Greetings!
I am not able to take this project on right now and Todd is looking
for someone else who may be interested. If you are interested please
contact his research assistant Wendy Sung directly.
Venise Berry
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Venise Berry <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Saturday, September 2, 2006 4:56 pm
>Subject: Re: Chapter Request
>To: Wendy Sung <[log in to unmask]>
>
>> Dear Wendy,
>>
>> Please let Todd that I truly appreciate his offer, but after
>> looking
>> over my schedule I have to decline. I wish him much success.
>>
>> Venise Berry
>>
>> >Dear Professor Venise Berry,
>> >
>> >I am pleased to write to you as the assistant to a very exciting
>> >project. I am working closely with Dr. Todd Boyd, The
>> >Katherine and Frank Price Endowed Chair for the Study of Race and
>> >Popular Culture at the USC School of Cinema-
>> >Television, on the following significant and compelling endeavor.
>> >
>> >I am pleased to announce the Praegar/Greenwood Publishing Group,
>> >Library Journal's Best Reference Sources of 2005,
>> >has asked Dr. Boyd to edit a three-volume reference encyclopedia
>> on
>> >African American Popular Culture. This
>> >encyclopedia is intended for library reference use, yet unlike
>> >traditional encyclopedias, these volumes will consist of
>> >extended essays from experts on an array of topics relative to
>> >African American popular culture. The goal of the set is to
>> >provide the most reliable, accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive
>> >treatment of key topics, works, and themes in African
>> >American Popular Culture for a new generation of readers. Some
>> areas
>> >include African American Comedy; Racism and
>> >Television; African Americans and Rock 'n Roll; Hip Hop Culture;
>> >African American Modern Art; African Americans and
>> >the Olympics, The Harlem Renaissance, etc..
>> >
>> >Based on your previous work, Dr. Boyd has identified you as a
>> >potential contributor for this project. Considering the
>> >communal uses of such an endeavor, Dr. Boyd feels your insightful
>> >contribution will positively influence the public
>> >awareness and understanding of these subjects. By presenting
>> essays
>> >that are both overviews and well-articulated
>> >arguments, this encyclopedia will equip the public with
>> >investigative and engaging material. These volumes offer
>> >outstanding scholars such as yourself an opportunity to
>> disseminate
>> >their work to a broad audience and, consequently,
>> >offer the potential to shape the public understanding of the
>> issues
>> >at hand for a
>> >population of readers from around the globe.
>> >
>> >For these reasons, Dr. Boyd is requesting your participation in
>> this
>> >project by contributing an article on Black Radio
>> >Stations and the Community. Your essay should be historical in
>> >scope, as well as descriptive of the respective area.
>> >Each entry will be designed to present current scholarly
>> >understanding of its topic in a form that is easily comprehensible
>> >to those seeking an initial orientation to and deeper
>> understanding
>> >of the key components. The rhetorical approach to
>> >the set is "academic" in the sense that it relies on studies,
>> >research, and/or accepted knowledge. You should feel free to
>> >define the area in question according to your own perspective and
>> >advance your own disciplinary and ideological
>> >agenda. However, it is vital to keep the general audience of these
>> >volumes in mind. In the end, this collection is designed
>> >to reach, engage, and even enthrall educated and interested
>> readers
>> >anxious to find out more about African American
>> >Popular Culture who yet may not have any formal training in
>> African
>> >American Studies, Ethnomusicology, or Media
>> >Studies, per se.
>> >
>> >Dr. Boyd appreciates your consideration and he hopes that you will
>> >agree to enhance this project with your own unique
>> >contribution to the ever expanding articulation of American
>> African
>> >popular culture. Completed manuscripts should be
> > >"chapter length" and will be due on January 15, 2006.
>> >
>> >I hope that you will be able to accept Dr. Boyd's invitation to
>> >participate in this project. If you would please contact me via
>> >e-mail <[log in to unmask]> with your response, I would be greatly
>> >appreciative. You may also feel free to contact
>> >myself or Dr. Boyd <[log in to unmask]> if you have any further
>> >questions related to the project.
>> >
>> >Thank you again for your consideration of this invitation. Dr.
>> Boyd
>> >and I look forward to your affirmative response.
>> >
>> >
>> >Sincerely,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Wendy Sung
>> >Assistant to Dr. Todd Boyd
>>
>>
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