Expertise
Journalism, American Studies, Composition and Popular Culture
Research Interests
American Studies, American Literature, Music, Popular Culture
Education
- B.A., Dartmouth College
- M.A., University of Texas at Austin
- Ph.D. in American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Biosketch
Jonathan Silverman is professor and chair of English at 51视频. He is the editor of "" (University of Texas Press, 2023) He is the co-author with Michael Hinds of "" (University of Iowa Press, 2020), winner of the ; author of "" (University of Massachusetts Press, 2010); the co-author with Dean Rader of "" (Pearson/Broadview, 2002-2018, five editions); and the co-editor with Meghan Sweeney of "" (McFarland, 2016). He has served as the Fulbright Roving Scholar in Norway (2007-2008) and was a John H. Daniels fellow at the National Sporting Library (2013-2014).
He has published articles on horse racing in "The Cambridge Companion to Horseracing," "The Journal of Sport History," "Poor Yorick," "Post" and "The End of Austin" as part of a larger work on horse racing in progress. He has published work in "Prospects," "Kugelmass," "The Rumpus," "The Journal of the American West" and "The Journal of Radicalism," and wrote for PBS鈥檚 website, .