Evelyn McDonnell Department of English Loyola Marymount University 1 LMU Drive Los Angeles, CA 90045 310.258.2662 [email protected]

EDUCATION

M.A. Specialized Journalism, The Arts, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California

B.A. American Studies, Brown University, magna cum laude

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT

Loyola Marymount University, English Department, Los Angeles.

Associate Professor, Spring 2016 - present. Director, Journalism Program, Winter 2016 – present. Assistant Professor, 2010 – 2016.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Series Editor, Music Matters, University of Texas Press, Fall 2016 – present.

Editorial Director, MOLI.com. West Palm Beach, FL. 2007 – 2008.

Pop Culture Writer/Music Critic, The Miami Herald. Miami. 2001 – 2007.

Co-director, Stars Don’t Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth conference, Dia Center for the Arts. New York. 1996 – 1997.

Senior Editor, The Village Voice. New York. 1996.

Publisher and Editor, resister. New York. 1995 – 1997.

Associate Editor, SF Weekly. San Francisco. 1991 – 1992.

Contributing Editor, The NewPaper. Providence. 1985 – 1989.

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SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE WORKS

Books:

Why Karen Carpenter Matters by Karen Tongson (University of Texas Press), 2019. Series editor.

Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyoncé. Girl Groups to Riot Girl (Black Dog & Leventhal), 2018. Editor.

Why the Beach Boys Matter by Tom Smucker (University of Texas Press), 2018. Series editor.

Why the Ramones Matter by Donna Gaines (University of Texas Press), 2018. Series editor.

Culture Jamming: Activism and the Art of Cultural Resistance, edited by Marilyn DeLaure and Moritz Fink (NYU Press), 2017. “Nevermind the Bollocks: Shepard Fairey’s Fight for Appropriation, Fair Use and Free Culture.” Peer-reviewed chapter.

Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z, edited by Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar (Library of America), 2017. “The Runaways: Wild Thing.” Solicited chapter.

Dylan: Disc by Disc (Voyageur Press), 2015. “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.” Contributor, with David Browne.

Queens of Noise: The Real Story of the Runaways (DaCapo), 2013. Author.

Best Music Writing 2010 (Da Capo), 2011. “Wild Thing: How the Runaways’ Sandy West Was Lost.” Contributor.

Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids and Rock’n’roll (DaCapo Lifelong), 2008 paper, 2007 hard. Author.

Best Music Writing 2005 (Da Capo), 2006. “Police Secretly Watching Hip-Hop Artists.” Contributor.

Legends 2: Women Who Changed the World Through the Eyes of Great Women Writers (New World Library), 2004. “Chrissie Hynde.” Contributor.

The Fourth Sex: Adolescent Extremes (Charta, Milan), 2003. “Girls + Guitars.” Contributor.

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Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible Bjork (Random House), 2001. Also published in translation in France, Japan, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. Author.

Stars Don’t Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth (NYU Press), 1999. Co-editor.

Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde by Cathay Che (Andre Deutsch), 1999. “Foreword.” Contributor.

Girljock: The Book (St. Martin’s), 1998. “No Fear of Flying.” Contributor.

Rent by Jonathan Larson (Rob Weisbach/William Morrow), 1997. Author.

A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World (St. Martin’s), 1997. “Resist Stance.” Contributor.

Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock (Random House), 1997. “She’s in the Band: Maureen Tucker, Tina Weymouth, and Tara Key” and “Rebel Grrrls.” Contributor.

Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop and Rap (Dell), 1995. Co-editor.

The SPIN Guide to Alternative Music (Vintage Books), 1995. Contributor.

The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Fireside Books), 1995. Contributor.

Forthcoming:

Why Lhasa Matters by Fred Goodman (University of Texas Press), November 2019. Series editor.

Selected Articles

“It’s Time for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame To Address its Racial and Gender Imbalances,” Billboard, November 15, 2019. Essay.

“Girls in the Garage,” LMU Magazine, Spring 2019. Essay.

