BOOKS AND CHAPTERS

Queen of Vaudeville: The Story of Eva Tanguay. (Cornell University Press: 2012). [To pre-order or purchase, please go to Cornell University Press or Amazon.] For more information, please visit QueenOfVaudeville.com.

 

Blue Vaudeville: Sex, Morals, and the Mass Marketing of Amusement, 1895-1915. (McFarland, 2003).

 

Forbes Great Success Stories: Twelve Tales of Victory Wrested from Defeat, by Alan Farnham, (New York: Wiley: 2000). *Contributing Writer*

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The Hollwood Job Hunter’s Survival Guide, by Hugh Taylor (Los Angeles: Lone Eagle Publishing, 1993). *Wrote “Preface”*

 

The Concise Columbia Encyclopedia, 2nd Ed., (New York: Columbia University Press, 1989. *Researcher and Writer*

SELECTED MAGAZINE AND NEWSLETTER ARTICLES

”RewardTV Interviews the Reno 911! Deputies.” RewardTV Rant & Rave. RewardTV.com; April 2007.

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“A Winner’s Tale.” RewardTV In-Site, RewardTV.com; June 1, 2002.

365 Fifth: News and Events of the Graduate Center Community , City University of New York Graduate Center , October 16-31, 1999. (Issue Editor.)

 

“Wheels of Fortune Turn in Jeff City.” National Lampoon. April 1992.

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“Amgen: How to Keep That Family Feeling.” Fortune; April 6, 1992.

“The Billionaires.” Fortune. September 10, 1990.

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“Ignorant Intellectuals Are Our Biggest Problem” (interview with Allan Bloom). Fortune; March 26, 1990.

 

“CEO of US West is Eagle Who Cares” and “Bill Farley’s Ex Helps CEO Wives.” Fortune; February 10, 1992.

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SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Book Review: Champagne Charlie & Pretty Jemima: Variety Theater in the Nineteenth Century, by Gillian M. Rodger (University of Illinois Press, 2010). American Studies (v. 52, no. 1), 2012.

“Edward Bernays and the ‘Golden Jubilee of Light’: Culture, Performance, Publicity.” Theatre Annual: A Journal of Performance Studies (v. 40); 1996.

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“From Frank Fay to Jimmy Stewart: Broadway, Hollywood, and the Construction of Creativity.” Theatre Studies (v. 41); 1996.

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“Mary Coyle Chase: A Bibliography of Critical and Biographical Sources.” Bulletin of Bibliography (v. 52, no. 4); December 1995.

TELEVISION AND STAGE

 

Likeable War Criminals, sketch comedy. Co-writer and costar. Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, New York; 2000. (Dir. Mary Birdsong.)

 

Sex, Lies, and Video Clips, talk-humor-variety show starring Scott Bloom and Candace Bushnell. Head writer. VH1 (division of MTV Networks.) 1997. (13 episodes.)

COLUMNS

"Rant & Rave," RewardTV.com; 2002-04.

 

“She Says, He Says,” LifetimeTV.com; 2001-02

“Emale,” Women.com; 1995-2000

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PROFESSIONAL EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

  

Editorial Director, RewardTV.com, New York, 2001-2011. Created much of the content and editorial style on website for fans of TV, TV advertising, and product placement. (Subsidiary of IAG Research.) Also created promotional copy, newsletters, and entertainment products.

    

Writer and Editor, Media Relations Department, CUNY Graduate Center, 1998-2001. Created press releases, bios, newsletter articles, web pages, and other written materials for The City University of New York Graduate Center.

   

Writing and Media Studies Instructor/Professor, 1995-2000. Taught and created syllabi for a range of courses including freshman writing, literary analysis, film studies, and dramatic literature at Hunter College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Montclair State University ( New Jersey ), and Hostos Community College of the City University of New York.

Staff Reporter, Fortune magazine, Time Inc. Magazine Co., New York, 1989-1993. Wrote and researched dozens of articles on topics from investing to human interest to the world’s billionaires.