Glenn C. Altschuler

Glenn C. Altschuler

Glenn Altschuler is the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies, a Weiss Presidential Fellow, and the Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at Cornell University.

He received his Ph.D. in American History from Cornell in 1976.

Altschuler is noted for his work on the history of American popular culture. He believes that popular culture is "contested terrain" -- in which social and economic groups struggle to make their marks on society. [ [http://chronicle.com/free/2001/12/2001121401u.htm The Chronicle: Daily news: 12/14/2001 - 01 ] ]

Since 1991, he has served as Dean of the School of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions since 1991. His year-long course in American Popular Culture is among the most popular in the university. [ Cornell Daily Sun, “Popular Culture Course discusses Marilyn, Playboy” 4/30/03]

For four years he wrote a column on higher education for the Education Life section of the New York Times. He is currently a regular panelist on national and international affairs for the WCNY television program The Ivory Tower Half-Hour. [ Cornell Chronicle, Cornell's Glenn Altschuler is ready for Friday-night prime time, on WCNY 4/3/03]

Prizes and Awards

Clark Teaching Award, the Donna and Robert Paul Award for Excellence in Faculty Advising, the Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Award for Outstanding Advising, and the 2006 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowship [ [http://www.sce.cornell.edu/sce/altschuler.php Glenn C. Altschuler : Cornell Continuing Education and Summer Sessions ] ]

Books

* "The 100 Most Notable Cornellians" (Cornell University Press 2003)
* Andrew D. White-Educator, Historian, Diplomat (Cornell University Press 1979)
* Race, Ethnicity, and Class in American Social Thought, 1865-1919 (American History Series, John Hope Franklin and A. S. Eisenstadt, eds., Harlan Davidson, Inc. 1982)
* Revivalism, Social Conscience and Community in the Burned-Over District, (co-authored with Jan M. Saltzgaber, Cornell University Press 1983)
* Better Than Second Best: Love and Work in the Life of Helen Magill (University of Illinois Press 1990)
* Changing Channels: America In TV Guide (co-authored with David I. Grossvogel, University of Illinois Press 1992)
* Rude Republic: Americans and Their Politics in the 19th Century (co-authored with Stuart M. Blumin, Princeton University Press 2000).
* “All Shook Up”: How Rock ‘n Roll Changed America (Oxford University Press 2003).

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