{"id":6,"date":"2013-01-27T19:38:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/wordpress\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:51:51","slug":"curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michaelddwyer.com\/dossier\/curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"rendered":"curriculum vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>MICHAEL D. DWYER<\/h4>\n<address>224 Murphy Hall<br \/>\nArcadia University<br \/>\nGlenside, PA 19038<br \/>\nE-mail: dwyerm@arcadia.edu<br \/>\nPhone:215.572.2857 (office)<br \/>\nFax: 215.517.2490<\/address>\n<p>________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACADEMIC POSITIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Professor of Media &amp; Communication, Arcadia University, 2016-present.<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor of Media &amp; Communication, Arcadia University, 2010-2016.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PD. (<em>awarded with Distinction<\/em>) \u2013 English, Syracuse University, 2010.<\/li>\n<li>M.A. \u2013 Literary &amp; Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003.<\/li>\n<li>B.A. (<em>Departmental Honors, cum laude<\/em>) \u2013 English, University of Miami, 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SCHOLARSHIP AND PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>A<\/u><u>cademic Monographs<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tinsel and Rust: How Hollywood Manufactured the Rust Belt<\/em>. August 2025. Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<li><em>Back to the Fifties: Nostalgia, Hollywood Film and Popular Music of the Seventies and Eighties<\/em>. June 2015, Oxford University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>A<\/u><u>r<\/u><u>ticles in Refereed Journals<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe Rise of the Commuter Class.\u201d <em>Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture<\/em>. Volume 8, No. 3 (September 2023). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediapolisjournal.com\/2023\/09\/commuter-class\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.mediapolisjournal.com\/2023\/09\/commuter-class\/<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Same Old Songs.\u201d <em>Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media<\/em>. Issue 3 (Summer 2012). <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alphavillejournal.com\/Issue%203\/PDFs\/ArticlesPDF\/ArticleDwyer.pdf\"><em>http:\/\/alphavillejournal.com\/Issue%203\/PDFs\/ArticlesPDF\/ArticleDwyer.pdf<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>B<\/u><u>ook Chapters<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cNostalgia and Affect\u201d in <em>The Routledge Handbook on Nostalgia<\/em>. Tobias Becker and Dylan Trigg, eds. New York: Routledge, 2024. 165-172.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cNostalgia is a Feeling.\u201d <em>The Uses of the Past in Contemporary Western Popular Culture: Nostalgia, Politics, Lifecycles, Medialities, and Materialities<\/em>. Tobias Becker and Dion Giorgiou, eds. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024<strong>. <\/strong>39-52.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Cooley High<\/em>, Cabrini-Green, and early-onset rusting in Chicago\u201d in <em>Home Screens: Public Housing in Global Film &amp; TV<\/em>. Lorrie Palmer, ed. New York: Bloomsbury, 2023. 145-62.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFixing the Fifties in the Reagan Era.\u201d <em>The 1980s: A Transitional Decad\u00a0 <\/em>Duncan Campbell and Kimberly R. Moffitt, eds.\u00a0 Latham, MD: Rowman &amp; Littlefield \/ Lexington Books. December 2010. 201-23.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;It Was Something: Kathleen Hanna, Sadie Benning, and the Limits of Grrrl-hoo\u201d <em>Singing for Themselves: Essays on Women in Popular Music. <\/em>Patricia Spence Rudden, ed. Newcastle-upon- Tyne (UK): Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007. 202-17.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Selected Reviews, Open-Access and Popular P<\/u><u>ublications<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cBook Review: <em>Decline and Reimagination in Cinematic New York<\/em>.\u201d <em>International Journal of Communication<\/em>, no. 17 (2023)<em>. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ijoc.org\/index.php\/ijoc\/article\/download\/21617\/4247\">https:\/\/ijoc.org\/index.php\/ijoc\/article\/download\/21617\/4247<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cBook Review: <em>Rock Star \/ Movie Star <\/em>by Landon Palmer<em>.\u201d Journal of Popular Music Studies <\/em>34, no. 2 (June 2022) (143-45) <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/jpms.2022.34.2.143\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/jpms.2022.34.2.143<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPrince and \u2018the Other Eighties.\u2019\u201d <em>OUPblog<\/em>, April 25, 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oup.com\/2016\/04\/prince-and-the-other-eighties\/\">http:\/\/blog.oup.com\/2016\/04\/prince-and-the-other-eighties\/.