, The Council for Social Justice and Peace,
Archdiocese of Goa & The Center for Global Development, St. John’s University,
NY. 23 July 2013. Goa, India.
“Creedence Clearwater Revival and the San Francisco Scene.” Popular Culture
Association of Canada. Niagara Falls, Canada. 11 May 2013.
“The 1980s Comeback of John Fogerty.” Annual Conference of the Popular Culture and
American Culture Associations. Washington, D.C. 27-30. March 2013. Organized
16 sessions for this conference as the Area Chair of Music.
Panelist. “The Greatest Albums of All Time? A Knock ‘Em Down, Drag ‘Em Out Verbal
Slugfest.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Associations. Pittsburgh, 1
Nov. 2012. Upcoming.
“An Interview with Mark Volman.” Annual Conference of the Popular Culture and
American Culture Associations. Boston.11-14 April 2012. Organized 19 sessions
for this conference as the Area Chair of Music.
“John Fogerty: Into the Country with the Blue Ridge Rangers.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and
American Culture Associations. Philadelphia. 6 Nov. 2011.
“Dignity and Work.” 7th Biennial Vincentian Chair of Social Justice Conference. St.
John’s University. New York. 22 Oct. 2011.
“Creedence Clearwater Revival and the San Francisco Scene.” Canadian Popular Culture
Conference. Niagara Falls, Canada. 13 May 2011.
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“John Fogerty and Creedence: Discovering the South.” Annual Conference of the
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. San Antonio. 27-30 April
2011. Organized 12 sessions for this conference as the Area Chair of Music.
“New York Dolls: Ridin’ Right on the Subway Train.” Classic Album Lecture Series.
Brock University, Canada. 11 March 2010.
“The Quest for America in the Early Music of John Fogerty and Creedence Clearwater
Revival.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association. Alexandria,
VA. 28 Oct. 2010. Chaired session on “Voice and Identity in Popular Music.”
“The New York Dolls: ‘Ridin’ Right on the Subway Train.’” Annual Conference of the
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. St. Louis. 2 April 2010.
Organized 11 sessions for this conference as the Area Chair of Music.
“The New York Dolls: ‘Ridin’ Right on the Subway Train.’” Mid-Atlantic Popular and
American Culture Association. Boston. 7 Nov. 2009. Organized 5 sessions as
Area Chair of Rock and Roll Culture.
Session Chair. “Traditional American Visions Re-Noveled.” New York College English
Association. St. John’s University, New York City. 25 April 2009.
“Anti-Flag: Punk Politics on Stage.” Panelist. Session Chair. Annual Conference of the
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. New Orleans. 9 April 2009.
Organized 15 sessions for this conference as the Area Chair of Music.
Academic Career Development. Professional Development. Panelist. Mid-Atlantic
Popular and American Culture Association. Niagara Falls, Canada. 1 Nov. 2008.
“Anti-Flag: Politics on Stage.” Panelist. Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture
Association. Niagara Falls, Canada. Session Chair of this and two other sessions.
30 Oct. - 1 Nov. 2008.
“The Beatles and the Kinks: Rock-and-Roll Rivalry in the Mid-1960s.” Panelist. Session
Chair. Annual Conference of the Popular Culture and American Culture
Associations. San Francisco. 19 March 2008.
“Lost Love and Healing in the Latest Songs of Ray Davies.” Panelist. Mid-Atlantic
Popular and American Culture Association. Philadelphia. 3 Nov. 2007. Session
Chair of this and six other sessions. 2-4 Nov. 2007.
“Rock’s 10 Greatest Songwriters and Songwriting Teams: A Knock-‘em Down, Drag‘em Out (Verbal) Slugfest.” Panelist. Session Chair. Annual Conference of the
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. Boston. 6 April 2007.
“Rock’s 10 Greatest Songwriters: A Knock-‘em Down, Drag-‘em Out (Verbal) Slugfest.”
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Panelist. Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Association. Baltimore. 28 Oct.
