CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: Department of History E-mail: [email protected]
Texas Tech University Website: www.richarddriver.com
Holden Hall 41 Box 41013
Lubbock, TX 79409-1013
CURRENT POSITION
Instructor, Department of History, Texas Tech University
EDUCATION
Ph.D., History, Texas Tech University, 2014
• Dissertation: “Music Is Revolution, Music Is Work: Rock ‘n’ Roll, Popular Music, and Working in American Culture, 1930s-1970s”
o Committee: Dr. Randy D. McBee (chair), Dr. Sean P. Cunningham, Dr. Julie A. Willett, Dr. Aliza S. Wong
• Fields: 20th Century U.S., Popular Music, Gender, U.S. Politics, Colonial and Revolutionary America, Atlantic World, Modern Europe (French Revolution, Fascism)
M.A., History, Texas Tech University, 2007
• Thesis: “The Beatles Image: Mass Marketing 1960s British and American Music and Culture; or Being a Short Thesis on the Dubious Package of the Beatles”
o Committee: Dr. Aliza S. Wong (chair), Dr. Randy D. McBee • Minor: English
B.A., History, Texas Tech University, 2005 • Minor: Secondary Education
• Certification: History (8-12), Texas Educator Certificate (expires March 31, 2019)
PUBLICATIONS
Book Reviews
Driver, Richard D. Review of Detroit Country Music: Mountaineers, Cowboys, and Rockabillies by Craig Maki
with Keith Cady. American Studies 54, no. 1 (2015): 137-138.
Driver, Richard D. Review of Images of England Through Popular Music: Class, Youth and Rock ‘n’ Roll, 1955-1976 by
Keith Gildart. Rock Music Studies 3, no. 1 (February, 2016). Published online December 22, 2014.
doi: 10.1080/19401159.2014.994305
Driver, Richard D. Review of On-Demand Culture: Digital Delivery and the Future of Movies, by Chuck Tryon. The Journal of Popular Culture 47, no. 2 (April, 2014): 403-405. Published online April 26, 2014. doi:
10.1111/jpcu.12128
Driver, Richard D. Review of You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup, by Peter Doggett. The Journal of Popular Culture 43, no. 6 (December, 2010): 1305-1307. Published online December 2,
2010. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2010.00801_2.x
Driver, Richard D. Review of Hot Stuff: Disco and the Remaking of American Culture, by Alice Echols. The Journal of Popular Culture 43, no. 5 (October, 2010): 1132-33. Published online September 28, 2010. doi:
Encyclopedia Entries
“Carole King,” “The Kingston Trio,” “Peter, Paul & Mary,” “Pere Ubu,” “The Replacements,” “Bob Seger,” and “The Weavers” in Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd ed., edited by Charles Hiroshi Garrett
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).
“Advertising,” “Branding,” “Display,” “Maxim,” and “Packaging,” in American Beauty Industry Encyclopedia,
edited by Julie A. Willett (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2010). Media Contributions
Interview, with Rob G. Weiner, “Alamo Drafthouse in Lubbock Premiered Controversial Film The Interview This Christmas,” by Zora Asberry, NewsWest 9, December 25, 2014,
http://www.newswest9.com/story/27708088/alamo-drafthouse-in-lubbock-premiered-controversial-film-the-interview-this-christmas.
Interview, “Professors: Paul McCartney's Visit is No Coincidence,” by George Watson, Texas Tech Today
(publication for the Office of Communications and Marketing, Texas Tech University), October 1, 2014, http://today.ttu.edu/2014/10/professors-paul-mccartneys-visit-is-no-coincidence/.
ACTIVITIES
Panel Discussions and Presentations
“The Groundwork Program Concurrent Session: Large Class Logistics.” Panel discussions for the
Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, May 29, 2014, and January 9, 2014.
“TEACH Fellow Series: The Secrets to Our Success.” Panel presentation for the Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, September 6, 2013. “Music and Youth Culture.” Lecture and presentation in Dr. Julie Willett’s HIST-2301: History of the
United States since 1877 (Honors), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, September 26, 2011. Conference Presentations
“On My Way to Work: Paul McCartney and Beatlemania in the 2010s.” Paper presented at the 45th annual meeting of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, New Orleans, LA, April 1, 2015.
“Their Very Own Biker Gang: Rock ‘n’ Roll and Arctic Monkeys Riding Motorcycles.” Paper presented at the 4th International Journal of Motorcycles Studies Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, July 19, 2014.
“This Wheels on Fire: Bob Dylan’s Crash and the Working-Class in 1960s Counterculture.” Paper presented at the 44th annual meeting of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Chicago, IL, April 18, 2014.
“Start with This One: The Beatles and Popular Music on Television in the Collective Memory of the 1960s.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the Midwest Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Columbus, OH, October 12, 2012.
“Something Like a Circus: Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue and Performing in America.” Paper presented at the 42nd annual meeting of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Boston, MA, April 11, 2012.
“They Came from Somewhere, but They Resided Nowhere: Itinerant Workers and Musicians in Depression Era Texas.” Paper presented at the first annual Texas Tech University Arts and Humanities Graduate Student Research Conference, Lubbock, TX, October 22, 2011.
“Hard to Keep ‘em Down on the Farm: Traveling Musicians and the Record Industry, 1930s-2010s.” Paper presented at the 41st annual meeting of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, San Antonio, TX, April 21, 2011.
