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| Michael C. Keith |
Michael is the author of over 20 books on electronic media, as
well as a memoir and three books of fiction. In 2009, he coedited a
found manuscript by legendary
writer/director Norman Corwin. What he refers to as his “fringe”
group
series consists of a monograph that examines the use of
broadcast media
by Native Americans—Signals in the Air (Praeger, 1995), a book
that explores
the nature and role of counterculture radio in the
sixties—Voices in
the Purple Haze (Praeger, 1997), a book that probes the extreme
right-wing’s
exploitation of the airwaves—Waves of Rancor (M.E. Sharpe, 1999,
with
Robert Hilliard), a book that examines the role of gays and
lesbians
in broadcasting—Queer Airwaves (M.E. Sharpe, 2001, with Phylis
Johnson),
a book about broadcasting and the First Amendment—Dirty
Discourse (Blackwell,
2003, with Robert Hilliard), and a volume that evaluates the
loss of
localism in American radio—The Quieted Voice (Southern Illinois
University
Press, 2005, with Robert Hilliard).
Keith is also the author of the most widely adopted text on American
radio—
The Radio Station, 8th edition
(Focal
Press, 2010), an oral history—Talking
Radio (M.E. Sharpe, 2000), a study of nocturnal broadcasting
–Sounds in
the Dark (Iowa State University Press, 2001), and The Broadcast
Century,
4th edition (Focal Press, 2005, with Robert Hilliard. His most
recent
books include Radio Cultures (Peter Lang, 2010) and Sounds of
Change (University
North Carolina Press, 2010, with Christopher Sterling). He is
also the
author of the critically acclaimed memoir, The Next Better Place
(Algonquin
Books, 2003), as well as numerous journal articles and two books
of short stories––And Through the Trembling Air and Hoag's Object. He
has been invited
to lecture internationally.
Prior to joining Boston College, Keith served as Chair of Education
at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. He is co-founder of the Broadcast
Education Association’s Radio Division, was director of the communication
program at Dean College, and served as an invited professor at George
Washington University and Marquette University. He is the recipient of
numerous awards, among them the International Radio Television Society’s
Stanton Fellow Award, the Broadcast Education Association's Distinguished
Scholar Award, and the University of Rhode Island’s Achievement Award
in the Humanities.
He is the author of several short story collections including
The Collector of Tears, and
If Things Were Made to Last Forever ( Big Table Publishing).
