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USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Kevin Owen StarrUniversity Professor and Professor of History, and Policy, Planning, and DevelopmentDirector Contact Information E-mail: kstarr@usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-2595 Office: SOS 175 |
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 Ph.D. English and American Literature, Harvard University, 1/1969
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M.A. English and American Literature, Harvard University, 1/1965
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B.A. English, University of San Francisco, 1/1962
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Postdoctoral Training |
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Master of Library Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1974
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Visiting Professor of History, University of California, Davis, 01/01/1985-01/01/1986
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Lecturer on Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, 01/01/1978
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Adjunct Professor of English, Santa Clara University, 01/01/1977-01/01/1978
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Regents' Lecturer in Political Science, University of California, Riverside, 01/01/1977
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Visiting Lecturer in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 01/01/1976
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Adjunct Professor of Humanities, San Francisco State University, 01/01/1975-01/01/1976
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Visiting Associate Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley, 01/01/1974
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Assistant Professor of American Literature, Harvard University, 01/01/1969-01/01/1973
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| State Librarian Emeritus, Starr researches California history, history of American culture, urban history and "Americans and the California Dream" captures the enigmatic blend of dreams and hardscrabble reality that defines California. To date, Starr's books uncover how the Golden State emerged from the Gold Rush, absorbed the shocks of the Great Depression, and was transformed by the sweeping events of World War II. | |
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Starr, K. O. Americans and the California Dream, 1850-1915, Oxford University Press, 1973.
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Starr, K. O. Material Dreams: Southern California Through the 1920s, Oxford University Press, 1990.
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Starr, K. O. Endangered Dreams: The Great Depression in California, Oxford University Press, 1996.
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Starr, K. O. The Dream Endures: California Enters the 1940s, Oxford University Press, 1997.
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Starr, K. O. Embattled Dreams: California in War and Peace, 1940-1950, Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Starr, K. O. Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, 1990-2003, Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
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Starr, K. O. California: A History, Random House (2005).
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Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works |
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book, Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America's Greatest Bridge (Bloomsbury Press, 2010), 2009-2010
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Book, Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963 (Oxford University Press), 01/10/2009-12/31/2009
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Book , Co-Author:
Los Angeles: Portrait of a City (Taschen, 2009), 01/01/2009-12/31/2009
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Chapters in Books, The Great Cities in History (Thames & Hudson, 2009), 2008-2009
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Foreward, O, My Ancestor: The Gabrielino-Tongva People (Heyday, 2009), 2008-2009
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Honors and Awards |
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National Endowment for the Humanities Medalist, 2006
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USC Presidential Medallion, 2005
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USC Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, 1991
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Fellow (or Equivalent) of National Society in Discipline, Society of American Historians, 1986
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Guggenheim Fellowship Recipient, 1976-1977
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