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cBook Review: <em>Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise<\/em> by Sara Piazza\u201d <em>Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television<\/em> 36, no. 2 (April 2, 2016): 258\u201360.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cA pure object, a spectacle, a clown\u2026.\u201d <em>CultureBo <\/em>January 10, 2013. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.culturebot.net\/2013\/01\/15549\/the-american-realness-of-juggalos\/\">http:\/\/www.culturebot.net\/2013\/01\/15549\/the-american-realness-of-juggalos\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cRaphael Saadiq\u2019s Soul Memory.\u201d <em>In Media R <\/em>August 30, 2012. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/IMRdwyer\"><em>http:\/\/bit.ly\/IMRdwyer<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Gathering of the Juggalos and the Peculiar Sanctity of Fandom.\u201d <em>Flow<\/em>. December 17, 201 <a href=\"http:\/\/flowtv.org\/2010\/12\/the-gathering-of-the-juggalos\/\"><em>http:\/\/flowtv.org\/2010\/12\/the-gathering-of-the-juggalos\/<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>INVITED LECTURES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLandscapes of Decline in 1980s Hollywood.\u201d Clark University. Worcester, MA. March 13, 2025.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSteel City, Tinsel Town.\u201d Literary and Cultural Studies Colloquium. Carnegie Mellon University. Pittsburgh, PA. November 12, 2024.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Sounds of Nostalgia.\u201d Listening to Nostalgia seminar. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. March 21, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Plenary Session, \u201cPop Nostalgia, The Uses of the Past in Popular Culture.\u201d German Historical Institute. London, UK. November 11, 2016<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMemory, Mourning, Michael.\u201d School of Foreign Language Jiangsu University, China. June 17, 2015.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMichael Jackson and the Legacy of &#8216;Real Showme&#8217;\u201d That&#8217;s Entertainment!: Valedictory Symposium for Steven Cohan. Syracuse, NY. March 6-7, 2014.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRe-Reading <em>American Graffiti.\u201d <\/em>Philadelphia Cinema and Media Seminar. Temple University Humanities Center. Philadelphia, PA. December 8, 2011.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cStar Legacies: Remembering James Dean and Sandra Dee.\u201d Word and Image Colloquium, Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY. April 17, 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFlooding the Zone: Looking at Johnstown through 1980s Hollywood.\u201d Society of Cinema and Media Studies. March 14-17, 2024. Boston, MA.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDeindustrialization, Detroit, and the Horror of Precarity.\u201d Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association. November 9-11, 2023. Philadelphia, PA.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHaunted by the Crash: Detroit, Horror, and the Ongoing Trauma of Deindustrialization.\u201d Society of Cinema and Media Studies. April 12-15, 2023. Denver, CO.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Cooley High<\/em>, Cabrini-Green, and the Racialized Rusting of Chicago.\u201d Society of Cinema and Media Studies. March 31-April 3, 2022. <em>Virtual Conference due to COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cErasing the Mistake by the Lake: Cleveland and Hollywood Film.\u201d Society of Cinema and Media Studies. March 17-21, 2021. <em>Virtual Conference due to COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cIt\u2019s the Neighborhoods: Place Branding, Pittsburgh, and Postindustrial Film Production.\u201d Society of Cinema and Media Studies. March 13-17, 2019. Seattle, WA<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSteel City, Tinsel Town: Pittsburgh, Hollywood, and the Screening of the Creative Class.\u201d Society of Cinema and Media Studies. March 14-18, 2018. Toronto, ON.<\/li>\n<li>Roundtable Respondent, \u201cPodcasts and Convergent Digital Media.\u201d Flow Conference. September 15-17, 2016. Austin, TX<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSomething on the Air: Radio Formats and Hollywood Soundtracks.\u201d Society of Cinema and Media Studies. March 30-April 3, 2016. Atlanta, GA<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOldies, Nostalgia, and the Opening of the FM Dial.\u201d The International Association for Media and History. May 17-20, 201 Bloomington, IN.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSoul in the Rear View: The Blues Brothers.\u201d Society of Cinema &amp; Media Studies, March 25-29, 201 Montreal, QC, Canada.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe \u2018New Man\u2019 and Fifties Stard&#8217;\u201d Film &amp; History Conference. October 30, 2014. Madison, WI.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Meaning of the Word \u2018Neighbor\u2019 in <em>Rear Window.<\/em>\u201d Society of Cinema &amp; Media Studie March 6-10, 2013. Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<em>Blue Velvet <\/em>through my Ears.\u201d Society of Cinema &amp; Media Studie March 21-25, 2012. Boston MA.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Same Old Songs? Inventing Oldies in 1980s Cinema.&#8221; Society of Cinema and Media Studies. March 8-12, 2011. New Orleans, LA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PUBLIC TALKS AND MEDIA<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOur Ethical Obligation: Destroy AI.\u201d Lunch &amp; Learn. Mar 5, 2024. Arcadia Univ, Glenside PA.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@michaelddwyer\/podcast-pedagogies-405edc54962c\">Podcast Pedagogies<\/a>\u201d Lunch &amp; Learn Session. Nov 2, 2022. Arcadia Univ, Glenside PA<\/li>\n<li>Featured Commentator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/m00024k8\"><em>History\u2019s Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley<\/em><\/a>, BBC Four, 2019. UK.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/2e4HV5dUZ5DOiyJx5rTVy4?si=1b4bff0db32f4200\">Blue Collar<\/a>.\u201d <em>Film School Fess-Ups Podcast<\/em>. June 2018.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFifty Years of Night.\u201d Global \u201868 Symposium. March 29, 2018. Arcadia Univ, Glenside PA.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/renew-theaters\/watch-prof-michael-d-dwyer-on-john-waters-hairspray-50b520a10604\">Hairspray and History<\/a>.\u201d Film 101 Series. July 21, 2016. Ambler Theater, Ambler, PA.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAmerican Culture and Cultural Appropriation.\u201d English Language Institute. February 11, 2016. Arcadia University, Glenside PA.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cOn \u2018Nice Guy\u2019 Misogyny.\u201d For the Women Speak Out! April 2013. Arcadia Univ, Glenside PA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ACADEMIC SERVICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2024-present, Arcadia University, Praxis for Teaching Race<\/li>\n<li>2022-present, Arcadia University, Director of Global Media program<\/li>\n<li>2013-present, Advisory Board, Arcadia University Honors Publication, <em>The Compass<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>2012-2024, Arcadia University, Committee for University Writing Award<\/li>\n<li>2023-2024, Arcadia Univ, Enrollment Council: Storytelling Working Group Co-Chair<\/li>\n<li>2022-2023, Arcadia University, Promotion &amp; Tenure Committee<\/li>\n<li>2020-2022 Arcadia University, Faculty Senate, Academics Committee<\/li>\n<li>2017-2018, Arcadia University, Committee Member and Working Group Co-leader, Middle States Commission on Higher Education Self-Study.<\/li>\n<li>2014-2018, Arcadia University, Media &amp; Communication, Undergraduate Program Director<\/li>\n<li>2013-2018, Society of Cinema and Media Studies, IT Committee Chair.<\/li>\n<li>2013-2014, Arcadia University, Faculty Secretary<\/li>\n<li>2013-2015, Arcadia University, Junior Faculty Advocacy Group, Facilitator<\/li>\n<li>2012-2018, Arcadia University, Digital Repository Advisory Grou<\/li>\n<li>2011, Arcadia University. Commissioned Report on Best Practices for Student Media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>REVIEWING AND REFEREEING<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>External reviewer for multiple tenure dossiers in film and media studies<\/li>\n<li>2024, SCMS Best Essay in an Edited Collection Award [referee]<\/li>\n<li>2024, Palgrave Macmillan [book proposal review]<\/li>\n<li>2022, <em>Sociological Forum <\/em>[article referee]<\/li>\n<li>2022, Routledge [book proposal review]<\/li>\n<li>2022, <em>New Review for Film and Television Studies<\/em> [article referee]<\/li>\n<li>2022, SCMS Caucus on Class Graduate &amp; Precarious Scholar Essay Award [referee]<\/li>\n<li>2021, <em>Wide Screen<\/em> [article referee]<\/li>\n<li>2021, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, Media Studies [reviewer]<\/li>\n<li>2020, <em>The Journal of American Culture <\/em>[article referee]<\/li>\n<li>2018, Oxford University Press [book proposal review]<\/li>\n<li>2018, Bloomsbury Publishing [manuscript reviewer]<\/li>\n<li>2016, <em>Queer Studies in Media &amp; Popular Culture <\/em>[article referee]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>HONORS, AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unsung Hero Award. Arcadia University Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentorship. Spring 2024.<\/li>\n<li>Summer Stipend, National Endowment for the Humanities. 2018. <em>(8% success rate)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Provost\u2019s Award for Outstanding Advising and Mentoring. Arcadia Univ. 2018. <em>(1 awarded)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Doctoral Prize in the Humanities, Outstanding Dissertation, Syracuse University. 2011.<\/li>\n<li>Outstanding TA Award, The Graduate School at Syracuse University. 2010.<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Mentor, Fulbright FLTA Orientation, Syracuse NY 2009. <em>(competitive, 4 awarded)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MICHAEL D. 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