Joe Austin

Associate Professor

Office: Holton 391
Phone: (414) 229-4531
e-mail: jaustin@uwm.edu
Curriculum Vitae: pdf

Degree(s):

Ph.D., American Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1996
B.A., Historical Studies, University of Houston at Clear Lake, 1986

Research Interests:

History of Youth and Adolescence
U.S. 20th c. Urban History
Visual and Print Cultures

Teaching Areas:

Modern Studies, Intellectual History, and Social/Cultural Theory
Popular Culture
U.S. Cities
Youth and Youth Cultures

Courses Offered:

Hist 152: U.S. History Survey, 1877-Present
Hist 293: Seminar on Historical Method: Theory and Approach
Hist 449: History of U.S. Popular Culture
Hist 600: Capstone: Popular Culture and Milwaukee History
Hist 741: Backgrounds to the Modern
Hist 800: History of Popular Cultures
Hist 841: Queer Theory
Hist 900: History of Youth
Hist 940: History of Cities

Other Activities:

Modern Studies Faculty
Urban Studies Faculty
Committee Member, Child and Adolescent Studies Certificate
Committee Member, LGBT Studies Certificate

Recent Publications and Awards:

“Rome is Burning (Psychedelic): Traces of the Social and Historical Contexts of Psychedelia.” In Christoph Grunenberg (ed) Summer of Love: Art of the Psychedelic Era. London: Tate Publishing, 2006.

Taking the Train: How Graffiti Art Became an Urban Crisis in New York City. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001)

Coeditor, with Michael N. Willard. Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth Century America, (New York: New York University Press, 1998)