Faculty

Howard Mandel 
BA, NI, NI
Adjunct Professor

Department Affiliation

• The Paul McGhee Division

Courses

• The Arts: World Music / ARTS1-DC5450
  
• The Arts: The Blues / ARTS1-DC5439
  
• The Arts: Jazz / Y20.5411
  
• The Arts: Jazz / ARTS1-DC5411
  
• The Arts: Roots of American Music / Y20.5421
  

Educational Record

• Syracuse University, BA, 1972, English, composition
• Columbia College, NI, 1975, Fiction writing
• New York University, NI, 1989, Fiction writing

Teaching Record

• New York University, SCPS, Humanities
  Adjunct associate professor 1987 - 2009
• New School University, Jazz and Contemporary Music program
  Visiting teacher 2007 - 2008

Professional Record

• Senior Contributor, Down Beat magazine, 1974 - Present
• Arts Reporter, National Public Radio , 1985 - 2009
• Editor-in-Chief, RhythmMusic magazine, 1996 - 1997

Honors & Awards

• Deems Taylor Award for Music Journalism
  ASCAP, 1985
• Deems Taylor Award for Music Journalism
  ASCAP, 1994
• Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Journalism
  Jazz Journalists Association, 2007

Professional Societies

• National Writers Union, co-chair, Music Writers Caucus, 1985 - 1988
• Jazz Journalists Association, President, 1993 - 0009

Publications

• A, Miles Ornette Cecil -- Jazz Beyond Jazz, Routledge, 2007
• B, Future Jazz , Oxford University Press, 1998