This document provides a summary of Aaron John Barlow's education and professional background. It includes: 1) Barlow received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa in 1988 with a dissertation titled "Politics, Reality, and Religion in Philip K. Dick's Fiction." He also holds an M.A. in English from Iowa and a B.A. in Philosophy from Beloit College. 2) Barlow has worked as a professor of English at New York City College of Technology since 2006 and previously held positions at other universities. He has also authored several books on topics including blogging, DVDs, and celebrity. 3) Current projects include co-editing a book on influential sitcoms

1. AARON JOHN BARLOW
210 Battery Avenue, #3, Brooklyn, NY 11209
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Education
PH.D. IN ENGLISH. The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 1988.
Dissertation: "Politics, Reality, and Religion in Philip K. Dick'sFiction."
BrooksLandon, Director.
Comprehensive Areas: British and American Novel, 1914-1945;
AmericanLiterature to 1914;
AmericanShort Story.
M.A. IN ENGLISH. The University of Iowa. Iowa City, IA. 1983.
B.A. IN PHILOSOPHY. Beloit College. Beloit, WI. 1973.
Background
Professor of English, NewYork City College of Technology (CUNY), 2016-current. Associate Professor,
2012-2016. Assistant Professor, 2006-2012.
Faculty Editor, Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors,
Washington, DC, 2012-current.
Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, 2004 -2006.
Co-Founder and Manager, Shakespeare’s Sister Café and Gift Store, Brooklyn, NY, 1994-2008. The
venue includeda performance space hostingmusic and readings and, over the 14 years, more than
100 art exhibits.
Dean of the Upper School, BrooklynFriends School, Brooklyn, NY, 1992-1993.
Peace CorpsVolunteer for Animal Tractionwithsecondary project inReforestation, Togo, West Africa,
1988-1990.
Senior Fulbright Lecturer in American Literature, University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West
Africa, 1985-1987.
Adjunct Professor at BrooklynCollege, CatholicUniversity of America, George WashingtonUniversity,
Long Island University, New York City College of Technology, Pratt Institute and Southeastern
University at varioustimes from 1990 until 2004.
Significant earlier activities include teaching at a Quaker boarding school (Psychology and Graphic
Arts); working in a garage, a parts department and as an automobile salesperson; handling
inventory control and domestic purchasing for an import house; writing/editing for various
publications; printing a number of books of poetry using letterpress technology;workingas a hot-
type printer;learning offset printingtechnology anddarkroomskills;and developing, printingand
exhibiting my own photography.
Fellowships and Awards
Sabbatical Leave awarded for the Fall semester, 2012, used for completionof the manuscript for The
Cult of Individualism.
Commendation on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Peace Corps for One Hand Does Not
Catcha Buffalo, United States House of Representatives, 2011.
Silver Medal, TravelEssay, 2011Independent Publisher Book Awards. For One Hand Does Not Catch
a Buffalo.
Fellow, Punch Sulzberger Leadership Program at the Columbia Schoolof Journalism, New York, NY.
2007.
Senior Fulbright Fellowship as a Lecturer in American Literature at the University of Ouagadougou,
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, West Africa, 1985-1986. Renewed1986-1987.

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Current Project
The 25 Sitcoms that Changed Television: From I Love Lucy to Modern Family. Co-editor with Laura
Westengard. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, completedmanuscript due to publisher in 2017.
Books
Doughboys on the Western Front: American Soldiers in the Great War. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger,
November, 2016.
The Depression Era: A Historical Exploration of Literature. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press,
2016.
The Cult of Individualism. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers, 2013.
Beyond the Blogosphere: Information and Its Children. With Robert Leston. Santa Barbara, CA:
Praeger Publishers, 2012.
Quentin Tarantino: Life at the Extremes. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2010. Also in Romanian
as Quentin Tarantino: viaţa la extreme. Bucharest: IBU Publishing, 2011.
Blogging America: The New Public Sphere. Westport, CT:Praeger Publishers, 2008.
The Rise of the Blogosphere. Westport, CT:Praeger Publishers, 2007.
The DVD Revolution:Movies, Culture and Technology. Westport, CT:Praeger Publishers, 2005.