“Feminism + Punk: Essential Tracks,” The New York Times, May 6, 2019. Written with Elisabeth Vincentelli. Feature.

“Bikini Kill, Then and Now,” The New York Times, May 6, 2019. Essay.

“The Manhandling of Rock ‘N’ Roll History,” Longreads, March 2019. Feature.

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“Rock-Your-World Moments Fill New Music Memoirs From Tina Turner and a Disillusioned Hit Maker,” The New York Times, November 30, 2018. Book review.

“The Role of Struggle in Aretha Franklin’s Path to Greatness,” Billboard, August 25, 2018. Cover story.

“The Go-Go’s Gave Us the Beat and so Much More,” The New York Times, August 5, 2018. Essay.

“’You Could Not Have Given Us a Bigger Middle Finger’: Liz Phair,” The Guardian, May 3, 2018. Interview.

“Rock’n’Roll Between the Covers,” The New York Times Book Review, November 29, 2017. Review.

“The Rebel Girls,” Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly, Fall 2017. Essay.

“Venus Flytrap,” LA Weekly, June 8, 2017. Article.

“Bjork’s VR Exhibit, LA Weekly, May 17, 2017. Article.

“Trouble in the Heartland,” Los Angeles Review of Books, December 3, 2016. Essay.

“Hedwig Co-Creator John Cameron Mitchell Says "We Need Punk Now More Than Ever,” LAWeekly.com, November 1, 2016. Article.

“Transparent’s First Trans Director, Silas Howard, Explains How the Game Has Changed,” LA Weekly, October 5, 2016. Article.

“Do Everything Yourself: The Lessons of Punk Renaissance Woman Vivien Goldman,” NPR’s The Record, July 21, 1016. Article.

“What’s in a Name?,” Los Angeles Review of Books, July 18, 2016. Essay.

“Lita Ford kisses, rocks and tells in her long-awaited memoir 'Living Like a Runaway,'” Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2016. Review.

“Evelyn McDonnell on M Train: Witches Brew, or the Perfect Coffeeshop Companion,” Los Angeles Review of Books, October 23, 2015. Book review.

“The Author of the Runaways Book, On Jackie Fox’s Rape,” Jezebel, July 13, 2015. Essay.

“Live Through This: A Pioneering Rock Critic Looks Back with Love and Sorrow on the 1960s,” Los Angeles Review of Books, June 25, 2015. Feature.

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“Meet George Jetson,” LMU Magazine, June 2, 2015. Feature.

“Don’t Call The Sellout a Ghetto Pastoral: Evelyn McDonnell Interviews Paul Beatty,” Los Angeles Review of Books, May 17, 2015. Feature.

“Rebel Music: Race, Empire and the New Muslim Youth Culture,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, June 2015. Book review.

“The Booty Myth,” Cuepoint, November 10, 2014. Essay.

“Cannery Row,” LA Weekly, January 9, 2014. Feature on San Pedro arts scene.

“With ‘Blunderbuss,’ Jack White Aims for New Beginning,” Los Angeles Times, August 4, 2012. Feature.

“Review: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Sports Arena,” Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2012. Review.

“Kim Fowley: Impresario, Svengali, Saint, Devil,” Los Angeles Times, April 1, 2012. Feature.

“The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Women Problem,” Salon, December 11, 2011. Feature.

“Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer Are a Content Odd Couple,” Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2011. Feature.

“A New Map to Bjork’s Music,” Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2011. Feature.

“John Lautner’s 100th Birthday Celebration,” LA Weekly, July 14, 2011. Feature.

“Ellen Willis’s Pioneering Rock Criticism,” The New York Times Book Review, June 10, 2011. Review.

“Decoded by Jay-Z,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 20, 2010. Review.

“Raul Esparza’s hopes for ‘Faith,’” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 21, 2010. Feature.

“Wild Thing: How the Runaways’ Sandy West Was Lost,” LA Weekly, March 18, 2010. Cover story.

