Biography
- Education
Syracuse University
2010
English / Film Studies
Doctor of PhilosophyCarnegie Mellon University
2003
Literary and Cultural Studies
Master of ArtsUniversity of Miami
2002
English
Bachelor of Arts
- Research Interests
- Media Studies, Film Studies, Cultural Studies, Popular Music, Nostalgia, Cultural Geography, FIlm Soundtracks, the Rust Belt, Space and Place in Film, DIY Arts and Culture, Internet Creativity & Copyright Law
Publications
Back to the Fifties
Oxford University Press
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Bloomsbury Academic
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Palgrave-MacMillan
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Book Review – Jim Jarmusch: Music, Words and Noise
Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television
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Prince and the Other Eighties
Oxford University Press Blog
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“The Same Old Songs?”
Alphaville
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The 1980s: A Critical and Transitional Decade
Lexington Books
Contributor, “Fixing the Fifties: Alex P. Keaton and Marty McFly”
“The Gathering of the Juggalos and the Peculiar Sanctity of Fandom”
FLOW
Author
- Dwyer Publishes New Book on Fifties Nostalgia
- Crawford Organics CSA Returns to Arcadia University, New Share Options Available
- Dwyer Receives NEH Grant to Study Rust Belt Cities in Film
- Global 1968 Panel Explores Iconic Year’s Influence on Pop Culture
- On BBC Mini-Series, Dr. Dwyer Talks About America’s Self-image in the 1980s
- Lashanna Bryant: Dual Bachelor of Arts in English and Media and Communications
- Dr. Michael Dwyer Awarded Norman Johnston Faculty Fellowship