Cuánto te Asusta el Caos?: Política, Religión y Filosofía en la obra de Philip K. Dick. Translated by
Eva VerloopVander Meij. Granada, Spain: Grupo Editorial AJEC, 2003. 2nd Edition, 2004.
Edited Books
Star Power: On the Impact of Branded Celebrity. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger Publishers, 2014. 2
volumes.
One Hand Does Not Catch a Buffalo: 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories. Palo Alto, CA:
Travelers’Tales, 2011.
Book Chapters
“’Believing a Thing’: Sanity and Perception in Philip K. Dick’s Clans of the Alphane Moon—and
Beyond,” In Mental Illness in American Culture, Sharon Packer, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger,
forthcoming2017.
“Implications of Re-Defining ‘Working Class’ in the Urban Composition Classroom.” With Patrick
Corbett. In Pedagogy and the Working Class, William H. Thelin and Genesea Carter, ed.: Utah
State University Press, forthcoming, 2017.
"The Limits of Ownership." In Cultures of Copyright, Danielle Nicole DeVoss and Marine Courant
Rife, ed. Vol, 4 in the Communication Law series, Susan Drucker, general editor. New York:Peter
Lang, 2014.
"Taking IP Digital.” In Cultures of Copyright, Danielle Nicole DeVoss and Marine Courant Rife, ed.
Vol, 4 in the Communication Law series, Susan Drucker, general editor. New York: Peter Lang,
2014.
“From Conrad Veidt to Christoph Waltz: The Nazi in American Film.” In A History of Evil in Popular
Culture: What Hannibal Lecter, Stephen King, and Vampires Reveal About America, Sharon
Packer and Jody Pennington, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Paeger, 2014.
“DeFacing Race:Quentin Tarantino and the Use of a Racial Vulgarity.” In Star Power: On the Impact
of Branded Celebrity, AaronBarlow, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2014.
“Lessons from Chaplin: Breaking the Arc of a Career.” In Star Power: On the Impact of Branded
Celebrity, Aaron Barlow, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2014.
“Another Colonialist Tool?” In Invasion of the MOOCs: The Promises and Perils of Massive Open
Online Courses, StevenKrause and Charles Lowe, ed. Anderson, SC: Parlor Press, March, 2014.
“If We Own It, We Can Destroy It: Fahrenheit 451 and Intellectual Property.” Critical Insights:
Fahrenheit 451, Rafeeq McGiveron, ed. Amenia, NY:Salem Press/Grey House Publishing, 2013.
“Loss in the Language of Tomorrow:JourneyingThroughTucsonon the way to ‘Usher II.’In Orbiting
Ray Bradbury’s Mars, Gloria McMillan, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2013.

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“Android Dreams and Human Imaginings.” In Critical Insights: Technology and Humanity. Carol
Colatrella, ed. Ipswich, MA: Salem Press, 2012.
“The Pride and Reward of Falsification: Post-Objectivity as Post-Responsibility.” News with a View:
Essays on the Eclipse of Objectivity in Modern Journalism. Burton Saint John and Kirsten
Johnson, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2012.
“’If It Sucks, It’sYour Fault’: Joss Whedon and the Empowerment of Fans.” In Cult PopCulture: How
the Fringe Became Mainstream. Bob Batchelor, ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2011.
“The Citizen Journalist as Gatekeeper: A Critical Evolution from the Public Journalism Movement.”
Public Journalism 2.0. Burton Saint John and Jack Rosenberry, ed. New York:Routledge, 2010.
“Seeing the Unseen: IsNew-Media Journalism Reshaping Questions of Race?” WithAnn Seaton. Web
Journalism: A New Form of Citizenship? Sean Tunney and Garrett Monaghan, ed. Eastbourne,
UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2009.
“The Greatest Cowboy Star You’ve Never HeardOf: YakimaCanutt and Creation of the Image
Creating Fame.” Film and TelevisionStardom: An Anthology. Kylo Hart, ed. Middlesex, UK:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
“La que está cayendo: lecciones para el mundo posterior al 11-S en la obra breve de Philip K. Dick.”
