The Center will release reports about the state of popular culture studies as an academic discipline at Bowling Green State University and within institutions of higher education in Northwest Ohio, Ohio, and the United States. A similar project which reported on the current overall status of popular culture studies at colleges and universities in the United States was conducted by Mark A. Gordon and Jack Nachbar in 1979.This study, Currents of Warm Life: Popular Culture in American Higher Education, was published in 1980. As part of a general research program, the Center will gather, digitize (if needed), design, and disseminate empirical data about popular culture studies.The data set will be organized into four categories--Institutions; Colleges, Schools, and Centers; Curriculum; and Faculty.

Contact Information:
Center for Popular Culture Studies
c/o Department of Popular Culture
108 Popular Culture Building
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0190
Office: 419-372-2981
FAX: 419-372-2577
E-Mail: centerpopc@bgsu.edu