“HOPE Poster Brought Shepard Fairey Fame, Controversy. Now What?,” The Miami Herald, Nov. 29, 2009. Feature.

“Iggy Pop: From a Howl to a Croon,” Los Angeles Times, June 6, 2009. Feature.

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“Marianne Faithfull,” Interview, April 2009. Feature.

“Baselmania,” Black Book, Dec. 2008/Jan. 2009. Feature.

“In South Florida, A Tropical Bohemia in the Makings,” The New York Times, November 30, 2008. Feature.

“Once a Top Producer, Storch’s Musical Empire Falls,” Associated Press, July 18, 2008. Feature.

“Erykah Badu: Getting Spiritualized With Neo-Soul's Boho Big Mama,” Interview, May 2008. Feature.

“Who Knew a Bad Girl Could Be a Good Mum?” The Guardian, August 10, 2007. Feature.

“Opening Doors in Hip-Hop,” The Miami Herald, June 23, 2007. Feature.

“New Orleans’ Spirit Stirs Atheist’s Soul,” The Miami Herald, May 7, 2006. Feature.

“McCartney Reflects on Life, Love and Yesterday,” The Miami Herald, September 11, 2005. Feature.

“Police Secretly Watching Hip-Hop Artists,” The Miami Herald, March 9, 2004. Feature co-written with Nicole White.

“In the End, Hillary Wins Our Respect,” The Miami Herald, June 19, 2003. Feature.

“Behind the Music: Big Losses,” The Miami Herald, March 2002. Series.

“What a Girl Wants: Christina Aguilera Discusses Her Career,” Interview, April 1, 2000.

“Girls + Guitars,” Out, April 2000. Feature.

“Why Aren’t More Geeks With the Gizmos Girls?”, The New York Times, April 12, 1998. Feature.

“Because the Night,” The Village Voice, August 1, 1995. Cover story.

“Stones in my Passway: PJ Harvey Gets the Blues,” Option, March/April 1995. Cover story.

“Queer Punk Meets Womyn’s Music,” Ms., Nov./Dec. 1994. Feature.

“Kim Deal & Tanya Donelly,” Musician, September 1993. Feature.

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“Tit Elation,” The Village Voice, August 31, 1993. Feature.

“Women Rockers Create Their Own Alternatives,” Billboard, August 7, 1993. Feature.

“Native Tongues: New Poets with a Rock & Roll Attitude,” Rolling Stone, August 5, 1993. Feature.

“The Feminine Critique: The Secret History of Women and Rock Journalism,” The Village Voice Rock & Roll Quarterly, Fall 1992. Feature.

“Café Society: The New Guerrilla Poets Act Out at the Nuyorican Poets Café,” The Village Voice, March 24, 1992. Feature.

“The Great Pretender,” Creem, Oct./Nov. 1990. Cover story.

“Blood of a Poet: Paul Beatty Puts the New Poetry in Your Face,” The Village Voice, May 1, 1990. Feature.

Grants:

Faith and Justice Research Grant, Loyola Marymount University, Summer 2016.

Faculty Research Fund, BCLA, Loyola Marymount University, 2014 - 2017.

Summer Research Grants, Loyola Marymount University, 2011, 2012, 2015.

Working Scholars Grant, BCLA, Loyola Marymount University, Spring 2015.

BCLA College Fellowship, Loyola Marymount University, Fall 2012.

Annenberg Fellow, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, 2009 – 2010.

Artist’s Residency, Porcupine Mountains State Park, Michigan, 2009.

NEA Institute Fellow, Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater, USC Annenberg School for Communication, 2009.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS

Death and the Maiden and What Becomes Legend Most, Pop Conference, Museum of Pop, April 12-13, 2019. Moderated roundtable and panel.

Women Who Rock, CSU-Long Beach, April 30, 2019.

Women Who Rock, Hotel Figueroa, Los Angeles, March 24, 2019. McDonnell, CV 8

Women Who Rock, Beyond Baroque, Venice, California, December 6, 2018.

