A roundtable discussion about Fresh Air, emphasizing why it matters and who should care. Also a chance to reflect on Terry Gross’s MAPACA appearance.
About the presentersJordan M. McClain
Jordan McClain, PhD, has enjoyed serving MAPACA since 2011 in various roles: President, Board member, founding VP of Communications, founder and chair of the Journalism and News Media area, co-chair of the Music area, co-founder and co-chair of the Professional Development area, peer reviewer for the journal Response, peer reviewer for the journal Mid-Atlantic Almanack, and founder of the Popular Culture Crash Course.
Thomas Grochowski
Tom Grochowski has published on topics ranging from Woody Allen, Sex and the City, the Marx Brothers, and web sites devoted to the O.J. Simpson murder trial. He currently teaches American Literature, film, and media studies at St. Joseph’s College, where he Associate Chair of the Department of English. He is currently on the MAPACA advisory board. He earned his PhD from New York University’s Department of Cinema Studies; he also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College, where he studied with Allen Ginsberg. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife two daughters, and dog.
Holly Tomren
Holly Tomren is Head, Metadata Services at Drexel University Libraries. She manages a program that promotes discovery and sharing of resources by creating, enhancing, and optimizing metadata for use and re-use in a variety of tools, techniques, and services, in support of the research & scholarly needs of the Drexel University community. Holly received her Master of Library & Information Science from San Jose State University and was a 2009 American Library Association Emerging Leader.
Anu Paul
Project Manager, Fresh Air CLIR project.