Task Force Members

Research Associates are comprised of academic faculty, museum curators, and archivists. Associates serve as contacts for regional collections, and contribute to RPTF preservation projects that address the cultural history of sound in the U.S. Caucus Chairs help to organize grantwriting, educational, and curatorial projects that focus on their areas of specialization. Advisory Committee members conduct research for the RPTF Director.

(as of February 2022)

Caucus Chairs

• African American and Civil Rights Radio
  Bala Baptiste
  Miles College
• Caribbean Radio
  Alejandra Bronfman, SUNY-Albany
• College, Community, and Educational Radio
  Laura Schnitker, University of Maryland
  Jennifer Waits, Radio Survivor
  Kate Jewell, Fitchburg State University
• Commercial Radio
  Michael Socolow, University of Maine
• Gender and Sexuality
  Tanya Zuk, Georgia State University
  Kathleen Battles, Oakland University
• Spanish Language and Bilingual Radio
  Dolores Ines Casillas, UC-Santa Barbara
  Sonia Robles, University of Delaware

Advisory Committee on Endangered Collections

• Matthew Barton
  Library of Congress
• David Seubert
  University of California Santa Barbara
• John Tefteller
  World’s Rarest Records
• William Vanden Dries
  Indiana University

Advisory Committee on International Radio Research

• Alejandra Bronfman
  SUNY-Albany
• Dolores Ines Casillas
  University of California Santa Barbara
• Christine Ehrick
  University of Louisville
• Sonia Robles
  University of Delaware
• Michael Socolow
  University of Maine
• Derek Vaillant
  University of Michigan
• Ian Whittington
  University of Mississippi

