Dr. Matthew A. Donahue has served as an educator of students of all ages. His areas of research are popular culture, popular music, mass media studies, visual culture and the visual arts. Dr. Matthew A. Donahue holds a Masters and Doctorate in American Culture Studies with an emphasis in popular culture, poplar music, mass media studies and visual culture from Bowling Green State University. In addition he holds a Masters of Library and Information Science from Kent State University with a specialization in popular culture and popular music materials. He worked on sound recording reissue projects for the Smithsonian and Time-Life as an Assistant Archivist/Supervisor at Bowling Green State University’s, Sound Recordings Archives, Dr. Matthew A. Donahue currently teaches for the prestigious Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Courses that Dr. Matthew A. Donahue has taught and teaches are as varied as his interests and include: Introduction to Popular Culture, Introduction to Black/African American Popular Culture, Popular Culture and the Media, Introduction to Popular Music, Introduction to Black/African American Popular Music, Aesthetics of Black/African American Music, Introduction to Film, Popular Music in Film, Media Representations in Film, Rock Music Subcultures, Music as Popular Culture and various independent studies of popular culture topics for undergraduate and graduate students. More recently, he has developed and taught a number of online courses for the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University including, Introduction to Popular Culture, Popular Culture and the Media, Introduction to Popular Music and Introduction to Film, making him a leader in online teaching in the field of popular culture. He has presented his research at conferences related to culture and creativity throughout the United States and Canada including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Experience Music Project. He has served as an authority on popular culture, popular music, mass media and visual culture by such prominent publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Denver Post, The Detroit News, The San Diego Tribune, The Toledo Blade, the Fort Wayne Gazette, The Calgary Herald/Swerve, The Sentinel Tribune, The Times Higher Education and magazines such as Newsweek, Mojo, Clamor, Big City Blues, Xlr8r, Elixir and others. He has served as a media consultant for the National Endowment of the Humanities and as a Project Scholar for the America’s Music Program for the National Endowment of the Humanities/Tribeca Film Institute.