Bradley Klypchak

 Bradley Klypchak

Bradley Klypchak

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  • Reviews8

Biography

Texas A&M University Commerce - Liberal Studies

Associate Professor of Liberal Studies at Texas A&M University-Commerce
Higher Education
Brad
Klypchak
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
I am an interdisciplinary scholar, teacher, and practitioner. My research interests are in popular cultural studies with an emphasis in heavy metal music.


Experience

  • Texas A&M University-Commerce

    Instructor

    a variety of positions including Instructor (Ad Interim) 2014-15, Visiting Assistant Professor 2009-10, and Adjunct Faculty 2007-09; 2010-2013

    primary duties of teaching courses across a range of disciplines/topics including sociology, anthropology, mass media and crime, art and technology, research methods, and special topics courses of Rock Music in Culture, Nostalgia as Popular Culture, and Sport in American Culture.

  • Texas A&M University-Commerce

    Associate Professor of Liberal Studies

    Bradley worked at Texas A&M University-Commerce as a Associate Professor of Liberal Studies

  • Texas A&M University-Commerce

    Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies

    conduct courses emphasizing interdisciplinary academic practice, theory, and application; conduct research and publish/present research to a variety of scholarly communities; provide service through campus and professional organizational outlets including but not limited to committee contributions, editorial review, academic advising, serving on honors thesis and doctoral dissertation committees, and representing liberal studies at publicity and recruiting events

  • Lon Morris College

    Assistant Professor of Social Sciences

    served as department chair for Social Sciences 2005-6, taught courses in film, sport and leisure studies, sociology, and psychology, advised students, and served in a variety of college committees including SACS assessment for Social Sciences.

Education

  • Bowling Green State University

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    American Culture Studies
    Primary Specialization of Popular Cultural Studies Secondary Specialization of Communication Studies

  • Universität Salzburg


    Study abroad program emphasizing German language skills and the lived experience of Austrian culture

  • Internationale Ferienkurse für Deutsche Sprache und Germanistik


    intensive German language skills practice and development

Publications

  • Same as it Never Was: Machinations of Metal and Memory

    Palgrave

    chapter in the book Heavy Metal Studies and Popular Culture, Gabby Riches, Brenda Walter, Dave Snell, & Bryan Bardine eds.

  • Same as it Never Was: Machinations of Metal and Memory

    Palgrave

    chapter in the book Heavy Metal Studies and Popular Culture, Gabby Riches, Brenda Walter, Dave Snell, & Bryan Bardine eds.

  • All Those Wasted Years: Hanoi Rocks and the Transitions of Glam

    Routledge

    chapter in the book Global Glam and Popular Music: Style and Spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s, Ian Chapman and Henry Johnson eds.

  • Same as it Never Was: Machinations of Metal and Memory

    Palgrave

    chapter in the book Heavy Metal Studies and Popular Culture, Gabby Riches, Brenda Walter, Dave Snell, & Bryan Bardine eds.

  • All Those Wasted Years: Hanoi Rocks and the Transitions of Glam

    Routledge

    chapter in the book Global Glam and Popular Music: Style and Spectacle from the 1970s to the 2000s, Ian Chapman and Henry Johnson eds.

  • “It wasn’t Whole Foods, was it?”: Identity Management, Duplicity and the False Consciousness of Suburbia

    University of New Mexico Press

    chapter in the book Breaking Down Breaking Bad: Critical Perspectives, Matt Wanat and Leonard Engel eds.

Positions

  • Southwest Popular/American Culture Association

    editorial board - Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 2014-present

    Area Chair: Music: Traditional, Political, Popular 2009-14

  • Southwest Popular/American Culture Association

    editorial board - Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 2014-present

    Area Chair: Music: Traditional, Political, Popular 2009-14

  • Southwest Popular/American Culture Association

    editorial board - Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 2014-present

    Area Chair: Music: Traditional, Political, Popular 2009-14

  • Southwest Popular/American Culture Association

    editorial board - Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 2014-present

    Area Chair: Music: Traditional, Political, Popular 2009-14

  • Southwest Popular/American Culture Association

    editorial board - Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 2014-present

    Area Chair: Music: Traditional, Political, Popular 2009-14

  • Southwest Popular/American Culture Association

    editorial board - Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy 2014-present

    Area Chair: Music: Traditional, Political, Popular 2009-14

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