Arturo Villarrubia, trans. Arturo Villarrubiaand Alberto García-Teresa, ed. Jabberwock. Anuario
de ensayo fantastic, vol. 2. Madrid: Bibliópolis, 2007.
“ReelFrogs and Imaginary Cities: The Influencesof Ridley Scott’s Blade Runnerand Philip K. Dick on
the
Contemporary Science FictionMovie.”The Blade RunnerExperience: The Legacy of a Science Fiction
Classic. Will Brooker, ed. London: Wallflower Press, 2005.
“Victimized Victimizers: Philip K. Dick's Androids." In Retrofitting Blade Runner: Issues in Ridley
Scott's Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Ed., Judith
Kerman. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1991.
Book Reviews
“Review of Latham, Sean. Modernism: Evolution of an Idea.” CHOICE: Current Reviews for
Academic Libraries, July, 2016, Vol. 53, No. 11.
“Review of Davis, Thomas, The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life.” CHOICE:
Current Reviewsfor Academic Libraries, May, 2016, Vol. 53, No. 9.
“Review of Mead, Henry, T. E. Hulme and the Ideological Politics of Early Modernism.” CHOICE:
Current Reviewsfor Academic Libraries, February, 2016, Vol. 53, No. 6.
“Review of Herrera, Brian, Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular
Performance.” CHOICE: Current ReviewsforAcademic Libraries, January, 2016, Vol. 53, No. 5.
“Review of O’Gorman, Francis, Worrying: A Literary and Cultural History,” CHOICE: Current
Reviewsfor Academic Libraries, December, 2015, Vol. 53, No. 4.
“Technology in American Education: A Review of Ferster, Bill, Teaching Machines: Learning from
the Intersection of Education and Technology.” Academe, Vol. 100, No. 3, May/June 2015.
“Reviewof Hinojosa, Lynn, Puritanism and the Modernist Novel.” CHOICE: Current Reviewsfor
Academic Libraries, September, 2015, Vol. 53, No. 1.
“Reviewof Castronovo, Russ, Propaganda 1776:Secrets, Leaks, and Revolutionary
Communications in Early America.” CHOICE: Current Reviewsfor Academic Libraries, April,
2015, Vol. 52, No. 8.
“Reviewof Feldman, Matthew, Henry Mead, and Erik Tonning, Broadcasting in the Modernist Era.”
CHOICE: Current Reviewsfor Academic Libraries, January, 2015, Vol. 52, No. 5.
“The Scholar Who Japed:A Reviewof Pranksters:Making Mischief inthe Modern Worldby Kembrew
McLeod.” The Popular Culture Studies Journal. Volume 2, Numbers 1 & 2, 2014.
“Reviewof Ferrence, Matthew J, All-American redneck: variations on an icon, from James
Fenimore Cooperto the Dixie Chicks.” CHOICE: Current Reviewsfor Academic Libraries,
August, 2014, vol51, no. 12. 2014.

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“Reviewof Backus, Margot, Scandal Work: James Joyce, the New Journalism and the Home Rule
Newspaper Wars,” CHOICE: Current ReviewsforAcademic Libraries, May, 2014, Vol51, No. 9.
"Reviewof Garrington, Abbie, Haptic modernism: touch and the tactile in modernist writing and
Halliday, Sam, Sonic modernity: representing sound in literature, culture and the arts."
CHOICE: Current Reviewsfor Academic Libraries, December 2013, vol. 51 no. 04.
"Reviewof Waisbord, Silvio, Reinventingprofessionalism: journalism and news in global
perspective." CHOICE: Current Reviewsfor Academic Libraries, June 2013, vol. 50 no. 10.
"Reviewof Mosser, Jason, The participatory journalism of MichaelHerr, Norman Mailer, Hunter
S. Thompson, and Joan Didion: creating new reporting styles. CHOICE: Current Reviewsfor
Academic Libraries, February 2013, vol. 50 no. 6.
“Book Review:Making it in the PoliticalBlogosphere:The World’s TopPoliticalBloggers Share the
Secretsto Success by TanniHaas.” For Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism 13 (6),
August, 2012. 825-826.