2006. Session Chair of this and ten other sessions. 26-29 Oct. 2006.
“‘Working in the Factory’: The Kinks and the Record Industry.” Mid-Atlantic Popular
and American Culture Association. 4-6 Nov. 2005. New Brunswick, NJ. Chair
of this and two other sessions on Rock and Roll Culture.
“The Shaping of Ray Davies.” International Popular Culture Association Conference.
University of Wales, Swansea. 12 Aug. 2005. Chair of this session on The
Kinks.
“The Shaping of Ray Davies and The Kinks.” Annual Conference of the Popular Culture
and American Culture Associations. San Diego. 25 April 2005. Chair of this
session on The Kinks.
“Pennebaker’s Monterey Pop: Preserving and Constructing the Summer of Love.”
Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture
Association. Buffalo. NY. 5 Nov. 2004. Session leader of this and two other
sessions.
“Imaging Monterey, Woodstock, and Altamont: The Rock Documentary.” Midwest
Popular and American Culture Association. Cleveland, OH. 9 Oct. 2004.
“The Emergence of the Rock Album in the 1960s.” Annual Conference of the Popular
Culture and American Culture Associations. San Antonio. 9 April 2004. Chair of
this panel in tribute to Michael J. Kraus.
“Bob Dylan’s Bringing It All Back Home: The Beatles Meet Jeremiah.” Annual
Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association.
Wilmington, DE. 9 Nov. 2003. Session leader of this and two other panels.
“A Krausian View of The Kinks.” Annual Conference of the Midwest Popular Culture
Association and Midwest American Culture Association. Minneapolis. 18 Oct.
2003. Organized two panels in tribute to Michael J. Kraus.
Featured Speaker. “A View of the American Dream.” St. John's University. College of
Professional Studies Honor Society. Induction Ceremony. 15 Oct. 2003.
“Living on a Thin Line: A Song, a Book, and an Adventure.” International Pop Culture
Conference. Dublin, Ireland. 6 August 2003.
“A Strange But Not So Magical Adventure about Working on a Book about The Kinks.”
Annual Conference of the Popular and American Culture Associations.
New Orleans. 17 April 2003. Session leader of this panel.
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“Bob Dylan: Always the Folk Tradition.” Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic
Popular and American Culture Association. Pittsburgh. 1 Nov. 2002.
Session leader of the panel.
Sessions Leader. “Politics and Religion.” “Race and the Underground.” Annual
Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association.
Pittsburgh. 1-3 November 2002.
“The Dark Love Songs of Ray Davies.” Joint meeting of the Popular Culture and
American Culture Associations. Toronto. 15 March 2002. Session leader of this
panel.
Moderator. “An Evening with Peter Quaife.” Special session. Joint meeting of the
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. Toronto. 15 March 2002.
Respondent. “Narrative as Source: Re-Imagining History during the Vietnam War.”
Modern Language Association. New Orleans, LA. 29 Dec. 2001.
“Brian Wilson as Emersonian American.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American
Culture Association. Silver Springs, MD. 3 Nov. 2001. (Also, session leader of
two other panels at this conference).
“Alienation and Isolation in the Work of Ray Davies.” International Popular Culture
Conference. Downing College, Cambridge University. Cambridge, England.
10 Aug. 2001.
“Think Visual as Concept Album about the Music Industry.” Joint meeting of the
Popular Culture and American Culture Associations. Philadelphia. 11-14 April
2001. Session leader of this panel.
“The Protest of Mythology and Withdrawal in Late Sixties Rock Music.” American
Historical Association. Boston. 6 Jan. 2001.
“Family as Inspiration and Audience in the Music of The Kinks.” Mid-Atlantic
Popular and American Culture Association. Albany, NY. 4 Nov. 2000.
“Arthur and 1969 as a Pivotal Year.” Joint meeting of the Popular Culture and American
Culture Associations. New Orleans. 20 April 2000. Session leader of this panel.
“1968 and the Culture of Preservation in The Kinks.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and
American Culture Association. Valley Forge, PA. 6 November 1999.
