Eric Alterman now officially “distinguished”
http://www1.cuny.edu/forum/?p=1582
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 CUNY Board Names Alterman Distinguished Prof at Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY — Called “the most honest and incisive media critic
writing today” in the National Catholic Reporter, and author of “the
smartest and funniest political journal out there” in the San
Francisco Chronicle, Eric Alterman, professor of English at Brooklyn
College has been elevated to “Distinguished Professor” by the Board
of Trustees at City University of New York (CUNY).
In recommending Professor Alterman for this recognition, Brooklyn
College’s English Department chair, Professor Ellen Tremper,
described him as “one of the very few public intellectuals in America
under the age of 60 who is just as comfortable in the university as
in the newsroom, as well as in most places in between.”
Alterman, who holds a B.A. in History and Government from Cornell
University, an M.A. in International Relations from Yale, and a Ph.D.
in U.S. History from Stanford University, joined the faculty of
Brooklyn College’s English Department in 2004 to teach journalism
courses. He previously had served as an adjunct professor of
journalism at New York University and Columbia, and is a senior
fellow of the World Policy Institute at the New School.
In addition to his academic pursuits, Professor Alterman will
continue to serve as a media columnist for The Nation, as senior
fellow, and “Altercation” blogger for Media Matters for America
(formerly at MSNBC.com). The busy professor is also senior fellow at
the Center for American Progress, where he writes and edits the
“Think Again” column, and is a history consultant to HBO Films.
Professor Alterman is also the best-selling author of a half-dozen
books, the latest being When Presidents Lie: A History of Official
Deception and Its Consequences (2004). This book caused former Nixon
White House attorney John Dean to opine: “I’ve never read a better
explanation of why presidents lie.” Other books by Alterman include
The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)Leads America (2004); What
Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News (2003); Sound and
Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy (second edition 2000); It Ain’t
No Sin to Be Glad You’re Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen
(1999); and Who Speaks for America? Why Democracy Matters in Foreign
Policy (1998). He is currently working on a history of postwar
American liberalism.
Alterman is a frequent lecturer and contributor to many of the
prominent national publications in the United States and a number in
Europe. In recent years he has been a columnist for Worth, Rolling
Stone, Mother Jones, and The Sunday Express (London).