Jonathan Silverman

Assistant Professor

Expertise: Journalism, American Studies, composition, and popular culture

Phone: 978-934-4189

Office: O'Leary Library 417

B.A. Dartmouth College, M.A., Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

I am interested in the intersections of music and cultural context and visual culture and expository writing, as well as the changing nature of journalism.

Jonathan Silverman's primary teaching and research fields are journalism and American Studies with secondary interests in composition, visiual culture, and American popular music. He is the co-author, with Dean Rader, of The World is a Text (Prentice Hall); the third edition has just been published. He is currently working on Nine Choices: Johnny Cash and American Culture for the University of Massachusetts Press, and he recently served as a Fulbright Roving Scholar in American Studies in Norway, speaking about American culture to Norwegian high school teachers and students.



Jonathan Silverman Assistant Professor Expertise: Journalism, American Studies, composition, and popular culture Phone: 978-934-4189 Office: O'Leary Library 417 Email: Jonathan_Silverman@uml.edu Educational Background B.A. Dartmouth College, M.A., Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin Scholarly Interests I am interested in the intersections of music and cultural context and visual culture and expository writing, as well as the changing nature of journalism. Bio Sketch Jonathan Silverman's primary teaching and research fields are journalism and American Studies with secondary interests in composition, visiual culture, and American popular music. He is the co-author, with Dean Rader, of The World is a Text (Prentice Hall); the third edition has just been published. He is currently working on Nine Choices: Johnny Cash and American Culture for the University of Massachusetts Press, and he recently served as a Fulbright Roving Scholar in American Studies in Norway, speaking about American culture to Norwegian high school teachers and students.

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