Alice Echols | |
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 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]
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]
While in graduate school at the University of Michigan,Echols visited the Rubaiyat,a since-closed [4] predominantly gay bar where the "music just stunk." After persuasion from friends,she got a trial gig and then was hired,beginning her career as a Disco DJ. [5]
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]
| Honor or Award | Date |
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| 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- |
Source: [2] | |
She authored Daring to Be Bad:Radical Feminism in America 1967-1975 (with foreword by Ellen Willis); [6] 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. [7] Her book Shortfall:Family Secrets,Financial Collapse,and a Hidden History of American Banking was published by The New Press on October 3,2017. [8]
She also wrote a chapter on the Women's Liberation Movement in William McConnell's book The Counterculture Movement of the 1960s. [9]
Echols was also interviewed in the 2012 documentary, The Secret Disco Revolution ,where she emphasized the political nature of disco and its role in Black,queer,and women's liberation. [10]
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