Women Who Rock presented by Persisticon, The Bell House, Brooklyn, October 21, 2018.

Women Who Rock, Museum of Pop, presented by Seattle Town Hall, Seattle, October 12, 2018.

Kicking it With Iggy Pop and Peaches, Pop Conference, Museum of Pop, Seattle. April 26, 2018.

The Rebel Girls, Pop Conference, Museum of Pop, Seattle, April 22, 2017.

The Female Listen: The Feminist Critique of Ellen Willis, Experience Music Project Pop Conference, Seattle, April 16, 2016.

The F Word: A Punk Feminist Party With Alice Bag, Frightwig, and Evelyn McDonnell, Studio Grand, Oakland, CA, May 13, 2015. Presentation.

Punk Feminism: Girl Bands, Violence Girls, Riot Grrrls, CCRMA Stage, Stanford University, presented by the Institute for Diversity in the Arts, May 12, 2015. Presentation.

Kim Fowley, Experience Music Project Pop Conference, April 17, 2015. Presentation.

The F Word Vol. II, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, CA, March 2015. Presenter and moderator.

Mirror, Mirror: How Misogyny, Body Shaming, and Hypersexualization in Media Skew Modern Perceptions of Female Beauty, Ms. Magazine offices, Beverly Hills, CA. Sponsored by the Journalism and Women Symposium. November 15, 2014. Panel.

Force of Habit: Word Makers, Cornelius Project, San Pedro, CA, November 15, 2014. Reading.

Power Ballads and Blurred Lines: Songs from the Boundaries of Fun, American Studies Association meeting, Los Angeles, November 8, 2014. Presentation.

Faculty Pub Night, William H. Hannon Library, LMU, Los Angeles, April 22, 2014. Reading.

Queens of Noise, Bluestocking Bookstore, New York, March 8, 2014. Reading.

All Hail the Queens of Noise, The Cutting Room, New York, March 6, 2014. Performance.

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Women’s History Month Keynote Speech, Bergen Community College, Bergen, NJ, March 6, 2014. Presentation.

Queens of Noise, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library and Archives, Cleveland, January 25, 2014. Presentation.

Queens of Noise, Aloud Series, Los Angeles Central Library, January 9, 2014. Moderated discussion with Exene Cervenka and Allison Wolfe.

Can Popular Music Still Change Culture?, Downtown Independent Theater, Los Angeles, presented by Zocalo Public Square and Occidental College, May 29, 2013. Panelist.

A Conversation Between Vivien Goldman and Wole Soyinka, Marymount Institute, Loyola Marymount University, April 18, 2013. Co-moderator.

Locals Only: Pop and Politics in This Town, EMP/LA Conference, April 17, 19-20, 2013. Served on host committee, moderated panel, gave “critical karaoke” presentation.

Think Local, Write Global: The L.A. Music Critic in the 21st Century, Marymount Institute, Loyola Marymount University, March 21, 2013. Curator and co-moderator.

The Wired City, Marymount Institute, Loyola Marymount University, March 29, 2011. Co-curator and moderator.

Women in Hip-Hop, Bellarmine Forum, Loyola Marymount University, October 2010. Moderator.

The Roads to Ruin, Experience Music Project Pop Conference, New York University, March 23, 2012. Presentation.

Critics Talk Shop, USC, Los Angeles, October 2009. Panelist.

Mom and Pop: Real Life Adventures of a Music Critic, Wells College, New York, September 2009. Presentation.

Mamarama, Brown University, Providence, March 2007. Reading.

Hustler’s Paradise, Experience Music Project Pop Conference, Seattle, April 2005. Presentation.

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Women and Autonomy, from Bikini Kill to Alanis Morissette, Sounds Fair, Vienna, April 1996.

Growing Up Female, The Scholar and the Feminist conference, Barnard College, New York, April 1995. Panelist. McDonnell, CV 10

The F-Word: Women, Music, and Activism, CMJ Music Marathon, New York, October 1993. Moderator.