“Down the Line: Buddy Holly and the Legacy of West Texas in the British Invasion.” Paper presented at the 87th annual meeting of the West Texas Historical Association, Fort Worth, TX, February 26, 2010.
“The Sexual Politics of Spinal Tap: Branding Masculinity in Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Paper presented at the 31st
annual Mid-America Conference on History, Norman, OK, October 2, 2009.
“Digital Music and the Imagined Community.” Paper presented at the 30th annual meeting of the Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Albuquerque, NM, February 25, 2009.
“The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Folk Rock: A Brief History of the 1965-1966 Electric Controversy.” Paper presented at the Phi Alpha Theta Biennial Convention, Albuquerque, NM, January 4, 2008. “The Creation of the Beatles Image: From Auditions for Hamburg through the First Recording Sessions,
1960-1962.” Paper presented at the Phi Alpha Theta (Zeta Iota Chapter) Student Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, January 22, 2005.
EXPERIENCE
Teaching
Instructor, Department of History, Texas Tech University (TTU), June 2014-present
Instructor, Programs for Academic Development and Retention (PADR), TTU, January 2015-present Graduate Part Time Instructor, Department of History, TTU, January 2010-May 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History, TTU, August 2005-December 2009 Courses Taught (and Semester Information)
HIST-2300: History of the United States to 1877 (TTU)
• Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Summer I 2014 (online), Spring 2014, Summer II 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Summer I 2012, Summer II 2011, Spring 2011
HIST-2301: History of the United States since 1877 (TTU)
• Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Summer I 2012 (online), Fall 2011, Fall 2010, Summer I 2010, Spring 2010 HIST-3313: The Old South (TTU): Summer II 2015
HIST-3320: History of Film and American Society (TTU) • Fall 2015 (online), Spring 2015, Fall 2012, Spring 2012
HIST-4305: Rise of Modern America, 1877-1919 (TTU): Summer II 2015, Fall 2014
HIST-4306: Roaring Twenties, Depression, and War, 1920-1945 (TTU): Spring 2015 (online) PADR-0021: Strategies for Academic Achievement (TTU): Fall 2015 (online), Spring 2015
PADR-0031: Strategies for Academic Achievement for the College of Arts and Sciences Major: Spring 2015
Professional
Unit Coordinator for Collaborative Scheduling and TTU Worldwide eLearning, Academic Support & Facilities Resources, Office of the Provost, TTU, May 2014-January 2015
Professional Development
Reviewer, Undergraduate Research Conference, Center for Active Learning and Undergraduate Engagement, Texas Tech University, April 2015, April 2012, April 2011, and April 2010.
Ex-Officio Member, Distributed Learning Council / eLearning Council, Office of the Provost, Texas Tech University, August-December 2014.
Microteaching Team Leader, “The Groundwork Program: Teaching Training for Graduate Students,” Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center, Texas Tech University, May 28-30, 2014, and January 8-10, 2014.
Member (Graduate Student), Grade Appeals Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University, Spring 2014.
Microteaching Team Leader, “The Groundwork Program: Summer Teaching Training for Graduate Students,” Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center, Texas Tech University, July 9-11, 2013.
Texas Tech University Exhibitor, National Collegiate Honors Council’s Annual Conference, Kansas City, MO, October 22, 2010.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Teaching (Texas Tech University)
Balch Outstanding Graduate Part Time Instructor Award, Department of History (2012-2013)
Fellow, Teaching Effectiveness And Career enHancement (TEACH), Teaching, Learning & Professional Development Center (2012-2013)
Nominated, Outstanding Faculty Member, Student Disability Services (Fall 2010) Research (Department of History, Texas Tech University)
Drs. Otto Nelson and Allan Kuethe Graduate Scholarship (2012-2013, 2011-2012) Helen DeVitt Jones Dissertation Research Fellowship (2011-2012)
Alwyn Barr Dissertation Research and Writing Award (2011-2012) Ernest Wallace Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship (2010-2011)
Oscar A. Kinchen Scholarship (2009-2010) Conference
The Michael Schoenecke Travel Grant for Graduate Students to the Popular Culture and American Culture Association National Conference (2011, 2012)
Best Undergraduate Paper, Phi Alpha Theta (Zeta Iota Chapter) Student Conference, Texas Tech University (2005)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Historical Association (2014-present)
Popular Culture/American Culture Association (2011-present)
International Association for the Study of Popular Music – U.S. Branch (IASPM-US) West Texas Historical Association (2010-present)
Phi Alpha Theta (2004-present)
REFERENCES
Randy McBee, Ph.D.
• Associate Academic Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor, Department of History, Texas Tech University
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Phone: (806) 834-8959 • Dissertation Major Professor Aliza S. Wong, Ph.D.
• Associate Dean, Honors College, Associate Professor, Department of History, and Director of European Studies, Texas Tech University
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Phone: (806) 834-3051
• Dissertation Committee Member and M.A. Thesis Advisor Julie A. Willett, Ph.D.
• Associate Professor, Department of History, Texas Tech University • E-mail: [email protected]
• Dept. Phone: (806) 742-3744 • Dissertation Committee Member Robert G. “Rob” Weiner
• Associate Librarian, Liaison for College of Visual and Performing Arts/Film Studies, Texas Tech University Libraries
• E-mail: [email protected]
• Phone: (806) 834-5126 • Professional Colleague Catherine C. Massengale
• Unit Coordinator, Academic Support and Facilities Resources, Texas Tech University • E-mail: [email protected]
• Phone: (806) 834-1145 • Professional Colleague
