Bio

About the Author

You've reached the epicenter of Cultural Studies Central. I started this project in 1996 in hopes of bringing together cultural studies enthusiasts from around the globe. As for me, I'm a sociologist living in Southern California. I teach sociology at Cal State Long Beach and I also do a bit of hacking away at computers. I design web sites (including the CSULB Sociology Department) and my passion is MS Access databases. I'm currently in the last stage of the development cycle for a students and grades tracking application designed specifically for the needs of higher education. If you are interested in using this program, let me know.

I got my Ph.D. at the City University of New York's Graduate Center where I spent some of my happiest days. May the spirit of the original MassCult Research Group (circa 1986) live on forever. At the Grad Center, I had the opportunity to explore my interests in freedom and with tremendous support. My disssertation, "Ain't Nobody's Business": The Public Text of Michael Jackson, was a true labor of love. Recent events have caused me to re-think what the "text" of Jackson might really be about, but after much soul-searching, I've decided to return to the the project and transform it into hard-cover soon. Any interested publishers are welcome to contact me at any time. I also have a couple of other major academic projects on the way; once they're in print, you'll see plenty of info about them here on this site.

Little Me Before grad school, I lived away down South in Dixie where I earned myself a journalism degree from the University of Alabama. Me and Bear Bryant were tight. {grin} I grew up in many places, but my earliest roots are in the Northeast. I spent many childhood years living on Long Island - better known as the stomping grounds of Rosie O'Donnell and Twisted Sister.

Faves and Guilty Pleasures on the web

Yesterland - One of the most original and amusing sites on the Web, Yesterland is a virtual themepark constructed entirely of memories - real and imagined. It features nothing but discontinued Disneyland attractions.
Trevor Best's Home Page - Hey, if you have to ask, you'll never know. But if you're an AccessHead, this is His/Their dwelling place. And His House has many mansions. Virtual polytheism at its most charming. You can actually meet the Trevors on a day-to-day basis at comp.databases.ms-access.
Donald Garrison's PC Lite Page Donald is the number One Access hack in Central Connecticut. He's single-handedly automated the voter registration process in towns and hamlets throughout his state. His page is devoted to PC Registration 'Lite,' a program originally designed as a free service to the community. And as for HTML, I taught him everything he knows (but I didn't teach him everything that I know! - {corny but true}). Seriously, Donald designed a beauty of a page for his organization.
The Nixon Links - Now More Than Ever - What can I say? For those of us obsessed with the crooked man who walked a few crooked miles from Whittier to Watergate, this site is a slice of heaven. Even if Dick himself never made it there.
WOPR Woody Leonhard's Word for Windows site. Woody's spirited and fun writing about computers fueled my computer obsession.

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