Research Associates

• Ruta Abolins
  Peabody/University of Georgia
• Frank Absher
  St. Louis Media History Society
• Christine Acham
  University of Hawai’i
• Ernesto Aguilar
  KQED
• Tim Anderson
  Old Dominion University
• Noah Arceneaux
  San Diego State
• Patricia Aufderheide
  American University
• Michael Austin
  Louisiana Tech
• Robert Avery
  University of Utah
• Matthew Baise
  Voice of America
• Glenda Balas
  Univeristy of North Texas-Dallas
• Feliks Banel
  Washington State University
• Bala Baptiste
  Miles College
• Kyle Barnett
  Bellarmine University
• Kathleen Battles
  Oakland University
• A.J. Bauer
  University of Alabama
• Craig Bearden
  Duke
• Mary Beltran
  University of Texas Austin
• Jeanette Berard
  Thousand Oaks
• Emily Bibb
  University of Alabama
• Michael Biel
  Moorhead State University
• Heather Birks
  Broadcast Education Association
• Aniko Bodroghkozy
  University of Virginia
• Kirsten Bonker
  Bielefeld University
• Andrew Bottomley
  SUNY-Oneonta
• Lauren Bratslavsky
  Illinois State
• Jack Brighton
  PBCore
• Susan Brinson
  Auburn University
• Tim Brooks
  ARSC
• Sam Brylawski
  University of California Santa Barbara
• Alan Burdette
  Indiana University
• Brandon Burke
  Iron Horse
• Claudia Calhoun
  Fairfield University
• Dolores Ines Casillas
  University of California-Santa Barbara
• Mari Castaneda
  University of Massachusetts
• Tanya Clement
  University of Texas-Austin
• Debra Rae Cohen
  University of South Carolina
• Mike Conway
  Indiana University
• Paul Conway
  University of Michigan
• Amalia Cordova
  Smithsonian Folklife
• Brian Craig
  Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame
• Sarah Cunningham
  US. National Archives
• Kevin Curran
  Loyola Marymount University
• Jane Curry
  Santa Clara University
• Chris Cwynar
  Trent University
• Josh Davis
  University of Baltimore
• Brecht Declercq
  VIAA
• Brian Deshazor
  This Way Out Radio
• Yasmine Dessemm
  UCLA
• Jenny Doctor
  University of Cincinnati
• Thomas Doherty
  Brandeis University
• Susan Douglas
  University of Michigan
• Christina Dunbar-Hester
  University of Southern California
• Rosa Eberly
  Pennsylvania State University
• Ralph Engelman
  Long Island University
• Sharon Farb
  UCLA
• Jim Farrington
  University of Rochester
• Brian Fauteux
  University of Alberta
• Patrick Feaster
  Indiana University
• Maristella Feustle
  North Texas
• Dylan Flesch
  WNYC
• Sarah Florini
  Arizona State University
• Will Floyd
  Prometheus Radio Project
• Karma Foley
  Smithsonian Network
• Kathy Franz
  Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Ken Freedman
  WFMU
• Bob Friedman
  Birmingham Black Radio Museum
• Anna Friz
  University of California Santa Cruz
• Kathy Fuller-Seely
  University of Texas Austin
• Jennifer Garcon
  University of Pennsylvania
• Joshua Garret-Davis
  Autry Museum of the American West
• Jose Luis Ortiz Garza
  Unviersidad Panamericana, Mexico
• Dana Gerber-Margie
  University of Wisconsin
• Daniel Gilliam
  Louisville Public Media
• David Giovannoni
  First Sounds
• Josh Glick
  Bard College
• Kenneth Goldsmith
  University of Pennsylvania
• Douglas Gomery
  University of Maryland College Park
• Katie Day Good
  Miami University
• David Goodman
  University of Melbourne
• Emily Goodman
  Northeastern University
• David Goren   
  BPRSM
• Angela Greene
  WPGM
• Brian Gregory
  St. Francis College
• Mary Beth Haralovich
  University of Arizona
• Kevan Harris
  UCLA
• Joy Hayes
  University of Iowa
• Nicole Hemmer
  Columbia University
• Heather Hendershot
  MIT
• Michael Henry
  University of Maryland College Park
• Christine Hernandez
  Tulane
• Jonathan Hiam
  New York Public Library
• Mel Hogan
  University of Calgary
• Jennifer Horne
  UC-Santa Cruz
• Robert Horton
  Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Chuck Howell
  University of Maryland College Park
• Eric Hoyt
  University of Wisconsin Madison
• Mary Huelsbeck
  University of Wisconsin Madison
• Kit Hughes
  Colorado State
• Galen Joseph-Hunter
  Wave Farm
• Jennifer Hyland-Wang
  University of Wisconsin Madison
• Todd Hyman
  Carpark Records
• Mike Janssen
  Current
• Deborah Jaramillo
  Boston University
• David Jenemann
  University of Vermont
• Anne Jenner
  University of Washington Seattle
• Katherine Jewell
  Fitchburg State University
• Martin Johnson
  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• Phylis Johnson
  San Jose State University
• Vicky Johnson
  University of California Irvine
• Sammy Jones
  CNN
• Brian Kane
  Yale University
• Sally Kane
  National Federation of Community Broadcasters
• Effie Kapsalis
  Smithsonian Institution Archives
• Matt Karush
  George Mason University
