Gayle Wald

Gayle Wald
Occupation(s)Professor of English and American Studies
AwardsJohn Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2012-13)
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2012-13)
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2005-06)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Virginia (B.A., 1987)
Princeton University (Ph.D., 1995)

Gayle Wald is a professor of English and American Studies at George Washington University and a Guggenheim Fellow.[1][2] From 1994-95 she was Visiting Assistant Professor of English and American Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.

Education

Wald graduated with a B.A. in English and French from the University of Virginia in 1987 and subsequently obtained a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University in 1995.

Career

She is currently Professor of American Studies at George Washington University. Formerly she served as chair of English; currently she serves as chair of American Studies.

She has been a co-editor of the Journal of Popular Music Studies.[3] She regularly writes pieces for newspapers and blogs.[4][5][6][7]

She has also been coeditor of Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series.

Works

  • Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in U.S. Literature and Culture (Duke University Press, 2000)[8]
  • Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe (Beacon Press, 2007)[9]
  • It's Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television (Duke University Press, 2015)[10]

Shout, Sister, Shout! is the basis for the documentary film Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock & Roll, directed by Mick Csaky.[11] It is also the basis for the musical of the same name directed by Randy Johnson; book by Cheryl L. West. This opened at the Pasadena Playhouse in July 2017 and the Seattle Repertory Theater in November 2019. Another musical, Marie and Rosetta by George Brant at the Atlantic Theater Company uses the story.[12][13][14][15]

In September 2019, Beacon released an audiobook of Shout, Sister, Shout! featuring Leslie Uggams and produced by Elizabeth Healy.

She is currently writing a book about children's musician Ella Jenkins.[16][17]

Awards and recognitions

  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2012–13
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 2012–13  
  • National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, 2005-6

Wald has twice been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities faculty fellowship: once in 2005-6 and again in 2012-13.[18]

She received the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship], 2012-13.

References

  1. ^ "Gayle Wald | English Department - The George Washington University | The George Washington University". english.columbian.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  2. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Competition US & Canada". Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  3. ^ "Editorial | Journal of Popular Music Studies". jpms.ucpress.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  4. ^ "Washington Post: Opting students out of important works". The Washington Post.
  5. ^ "The 2.28.16 Issue". The New York Times. 2016-03-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  6. ^ "Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Inducted in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2018". Beacon Broadside: A Project of Beacon Press. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  7. ^ "Fashion, Statement: The Legacy Of Marian Anderson's Fur Coat". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  8. ^ "Crossing the Line". Duke University Press. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  9. ^ "Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe". Shout Sister Shout. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  10. ^ "It's Been Beautiful: Soul! And Black Power Television by Gayle Wald *95". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  11. ^ "Sister Rosetta Tharpe | Filmmaker Interview: Mick Csaky on 'The Godmother of Rock & Roll' | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  12. ^ "Sister Rosetta Tharpe | About the Film | American Masters | PBS". American Masters. 2012-12-28. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  13. ^ Fusilli, Jim (28 September 2016). "Wall Street Journal: Sister Rosetta Tharpe: The Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll". Wall Street Journal.
  14. ^ Lewis, Randy (2 August 2017). "'Shout Sister Shout!' puts early rock influence Rosetta Tharpe center stage". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
  15. ^ "Washington Post: The gospel roots of the'Godmother of rock'n' roll'". The Washington Post.
  16. ^ 333sound (2016-04-11). "News for 33 1/3". 333SOUND. Retrieved 2018-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ ""You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing A Song" - Ella Jenkins (1966)" (PDF). Library of Congress.
  18. ^ "National Endowment for Humanities: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES GRANT AWARDS AND OFFERS" (PDF). www.neh.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-13.