Other Publications
Unfolding. Intermezzo, July, 2016. “Intermezzo is a series dedicated to publishing essaysthat are too
long for journal publicationbut too short to be a monograph. Published by enculturation, the
series asks writers to consider a variety of topicsfromwithin and without academia and also to
be creative in doing so. Authorsare encouragedto experiment with form, style, content, and
approachin order to break down the barrier between the scholarly andthe creative.”
http://intermezzo.enculturation.net/02.htm.
"The AAUP in the Digital Universe(ity)." Academe, November/December, 2015.
https://www.aaup.org/article/aaup-digital-universeity.
“PLTLin the DevelopmentalWriting Program.” With A.E. Dreyfuss, Jennifer Sears, Amelise
Bonhomme, Renee Clarke, SungSoo Moon, Jodi-Ann Young, & Lori Younge. Proceedingsof the
The Peer-Led TeamLearning International Society, May 17-19, 2012, NYCCT, Brooklyn, NY.
April, 2014.
“Not Just Writing Writ Large: Printing as the Greatest Inventionof Any Age.” Enduring Questions:
A Suite of Electronic Social History Products from ABC-CLIO, 2012.
“On Philip K. Dick’s ‘Faith of Our Fathers.” Otaku 25, July 2012. 4-5.
“And So the Story Ends, We’re Told.” A short story. eFictionMagazine, No. 24, March, 2012, 128-145.
http://www.efictionmag.com.
“There IsNo SuchThingas the AmericanPastime—and There Never HasBeen.” Enduring Questions:
A Suite of Electronic Social History Products from ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“Cultural Strengthening: How the Internet Most Affects the Life of the Common Person.” Enduring
Questions: A Suite of Electronic SocialHistory Productsfrom ABC-CLIO, 2011.
“Elephant Morning.” In One Hand Does Not Catch a Buffalo:50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps
Stories. Palo Alto, CA: Travelers’Tales, 2011. Ed. AaronBarlow.
“The 'Fair Use' Challenge.” The CCCC-IP Annual: Top Intellectual Property Developments of 2010.
Clancy Ratliff, ed. Urbana: IL, National Council of Teachersof English, 2011. 23-25.
“Belief Behind It All: Why Science and Religion Complement Each Other” for Daily Life Online: A
Suite of Electronic SocialHistory Productsfrom GreenwoodPress, 2010.
“The Revenge of the ‘Niche’: Subculturesin the Mainstream” for Daily Life Online: A Suite of
Electronic SocialHistory Productsfrom GreenwoodPress, 2010.
“The Impact of the DVD.” Battleground: The Media. Greenwood Publishing, 2007.
”The Blog in Contemporary Politics.” Battleground:The Media. Greenwood Publishing, 2007.
“Cuánto te asusta el Caos… ?: Introducciónalaobray filosofíade Philip K. Dick.” Translatedby Diana
Catalán Ruescas. VALIS: Ciencia Ficcióny Fantasía 10, 2001.
“Consensus and Quaker Education.” Friends Journal. October 1, 1992.

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Presentations
“Legacy of a Lynching: Social Justice in First-Year Composition.” Presented at the AAUP Annual
Meeting, Washington, DC, June 17, 2016.
“Workshop for Potential Contributors to Academe and the Academe Blog.” Presented at the AAUP
Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, June 17, 2016.
“Academic Freedom Isn’t for Me.” Presented as part of the panel “Versionsof Academic Freedom” at
the AAUP Conference onthe State of Higher Education, Washington, DC, June 11, 2015.
“Devicesinthe Classroom:How Open ShouldWe Be?” Presentedaspart of the panel “StudentsOnline
at the University: Legal, Ethical & Pedagogical Issues” at the CUNY Annual IT Conference, New
York, December 5, 2014.
“The Bearable Light of Openness: RenovatingObsolete Peer ReviewBottlenecks.” Presentedaspart of
the panel “The Future of Peer Review” at the Modern Language Association Annual Convention,
Seattle, WA, January 5, 2012.
“Lying for Fun and Profit.” Presented as part of the panel “Reclaiming Our Spaces: Accessibility and
the Public University” at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta,
GA, April8, 2011.