• Amanda Keeler
  Marquette University
• Michael Keith
  Boston College
• Bill Kirkpatrick
  University of Winnipeg
• Melody Kramer
  Wikimedia Foundation
• Michael Kramer
  SUNY-Brockport
• Craig Kridel
  University of South Carolina
• Michal Kryzanowski
  University of Liverpool
• Alex Kupfer
  CUNY-Hunter College
• Andy Lanset
  WNYC
• Matthew Lasar
  Radio Survivor
• James Lastra
  University of Chicago
• Ayanna Legros
  Duke University
• Michaela di Leonardo
  Northwestern University
• Elana Levine
  University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
• Miles Levy
  Smithsonian Channel
• Lawrence Lichty
  Northwestern University
• Sam Litzinger
  CBS Radio
• Derek Long
  University of Missouri Kansas City
• Felesha Love
  Black Women in Radio
• Jason Loviglio
  University of Maryland Baltimore County
• Mike Lupica
  WPRB-Princeton University
• Lisa Lynch
  Drew University
• Anne MacLennan
  York University
• Brent Malin
  University of Pittsburgh
• Kerry Manderbach
  University of Missouri St. Louis
• Will Mari
  Louisiana State University
• Tom Mascaro
  Bowling Green State
• Tom McEaney
  University of California Berkeley
• Charles McGovern
  William and Mary
• Paul McLane
  Radio World
• Ross Melnick
  University of California Santa Barbara
• Cynthia Meyers
  College of Mt. St. Vincent
• Muira McCammon
  University of Pennsylvania
• Ellen Mickiewicz
  Duke
• Virginia Millington
  StoryCorps
• Jack Mitchell
  University of Wisconsin Madison
• Jeremy Morris
  University of Wisconsin Madison
• Robert Morrow
  Morgan State
• Mary Myers
  University of Central Florida
• Jay Needham
  Southern Illinois University
• Lisa Napoli
  CUNY
• Julie Beth Napolin
  New School for Social Research
• Brenda Nelson-Strauss
  Indiana University
• Diane Nititham
  Murray State
• Len O'Kelly
  Grand Valley State University
• Lina Ortega
  University of Oklahoma
• Kenneth Osgood
  Colorado School of Mines
• Kathryn Ostrovsky
  Angelo State
• Laurie Ouellette
  University of Minnesota
• Michael Pahn
  Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian
• David Park
  Lake Forest College
• Trevor Parry-Giles
  University of Maryland & National Communication Association
• Nora Patterson
  Auburn University
• Joel Penney
  Montclair State
• Victor Pickard
  University of Pennsylvania
• Jeff Place
  Smithsonian Folklife
• Ethan Plaut
  University of Aukland
• David Plotkin
  CBS Radio
• Mark Poepsel
  Southern Illinois University
• Dana Polan
  New York University
• Jefferson Pooley
  Muhlenberg College
• Lisa Rabin
  George Mason University
• Elena Razlogova
  Concordia University Montreal
• Ira Revels
  Gay Spirit Radio
• Harry Rice
  Berea College
• Robert Riter
  University of Alabama
• Jocelyn Robinson
  WYSO
• Eric Rothenbuhler
  Webster University
• Jeff Rubin
  Tulane
• Alex Russo
  Catholic University
• T-Kay Sangwand
  UCLA
• Stephanie Sapienza
  University of Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
• Laurie Sather
  Hagley Library
• Paddy Scannell
  University of Michigan
• Peter Schaefer
  Manhattan Marymount College
• Allison Schein
  Studs Terkel Radio Archive
• Toby Seay
  Drexel University
• Philip Sewell
  Bucknell University
• Timothy Shaffer
  Kansas State
• Wendy Shay
  Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Bill Siemering
  NPR
• Ron Simon
  Paley Center
• Peter Simonson
  University of Colorado
• Jacob Smith
  Northwestern University
• Suzanne Smith
  George Mason University
• Susan Smulyan
  Brown University
• Michael Socolow
  University of Maine
• Lynn Spigel
  Northwestern University
• David Squires
  University of Louisiana Lafayette
• Carol Stabile
  University of Oregon
• Michael Stamm
  Michigan State University
• Al Stavitsky
  University of Nevada Reno
• Carlene Stephens
  Smithsonian National Museum of American History
• Kyle Stine
  Johns Hopkins University
• Alex Stinson
  Wikipedia
• Katea Stitt
  WPFW
• Jennifer Stoever
  SUNY-Binghamton
• Dan Streible
  New York University
• David Suisman
  University of Delaware
• Loris Taylor
  Native Public Media
• Christopher Terry
  University of Minnesota
• Rebecca Toov
  University of Minnesota
• Monica de la Torre
  Arizona State University
• Karen M. Turner
  Temple University
• John Vallier
  University of Washington-Seattle
• Ian Wagman
  Carleton University
• Jennifer Waits
  Radio Survivor
• David Walker
  Smithsonian Folklife
• Laura Wagner
  Duke University
• Janet Wasko
  University of Oregon
• Mary Ann Watson
  Eastern Michigan University
• Allison Whalen
  UCLA
• Mark Williams
  Dartmouth University
• Sonja Williams
  Howard University
• Paul Wilson
  British Library
• Angela Winand
  Delaware Historical Society
• Thomas Witherspoon
  SWL