Covering Culture: The Critics, On the Beat: Rock ‘n’ Rap, Mass Media & Society, University of Missouri-Columbia, February 1993. Panelist.

AWARDS AND HONORS

National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, 1st place, Obituary/In Appreciation TV/Music/Art Personalities, Any Platform,” for “The Role of Struggle in Aretha Franklin’s Path to Greatness.”

National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Awards, 3rd place, Non-Fiction Book of the Year, for Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyoncé. Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl.

Southern California Journalism Awards, 1st place, “Entertainment News or Feature,” for “The Role of Struggle in Aretha Franklin’s Path to Greatness.”

Southern California Journalism Awards, 3rd place, “Reviews: Books, Art, etc.,” 2018.

Beloit Memorial High School Hall of Fame, Beloit, Wisconsin, 2013.

Phi Kappa Phi honor society, University of Southern California, 2010.

Black Journalists Association, South Florida, 1st place, enterprise category, for “Police Secretly Watching Hip-Hop Artists,” 2005.

SPJ Sunshine State Awards, 2nd place, criticism, for overall work, and 2nd place, arts reporting, for “Police Secretly Watching Hip-Hop Artists,” 2005.

Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, business reporting, 3rd place, 2002.

Music Journalism Awards, best interview, national magazine, 1996.

COURSES TAUGHT

Journalism and New Media

Revolution Girl Style: Punk Feminism, Then and Now

The Feminist Critique

Reviewing French/Francophone Arts in the 21st Century”

Pazz and Jop: Writing Music Criticism McDonnell, CV 11

Language of Journalism

Intro to Fiction: Truth, Lies and Consequences

Reviewing the Arts

The Age of Content Arts and Culture Journalism

Writing Los Angeles

Journalism Capstone: The Backpack Journalist

Writing Internship in the Media

SERVICE

University Service:

Chair, Journalism Committee, Fall 2016 – present.

Co-chair, Interdisciplinary Search Committee, LMU, Fall 2018 – present.

Chair, Journalism Tenure-Track Search Committee, LMU, Summer 2017 – Spring 2018.

School of Film & Television Search Committee, LMU, Summer 2017 – Spring 2018.

Faculty Senate, LMU, Fall 2017.

Summer Learning Community on Journalism, LMU, Summer 2016.

Co-producer, Grrrls on Film festival and Bellarmine Forum, LMU, Fall 2015 – March 2016.

Academic Technology Committee, BCLA, LMU, Fall 2014 – Spring 2015.

Journalism Committee, LMU, 2011 – present.

Journalism Tenure-Track Search Committee, LMU, Fall 2014 – Spring 2015.

Acting Director Journalism Program, Loyola Marymount University, Spring 2014.

Ad Hoc Writing Flag Committee, English Department, Loyola Marymount University, Summer 2014.

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Visiting Asst. Professor of Journalism Search Committee, Loyola Marymount University, Spring 2014.

Technology Committee, English Department, Loyola Marymount University, 2011- 2014.

University Writing Awards Judge, Loyola Marymount University, 2011, 2018.

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Professional Service

Programming Committee, International Association for the Study of Popular Music US conference, Winter 2017 – Fall 2018.

Judge, Dayton Literary Peace Prize, non-fiction finalists, 2015 – 2016.

Planning Committee Member, Experience Music Project Pop Conference – LA, 2013.

Community Service

Founding member, Turn It Up! activist group, 2018 – present.

Board member, Cornelius Project, nonprofit art space, 2019.

Animal Care, Marine Mammal Care Center, Los Angeles, 2016 – present.

Dodson Drama Board member, San Pedro, CA, 2016 - 2017.

School Site Council member, 7th Street Elementary School, San Pedro, CA, 2009 - 2010.

Co-founder, Strong Women in Music, New York, 1992 - 1994.

Riot Grrrl, New York, 1992 - 1994.

Co-founder, Wildcat Words spoken-word series, San Francisco, 1990 – 1991.