“Class, the Machine, and Thoreau.” Presentedat ‘Race and the Pastoral: Interrogation, Conversation,
Performance, Play,’aconference at Bard College, May 8, 2010.
“’Stuck in the Middle’: Dance, Movement, and Reservoir Dogs.” Popular Culture AssociationAnnual
Conference. NewOrleans, LA. April, 2009.
“Can We Ditch the Amateur/Professional Distinction in News?” Southern States Communication
AssociationAnnual Meeting. Norfolk, VA. April, 2009.
“Explodingthe Monolith:The Value of TeachingAppalachianLiterature in Inner-City Environments.”
Appalachian Studies AssociationAnnual Conference, Portsmouth, OH. March, 2009.
“The Rise of Process as Product.” New Jersey College English Association Annual Conference, South
Orange, NJ. March, 2009.
“A Tale of Two Prefaces: Joel Barlow and Walt Whitman.” CUNY IT Conference, New York, NY.
November, 2008.
“Academic Freedom and Student Rights in Politicized Institutions.” Popular Culture Association
Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, March, 2008.
“Open Sourcing Beyond the Machine: Proprietary Walls Ain't Just Technological.” Computers &
Writing Annual Conference, Athens, GA. May, 2008.
Invited Panelist, “Why I Teach and Why It Matters.” NEA-AFT Higher Education Joint Conference,
Washington, DC. March, 2008.
“How the West Was Changed: Degradation of the Townspeople after World War II in the American
Western.” Popular Culture AssociationAnnual Conference, San Francisco, CA, March, 2008.
Created and chaired the panel, “Up From the Streets: Melding Diversity Through Technology in the
Writing Classroom.” National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, New York, NY,
November, 2007.
“Academic 2.0:MovingWeb Skills Into the Classroom,” Presentedat the NationalCouncil of Teachers
of English Annual Conference, New York, NY, November, 2007.
“Citizen Journalism: Web Communities, Physical Communities,” Computers and Writing Annual
Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, May, 2007.
Roundtable Participant: “Orality and Literacy: The Next 25 Years,” Computers and Writing Annual
Conference, Wayne State University, May, 2007.
Roundtable Participant: “The Place Where We Dwell: Reading, Writing, and Surfing the City,”
Computers and Writing Annual Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, May, 2007.
Academic Freedom: Changing Realities, a series of three lectures headlining the Dean Shirley
Anderson Winter Conference at Portland Community College, Portland, OR in February, 2007:
“Faculty Rights and Responsibilities: Academic Freedom in a Changing Cultural Climate”;
“Academic Freedom:Students, the Institution, and the First Amendment”; “The Faculty, the Web,
and the People:Academic Freedom in the New Public Sphere.”

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“Quick Response Teams: Writing Students, Their Blogs, and Their Audiences.” Presented at the
Computers and Writing Annual Conference, TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, TX, May, 2006.
“The Greatest Cowboy Star Ever or ‘Have You Heard of Yakima Canutt?’” Presented at the Media
Stardom Conference, PlymouthState University, Plymouth, NY, October, 2005.
“My Bad: Questions of Race and Class in Freeway, 8 Mile, and Barbershop.” Presentedat the Center
for Working Class Studies Annual Conference, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH,
May, 2005.
Reader/Reviewer
Peer Reviewer. Journal of Appalachian Studies, Appalachian Studies Association, Huntington, WV.
2016.
Peer Reviewer. Communications, Culture, and Critique, International Communications Association,
Washington, DC. 2008-2015.
Peer Reviewer. TeachersCollege Record, Columbia University, NewYork, NY. 2007.
Full-Time Teaching
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH. New York City College of Technology (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY. 2016-
Present. Associate Professor, 2012-2016. Assistant Professor, 2006-2012.
• Program Director, Liberal Arts and Arts Associate Degree, 2011-2015, Program Director,
Liberal Arts and Sciences/LiberalArtsand Arts Associate Degrees, 2106-Present.
• “Individual and Society” subcommittee and “Pathways Common Core Course Review
Committee,” member, 2012-2013.
• Liaison for the CUNY BA, 2011-Present.
