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David Moskowitz

David MOSKOWITZ
Professor
Music, College of Fine Arts
UFA Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts 124
Phone: 605-677-5716
Bio:
David Moskowitz earned his doctorate in Musicology from the University of Kansas in 2001. He has been teaching music history at USD since that time.
Teaching Interests:
Music History Rock and Roll Reggae
Research Interests:
Reggae Ska Dancehall Bob Marley Jimi Hendrix
Education:
  • Ph D, Musicology, University of Kansas, 2001
  • Master's of Music, Music History, Ohio University, 1994
  • Bachelor of General Studies, Emphasis in Violin Performance, Ohio University, 1991
Grants:
  • Center For Teaching and Learning Grant, CTL
  • College of Fine Arts Travel Grant, College of Fine Arts
  • Teaching Improvement Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, (2011)
  • Mobile Computing Initiative Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning, (2010 - 2010)
Publications:
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2012), Metal Rules the World: heavy metal music around the world, Choice Reviews.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2012), Oxford History of Western Music-Post production form, Oxford University Press.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2012), Beyond and Before: Progressive Rock Since the 1960s, Continuum, p. 318.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), Liner notes for the eight works on the CD.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), American History through Music: Music of the 1980s, Greenwood.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), American History through Music: Music of the 1990s, Greenwood.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), In Chetumal, we are not rasta but we like Reggae": Afro-Caribbean msuic, identity and region in the Mexico-Belize border, Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), Rock Reader Manuscript Review, Pearson.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), The 1950s and the first generation of rock and rollers had the biggest impact on American popular culture, Greenwood.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), Forever Doo/Wop: Race, Nostalgia, and Vocal Harmony, University of Massachuesetts Press.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), Dancehall: From Slave Ship to Ghetto, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), Etta James, Oxford.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2011), Ruth Brown, Oxford.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), Man Vibes: Masculinities in the Jamaican Dancehall, Choice Reviews.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), Oxford History of Western Music, Oxford University Press.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), Time and Memory in Reggae Music, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), The Words and Music of Jimi Hendrix, Praeger Publisher, p. 207.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), Hand Me My Travelin' Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), Rock Is Dead, They Say (Long Live Rock!, Cengage Learning Publishers.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), What's That Sound, W. W. Norton and Company.
  • MOSKOWITZ,, D., (2010), Reggaeton: Refiguring American Music, Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries.
Awards and Honors:
  • Knutson Distinguished Professor, College of Fine Arts/USD, 2012