‘Mad Men Conference’: Listen to May 16 ‘MTSU On the Record’

Producer/Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. David Lavery

Synopsis: MTSU hosted an international academic conference on the cable television series “Mad Men” May 26-28. One of its organizers is Dr. David Lavery, a professor of English.

Professor puts ‘Mad Men’ in academic context on ‘MTSU On the Record’

An academic examination of the television series “Mad Men” was the focus of a recent “MTSU On the Record” radio program. Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. David Lavery, a professor of English and one of the coordinators of “Mad Men: The Conference,” first aired May 16 on WMOT-FM (89.5 and www.wmot.org ). You can…

May 16, 2016

In "Faculty/Staff News"

Critics, world scholars gather at MTSU to discuss TV’s ‘Mad Men’

Presenters from 16 states and 10 foreign countries will convene on the MTSU campus May 26-28 for “Mad Men: The Conference,” a scholarly meeting focused on the groundbreaking AMC network program. Keynote speakers include Matt Zoller Seitz, New York film critic and author of “Mad Men Carousel,” and Dr. Mimi…

May 20, 2016

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MTSU expert lectures Feb. 23 on changing role of TV ‘authorship’

An MTSU English professor who’s made a successful career of analyzing the cultural phenomena of television is now looking at society’s new focus on the men and women who put their creative stamp on TV as authors. Dr. David Lavery, author of analyses of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “The X-Files,” “The…

February 16, 2016

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