Chair of three sessions on Rock and Roll Culture. Mid-Atlantic Popular and American
Culture Association. Valley Forge, PA. 5-7 November 1999.
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Panelist for discussion of “The Art and Spirituality of Dave Davies.” Marian College,
WI. 7 Oct. 1999.
“Ray Davies and Romanticism.” International Popular Culture Conference. Sidney
Sussex College. Cambridge University, England. 2 Aug. 1999.
“Ray Davies as Ironist, Satirist, and Social Commentator.” Joint meeting of the Popular
Culture and American Culture Associations. San Diego, CA. 1 April 1999.
Session leader of this panel on The Kinks.
“Recording an Emerging Culture: The Bay Boy.” Modern Language Association. San
Francisco, CA. 30 December 1998. Session leader of this panel on Royall Tyler.
Featured Speaker. “‘I Hate Popular Culture’: A Response.” St. John’s University
Alumnae Annual Luncheon. Long Island Marriott. 7 November 1998.
“The Early Kinks: Establishing a Sound and a Theme.” Joint meeting of the Popular
Culture and American Culture Associations. Orlando, FL. 8-11 April 1998.
Session Leader (2 sessions). “The Kinks.” Joint meeting of the Popular Culture and
American Culture Associations. Orlando, FL. 8-11 April 1998.
“Baseball in the Projects: A Reading of Daniel Coyle’s Hardball.” Mid-Atlantic Popular
and American Culture Association. Baltimore, MD. October 31-November 2,
1998.
Session Leader (2 sessions). “The Kinks.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture
Association. Baltimore, MD. 31 Oct. – Nov. 2, 1997.
“The Theatre of Ray Davies: 20th Century Man. Joint meeting of the Popular Culture and
American Culture Associations. San Antonio, TX. 28 March 1997.
Session Leader. “The Kinks.” Joint meeting of the Popular Culture and American
Culture Associations. San Antonio, TX. 26-29 March 1997.
“Huck Finn in the Minor Leagues: A Reading of Paul Hemphill’s The Heart of the
Game.” Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association. Philadelphia.
1 Nov. 1996.
“The Shamanic Experiences of Slothrop.” Northeast Modern Language Association.
Montreal. 20 April 1996.
Session Leader. Postmodernism in American Literature: Postmodern American Poetry.”
Northeast Modern Language Association. 19-21 April 1996.
Master-of-Ceremonies. Faculty Poetry Reading. Sponsored by the Faculty Development
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Committee of St. Vincent’s College, St. John’s University. 17 April 1996.
“New York City as Landscape: Walt Whitman and Frank O’Hara.” Joint meeting of the
Popular Culture and the American Culture Associations. Las Vegas. 29 March
1996.
“Comparative Sport Tropology in Arthur Miller, Neil Simon, and August Wilson.” MidAtlantic Popular and American Culture Association. Syracuse, NY.
3 November 1995.
“George Henry Boker and the Frustrations of Writing for the Nineteenth-Century Stage.”
Joint meeting of the Popular Culture and the American Culture Associations.
Philadelphia. 15 April 1995.
“Fabrications and Replications in Don DeLillo’s Mao II. Northeast Modern Language
Association. Boston. 31 March 1995.
Featured Speaker. “Looking for Holmesian Ancestors: An Investigation in Progress.”
Quarterly Meeting of the Montague Street Lodgers. Brooklyn, NY. 4 Feb. 1995.
Remarks. “American Theater before O’Neill.” Modern Language Association. San
Diego, CA. 30 Dec. 1994. Session leader of this panel.
“Finally! Classic American Literature on Stage: Beyond the Horizon.” Art, Glitter, and
Glitz Conference. Hofstra University. 3 November 1994.
“Unlikely Kinsmen: Holmes and Iago.” Victorian Sleuth to Modern Hero. Baker Street
Breakfast Club, VT. Bennington College. 24 June 1994.
“The Truth about Ozzie and Harriet – According to David Rabe.” Reading the Drama
Text. New York State College English Association. Marymount Manhattan
College. 30 April 1994.
