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Evelyn McDonnell

Acting Chair and Professor of Journalism and New Media

Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES

Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts

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Publications

Image for publication on Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the RunawaysImage for publication on Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids, & Rock 'n' RollImage for publication on Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible BjörkImage for publication on Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop, and Rap

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Biography

Professor of Journalism Evelyn McDonnell is an expert on music, gender, and politics. She has written or coedited six books, from Rock She Wrote: Women Write about Rock, Pop and Rap to Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl. She is also series editor for Music Matters, a collection of short books about musicians published by University of Texas Press. A longtime journalist, she has been a pop culture writer at The Miami Herald and a senior editor at The Village Voice. Her writing on music, poetry, theater, and culture has appeared in publications and anthologies including the The New York Times, the Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Ms., Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Review of Books, Travel & Leisure, Billboard, Interview, and Option. She teaches students how to write and make noise at Loyola Marymount University.

Education

University of Southern California

M.A., Specialized Journalism, the Arts

Brown University

B.A., American Studies

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Areas of Expertise

JournalismNew MediaPopular Culture and SocietyWomen's Studies