• Chair, ad hoc committee tasked with creating English department scholarship guidelines for
tenure and promotion. 2011-2012.
• Peer Led Team Learning/Personalized System of Instruction Project for Developmental
Writing. 20102012.
• Department Appointments Committee, electedmember, 2009-2013.
• Co-Chair, English Department Junior Faculty Committee, 2009-2011.
• Professionaland TechnicalWriting/NewMajor Committee, member, 2006-2012.
• Chair, Liberal ArtsDivision Recruitment Committee, 2009-2011.
• Department Advisement Liaison, 2009-2010.
• Co-organized the conference, Race and New Media, May, 2007.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH. Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA. 2004 -2006.
LECTURER. The University of Ouagadougou. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 1985-1987.
Courses Taught
Undergraduate Literature: American Literature surveys, both two-semester (each part) and
single-semester, Introduction to Literature, Narrative Literature, Appalachian Literature,
Medieval and Renaissance Literature, World Literature from the Renaissance, English Poetry
from 1798to 1939, The History of Science Fiction, A Science FictionSpectrum, Sports Literature,
Literature and Film, Early English Literature, English Literature from the 18th Century On,
Single Author: Philip K. Dick.
Graduate Literature: Seminar: The Hardboiled Detective, American Poetry, American Drama,
The American Novel, The American Short Story.
Developmental Composition: DevelopmentalWritingI and II, Discovering Identity: Reading
and Writing in Preparation for College English.
Undergraduate Composition: CompositionI, CompositionII (Composition for Literature),
Essay Writing, Business Writing, AdvancedTechnicalWriting, Language and Thinking,
Specialized Communication for Technology Students.

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Undergraduate Media/Journalism: Introduction to Journalism, Desk Top Publishing.
Graduate Media/Journalism: Classroom Blogs and Citizen Journalism.
Non-Degree: A 12-Hour, 4-session short course in Technical Writing for the New York City
Department of Buildings Forensic Engineering Unit throughNew York City College ofTechnology.
Administration
PROGRAM DIRECTOR, LIBERAL ARTS AND ARTS. New York City College of Technology (CUNY),
Brooklyn, NY. 2011-2015. PROGRAM DIRECTOR, LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES AND
LIBERAL ARTS ANDARTS, 2016-2017.
• Developassessment for the A.S. and A.A. degrees.
• Revisedthe program in light of new CUNY Pathwayscore curriculumprogram.
• Develop“Options” leading to transfer into CUNY baccalaureate programs.
• Revisedthe Faculty Advisement Manual.
• Trainand support faculty advisers.
• Provide on-going advisement throughout the year.
CAMPUS COORDINATOR, CUNY BA BACCALAUREATE IN UNIQUE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY
STUDES, New York City College of Technology (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY. 2011-2015. 2016-2017.
• Advise and assist students interested in applyingfor the program.
• Mentor students in the program.
Professional Memberships
AAUP
MLA
PEN
Editing and Journalism
Faculty Editor, Academe, the magazine of the American Association of University Professors,
Washington, DC. Term:2013-2019.
Executive Editor and Writer. The Academe Blog. 2012-Present. https://academeblog.org/.
Blogger. One Flew East (and previousincarnations). 2001-Present. https://onefleweast.net/.
Contributor. Salon (online news magazine). 2014-2016.
http://www.salon.com/writer/aaron_barlow/.
Contributor, Board Member and Editor. E Pluribus Media. 2005-2010.
http://www.epluribusmedia.org/.
Editor and Writer. Chinook Winds (formerly Free Environment Monthly), Iowa City, IA. 1980-1984.
Intern Reporter. The Westerly Sun, Westerly, RI. 1975.
Copyboy. The New YorkTimes, New York, NY. 1972.
Journalistic Activity
“Donald Trumpis a big fat liar—and the unquestioned heir to 50 yearsof GOP whoppers.” Salon,
October 16, 2016. http://www.salon.com/2016/10/16/donald-trump-is-a-big-fat-liar-and-the-
unquestioned-heir-to-50-years-of-gop-whoppers/.
“From the Editor: The Annexationof Academia.” Academe, Sept/Oct, 2016.
https://www.aaup.org/article/editor-annexation-academia#.V-PiZogrLRY.
