Faculty Profile for Mr. Alan Schaefer

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Mr. Alan Schaefer
Senior Lecturer — English
Brazos 206B
phone: (512) 245-2185

Biography Section

Biography and Education

BA in English, University of Texas, Austin
MA in Literature, Texas State University, San Marcos

Teaching Interests

Literature
Film Studies
Technical Writing
Editing

Research Interests

Popular music of Texas

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Schaefer, E. A. (Ed.). (2023). Journal of Texas Music History (Vol. 23). San Marcos, Texas, USA: Center for Texas Music History.
  • [Review of DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution, by E. A. Schaefer]. (2022, December). Journal of Texas Music History. San Marcos, Texas, USA: Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University. Retrieved from https://www.txst.edu/ctmh/publications/journal.html#:~:text=The%20Journal%20of%20Texas%20Music%20History%20is%20the%20first%20academic,has%20subscribers%20throughout%20the%20world.
  • Schaefer, E. A. (2020, October). Review of Maria Golia’s Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure. Journal of Texas Music History. San Marcos, Texas, USA: Center for Texas Music History, Texas State University. Retrieved from https://gato-docs.its.txstate.edu/jcr:63fb6e6b-24cf-48f7-8fe3-410e3d1db765/JTMH_Vol_20_7_Review.pdf
  • Schaefer, E. A. (2015). Homegrown: Austin Music Posters 1967 to 1982. Austin: University of Texas Press.
  • Schaefer, E. A. (2015). Reframing a Portrait:  Flann O’Brien’s Interrogation of the Artist in Cruiskeen Lawn. In A. Goarzin (Ed.), New Critical Perspectives on Franco-Irish Relations (pp. 95–107). Oxford: Peter Lang.

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. April 1, 2017

Selected Service Activities

Volunteer
NYOS Charter School
January 2019-Present
Volunteer
NYOS Charter School
January 1, 2018-Present
Volunteer
NYOS Charter School
January 1, 2017-Present
Member
Library Committee
2011-Present
Member
Ad hoc FYE Subcommittee
November 2019-2023