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ABRAMS, Nathan. Independent scholar, London; editor, ‘‘Contain-
ing America: Cultural Production and Consumption’’ in Fifties
America (Birmingham University Press, 1999).
ALDAMA, Frederick Luis. Freelance writer; graduate student,
University of California, Berkeley.
ALVAREZ, Roberto. Freelance writer; student, University of Cali-
fornia, Los Angeles; writes about English literature and Latin America.
ANDERSON, Byron. Associate professor and head of reference,
University Libraries, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois;
compiler and editor, Alternative Publishers of Books in North Ameri-
ca, 4th ed. (Crises Press, 1999).
ANDREWS, Carly. Freelance writer; student, University of Califor-
nia, Los Angeles.
APARICIO, Frances R. Professor of Spanish and American culture/
Latino studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; author, Listening
to Salsa: Gender, Latin Popular Music, and Puerto Rican Cultures
(1998) and co-editor of Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representa-
tions of Latinidad (1997).
APPEL, Jacob M. Freelance writer; Ph.D. candidate in history,
Columbia University; M.A., Brown University, studied popular ce-
lebrities of the 1920s.
ARNOLD, Tim. Member of English department, University of
Kentucky.
ASHDOWN, Paul. Professor of journalism, University of Tennes-
see, Knoxville; editor, James Agee: Selected Journalism (University
of Tennessee Press, 1985); contributor of articles to scholarly journals.
ATTIAS, Bernardo Alexander. Assistant professor of communica-
tion studies, College of Arts, Media, and Communication, California
State University, Northridge.
AUGUSTYN, Frederick J., Jr. Cataloger, Library of Congress;
Ph.D. in American history, University of Maryland—College Park.
BADIKIAN, Beatriz. Lecturer in English, Roosevelt University,
Chicago, Illinois; author of several essays on popular culture, includ-
ing film and travel literature.
BAERS, Michael. Freelance writer, Los Angeles, California; con-
tributor to LA Weekly, Glue Magazine, and other publications.
BAKER, Neal. Information technologies and reference librarian,
Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana.
BANE, S. K. Assistant professor of history and director of Honors
Program, Arkansas Tech University; editor, American Personali-
ties (1997).
BARBAS, Samantha. Freelance writer; Ph.D. candidate in history,
University of California at Berkeley; writing a dissertation on movie
fandom; has been published in The San Francisco Chronicle and Film
History.
BARKSDALE, Allen. Freelance writer.
BARTEL, Pauline. Author of Amazing Animal Actors (Taylor
Publishing Company, 1997), Reel Elvis (Taylor Publishing Compa-
ny, 1994), and The Complete GONE WITH THE WIND Trivia Book
(Taylor Publishing Company, 1989).
BATCHELOR, Bob. Contributing editor, Inside Business Maga-
zine; author, American Culture through History: 1900s (Greenwood
Press, forthcoming).
BELL, Vance. Freelance art, film, and new media critic; editor-in-
chief, Other Voices: The Journal of Cultural Criticism at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
BELLMAN, Samuel I. Professor emeritus of English, California
State Polytechnic University, Pomona; author of two biographies in
the G.K. Hall/Twayne United States Authors Series: Marjorie Kinnan
Rawlings (1974) and Constance Mayfield Rourke (1981); editor of
The College Experience (1951) and Survey and Forecast (1966);
author of numerous poems, short stories, reviews, and articles in
journals and reference books.
BELPEDIO, James R. Professor of history, government, and hu-
manities, Becker College, Worcester, Massachusetts; Ph.D., Univer-
sity of North Dakota; master’s degree, Eastern Michigan University.
BENNETT, Courtney. Freelance writer; Ph.D. candidate, Annenberg
School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania; and con-
tributor of articles to scholarly journals.
BERG, Timothy. Visiting lecturer, Department of American Thought
and Language, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan;
Ph.D., Purdue University, 1999.
BERGERON-DUNCAN, Lisa. Instructor of psychology and soci-
ology, Ouachita Technical College, Malvern, Arkansas.
BERNARDI, Daniel. Assistant professor, New Media, University of
Arizona. Author of Star Trek and History: Race-Ing toward a White
Future (Rutgers University Press, 1998); editor of Classic Whiteness:
Race and the Emergence of U.S. Cinema (Rutgers University Press,
1996) and Classic Whiteness: Race and the Hollywood Style (Univer-
sity of Minnesota Press, forthcoming).
BERNER, R. Thomas. Professor of journalism and American stud-
ies, Pennsylvania State University; author of The Literature of
Journalism: Text and Context; Fulbright lecturer in China in 1994.
BEVIS, Charlie. Member of Society for American Baseball Re-
search; author, Mickey Cochrane: The Life of a Baseball Hall of Fame
Catcher (McFarland & Company Publishers, 1998).
BICKELL, Lara. Freelance writer; graduate student in history,
Claremont Graduate University; contributor, The American West.
BINKLEY, Sam. Freelance writer; Ph.D. candidate, New School
University, New York; writing dissertation on the production and
commodification of countercultural cuisine in post war America.
BLACK, Brian. Landscape and environmental history specialist and
teacher, American Studies, Skidmore College, New York; author,
Petrolia: The Landscape of the First Oil Boom (Johns Hopkins
University Press, 2000).