“The Fifties Legacy of Paranoia in American Drama: Sticks and Bones, Buried Child, and
Fences. “ Northeast Modern Language Association. Pittsburgh, PA. 9 April
1994.
“Puritanism and ‘the Fork in the Road’: A Reading of Gravity’s Rainbow.” Le Moyne
College Forum of Religion and Literature. Syracuse, NY. 16 October 1993.
“Jonathan Whalen’s Quest for Freedom in Kosinski’s Devil-Tree.” New York State
College English Association. St. John’s University, NY. 7 May 1983.
Radio Appearances
Special Guest. “The Kinks” St. James Infirmary with Michael the Molar Maven. Old
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Westbury Web Radio. Podcast at stjamesinfirmary.net. 22 Feb. 2013
Special Guest. “In Celebration of the Fortieth Anniversary of Band of Gypsys and Eric
Clapton. A one-hour special hosted by Bob Putignano. WFDU-FM (89.1,
New Jersey-New York). 9 June 2010. Available for listen on the WFDU-FM
Archives <http://wfdu.fdu.edu/home.html>.
Interviewed. Promotion of Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. WFDU-FM. 12 Dec.
2007. Available for listen on the WFDU-FM archives.
Special Guest. “In Celebration of The Band’s Last Waltz.” A one-hour special hosted by
Bob Putignano. WFDU-FM. 22 Nov. 2006. Available for listen on the WFDUFM archives.
Special guest. “In Celebration of Ray Davies’s 62nd Birthday.” A one-hour special
hosted by Bob Putignano. WFDU-FM. 21 June 2006. Available for listen on the
WFDU-FM archives.
Special guest. “The Blues and The British Invasion.” A 45-minute special hosted by
Bob Putignano. WFDU-FM. 16 March 2005. Available for listen on the WFDUFM archives.
A discussion of But Is It Garbage? On Rock and Trash. With host Bob Putignano and
author Steven L. Hamelman. WFDU-FM. 21 July 2004. Available for listen on
the WFDU-FM archives.
A discussion of The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night. With host Bob Putignano and
author Doug Hinman. WFDU-FM. 28 April 2004. Available for listen on the
WFDU-FM archives.
Special guest. “The Bluesy Side of The Kinks.” A one-hour special hosted by Bob
Putignano. WFDU-FM. 6 Dec. 2003. Available for listen on the WFDU-FM
archives.
Related
Judge. New York Blues and Jazz Society’s Battle of the Bands. (Regional Contest. Part
of the 27th International Blues Challenge.) Mexicali Café, Teaneck, NJ. 28 Sept.
2010.
Judge. New York Blues and Jazz Society’s Battle of the Bands. (Regional Contest. Part
of the 21st International Blues Challenge.) The Bitter End, New York, NY. 12
Sept. 2004.
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Other Professional Activities
Vincentian Fellow, St. John’s University, 2012-present.
Reviewer of pre-published manuscript. Steve Hamelman’s But Is It Garbage? The
Theme of Trash in Rock and Roll Music. Athens: U of Georgia P, 2004.
Acquisitions editor Derek Krissoff.
Regular reviewer of submissions for the following academic journals: Popular Music &
Society, Mid-Atlantic Almanack, and Professional Studies Review.
Academic Awards and Honors
2013
The Loretta Lorance Volunteer Recognition Award. Mid-Atlantic
Popular/American Culture Association. 2 Nov. 2012.
2012
Listed as one of Princeton Reviews Top 300 Professors
2011
Student Government Professor of the Year
2011
Excellence in Teaching Award, Vincentian Institute of Social
Justice (VISA)
2007
Top 50 Professors in America (#49). <Ratemyprofessor.com>
2007-2006
Teaching Exemplar, College of Professional Studies (SJU)
2006, 2005
Included in Who’s Who in American Education. 7th & 8th editions.
2005, 2004
Included in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. 8th & 9 editions.
2003
Nominated for St. John's University Excellence in Teaching and
Scholarship Award
2002
St. John’s University Faculty Merit Award
2002
Nominated for St. John’s University Excellence in Teaching and
Scholarship Award.
