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Diane E. Pecknold <depeck01@louisville.edu> University of Louisville Teaching social history through popular music Development of the country music industry African-American audiences for country music |
| Address: | 1252 Cherokee Rd. Louisville, Kentucky 40204 United States |
| Primary Phone: | 502 458-8093 |
| List Affiliations: | List Editor for H-Southern-Music Former Review Editor for H-Southern-Music |
| Interests: | American History / Studies Labor History / Studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
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Bio: EDUCATION Ph.D., United States History, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2002 M.A., United States History, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1993 B.A., European History, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1989 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar, Commonwealth Center for Humanities and Society, University of Louisville, January 2005-present Adjunct Instructor, Department of History, Roosevelt University, Chicago, July-August 2004 Adjunct Instructor, Department of History, DePaul University, Chicago, Department of History, September 2003- May 2004 Interim Director / Director, Study Abroad Office, University of Illinois at Chicago, August 1999-August 2003 Visiting Fulbright Lecturer, Universidad de Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September-December 1997 Editorial Assistant, Journal of American History, July 1995-July 1997 Associate Instructor, Department of History, Indiana University Bloomington, January 1994–May 1995 PUBLICATIONS The Selling Sound: Country Music, Commercialism, and the Politics of Popular Culture (Duke University Press, forthcoming). Co-editor, with Michael McGerr, "This Is My Country": Popular Music and Modern American History (Indiana University Press, forthcoming). Co-editor, with Kristine M. McCusker, A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music (University Press of Mississippi, 2004). “I Wanna Play House: Configurations of Masculinity in the Nashville Sound Era,” in A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music (University Press of Mississippi, 2004). “Country Music Audiences,” in Encyclopedia of Recreation and Leisure in America, ed. Gary S. Cross (New York: Scribner’s, 2004). “Treasures Untold: Unique Collections from Devoted Fans,” exhibition review, Journal of American History, 90 (June 2003). “The Selling Sound of Country Music: Class, Culture, and the Early Radio Marketing Strategy of the Country Music Association,” in Country Music Annual 2002, ed. Charles K. Wolfe and James Akenson (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2002). |
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