"Donald Trumpis a Chicken-Hawk and a Hypocrite:The RealStory about Vietnam and the Draft."
Salon, June 4, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/04/donald_trump_is_a_chicken_hawk_and_a_hypocrite_the
_real_story_about_vietnam_and_the_draft/.
"From the Editor: 'A Hundred Miles Down the Road.'" Academe, May/June, 2016.
https://www.aaup.org/article/editor-hundred-miles-down-road.

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"David BrooksWill Never Get It: After Getting Trumpand the GOP Wrong, Now He Has a New
Crusade." Salon, May 10, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/05/10/david_brooks_will_never_get_it_after_getting_trump_an
d_gop_wrong_now_he_has_a_new_crusade/.
"David BrooksHas DrivenMe Mad: His Wacky NewYork TimesMea Culpa Is a Master Troll'sFinest
Moment Yet." Salon, April 30, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/30/david_brooks_has_driven_me_mad_his_wacky_new_yor
k_times_mea_culpa_is_a_master_trolls_finest_moment_yet/.
"Let's Thank Donald Trump: The Ivy League, the 1 Percent and the Education Horror Brought
Forward by his Racis Campaign." Salon, April16, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/16/lets_thank_donald_trump_the_ivy_league_the_1_percent
_and_the_education_horror_brought_forward_by_his_racist_campaign/.
"Donald Trump'sDisastrous Free Ride: Finally, The New York TimesCommands the Obvious."
Salon, April9, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/04/09/donald_trumps_disastrous_free_ride_finally_the_new_y
ork_times_commands_the_obvious/.
"David Brooks, Sad and Deluded, Just KeepsTrying:Belss His Heart, But He Lost his Mind Again
Today." Salon, March25, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/25/david_brooks_sad_and_deluded_just_keeps_trying_bless
_his_heart_but_he_lost_his_mind_again_today/.
"Donald Trump'sthe Ultimate Baby Boomer: How Boomer Entitlement and HollywoodExplainthe
GOP Front-Runner. Salon, March 22, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/22/donald_trumps_the_ultimate_baby_boomer_how_boome
r_entitlement_and_hollywood_explain_the_gop_front_runner/.
"ThisIs Why Donald Trump'sWinning: The GOP ThinksTheir Base IsBackward—Now They're
Showing ThemWho's in Charge." Salon, March 13, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/13/this_is_why_donald_trumps_winning_the_gop_thinks_t
heir_base_is_backward_now_theyre_showing_them_whos_in_charge/.
"How Donald TrumpBlindsided the GOP: Inside the Uprising the Establishment Never Imagined—
and Didn't See Coming. Salon, March 1, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/03/how_donald_trump_blindsided_the_gop_inside_the_upr
ising_the_establishment_never_imagined_and_didnt_see_coming/.
"David BrooksHas Lost His Mind, Again: EverythingHe Doesn't Understand about the GOP and
Donald Trump'sNew 'Movement.'" Salon, March1, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/01/david_brooks_has_lost_his_mind_again_everything_he_
doesnt_understand_about_the_gop_and_donald_trumps_new_movement/.
"ThisIs a War for America'sSoul: Donald TrumpReflectsFrustration of an Embittered White
America." Salon, February 27, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/27/this_is_a_war_for_americas_soul_donald_trump_reflects
_frustrations_of_an_embittered_white_america/.
"ThisIs How to Understand Donald Trump: The Frustration He Taps Into Is As Old AsAmerica."
Salon, February 21, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/21/this_is_how_to_understand_donald_trump_the_frustrati
on_he_taps_into_is_as_old_as_america/.
"David BrooksBegins a Conservative 12-StepProgram—After Eight Yearsof Giving Right-Wing
Looniness the Cover of his Respectability." Salon, February 9, 2016.
http://www.salon.com/2016/02/27/this_is_a_war_for_americas_soul_donald_trump_reflects
_frustrations_of_an_embittered_white_america/.
"David BrooksGets ThisWrong, Too:He Misses His Own Complicity in Letting the GOP Run Off the
Rails." Salon, January 22, 2016.
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