2001
College of Professional Studies Honor Society (induction)
2001
Outstanding Faculty Achievement Medal (St. John’s University)
2001
Included in Marquis Who’s Who in America. 55th edition.
2000
Nominated for St. John’s University Excellence in Teaching and
Scholarship Award.
2000
Included in Marquis Who’s Who in the World. 17th edition.
2000
Included in Marquis Who’s Who in America. 54th edition.
1999-2000
Included in Marquis Who’s Who in the East. 27th edition.
1999
Included in International Authors and Writers Who’s Who.
International Biographical Centre. Cambridge, England.
1999
St. John’s University Faculty Merit Award.
1998
1996
1996
1996
1994
Included in Marquis Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.
5th edition.
Nominated for the Barnard Hewitt Award for Research in Theatre
History and Cognate Theatre Studies for The Theatrical
Life of George Henry Boker.
St. John’s University Faculty Merit Award.
Honorable Mention – St. John’s University Teacher of the Year.
St. John’s University Faculty Merit Award.
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Grants
1997
St. John’s University Summer Research Grant for my study of
Ray Davies.
Current Professional Memberships
Modern Language Association
Popular Culture Association
(National Board Member 2010 -2013)
(Music Area Chair 2008 – present)
Mid-Atlantic Popular Culture Association
(Past President 2005-2006)
(President 2004- 2005)
(Vice-President/ President Elect 2003-2004)
(Program Chair for 2004 conference)
(Member, Executive Board, 2002-present)
(chair, Dan Walden Student Paper Competition, 2002–2004, 2006-2008)
(chair of Rock and Roll Culture Area, 1998 – 2010)
Dramatists Guild
New York City Blues and Jazz Society
American Theatre and Drama Society
Victorian Society of America
Flannery O’Connor Society
St. John’s University Committees – a partial listing
Member, Middle States Accreditation Steering Committee. 2014-present.
Co-chair, Middle States Self-Study Team, Faculty and Educational Offerings
2014-present.
Member. Middle States Self-Study Program Review. 2014-present.
Member. Provost Search Committee. 2011-2012.
Member, Committee on Hearing and Deciding Charges against a Faculty Member
2010-present.
Member. Mission Statement Subcommittee for Middle States Accreditation Visit.
2010-present.
Member. Committee for the Teaching of DNY – 2008-present.
Member. Academic Planning Committee. 2007-2010.
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Member. Committee to Consider CPS teaching loads. 2008-present.
Member. Special Committee to Assess the Learning Outcomes of the Core
Curriculum. 2005, 2006.
Member. University Core Curriculum Council. 2005-present.
Member. Learning Outcomes Assessment Committee. 2004-2006.
Chair. Search committee for two new assistant professors of English (College of
Professional Studies). 2002, 2003.
Co-chair. Liberal Arts Review Committee. 2002-2004.
University Placement Test Committee. 2002-2003.
Curriculum & Education Policy Committee (College of Professional Studies)
2000-present.
University Judicial Board for Non-Academic Discipline (Queens campus,
undergraduate). 2000-present.
Committee for Library Information (College of Professional Studies). 1999present.
Personnel and Budget Committee, Division of English/Speech. St. Vincent’s
College. 1997-1999.
Committee for By-Laws & Revisions (St. Vincent’s College). 1995-1999.
Secretary. St. Vincent’s College Faculty Council. 1995-1998.
St. Vincent’s College Task Force on Two-Year Programs. 1995-1996.
University Committee on Competitor Trends. 1995-1996.
Admissions and Academic Standing Committee (SVC). 1991-1994.
University’s Editorial Board. 1990-1994.
Pre-Graduate Study Advisory Committee. 1992.
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Selected Readings of Not Like Everybody Else
Feb. 5, 2008
Barnes & Noble
March 29, 2008
Barnes & Noble
April 3, 2008
Barnes & Noble
Dec. 10, 2007
Rocky Sullivan’s
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
Brooklyn, NY
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