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Christopher Edward Freeman

Associate Professor (Teaching) of English

Contact Information
E-mail: cefreema@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3745
Office: THH 404G

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Curriculum Vitae
 

Biographical Sketch
Chris Freeman moved to Los Angeles from Minneapolis in May, 2005. He grew up in Rome, Georgia and has a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University.
 

Education
Ph.D. English, Gender Studies, Vanderbilt University, 8/1993
M.A. English, Vanderbilt University, 5/1989
B.A. English, summa cum laude, Berry College, 6/1987
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Lecturer, University of Southern California, 01/2006-  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests
My work has primarily been in 20th century gay and lesbian studies. I've edited two books on Christopher Isherwood and am currently working on a new Isherwood collection; one Hollywood memoir by John Carlyle; and more recently a collection of essays about gay Los Angeles called LOVE, WEST HOLLYWOOD. I am also working on a longer term project on the life, work, and times of the gay writer Paul Monette (and editing his journals for publication).
 

Research Keywords
gay and lesbian studies; popular culture; memoir; Hollywood; Los Angeles; modernism
 

Research Specialties
20th century literature; the novel; memoir; literary theory; gay and lesbian studies; Los Angeles/Hollywood
 

Affiliations with Research Centers, Labs, and Other Institutions
ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archive, Board Member,http://www.onearchives.org
 

Conferences and Other Presentations

Conference Presentations
""Teaching A SINGLE MAN in Los Angeles", Modern Language Associate, Roundtable/Panel, Paper, Los Angeles, CA, MLA, Invited, 01/08/2011-  
""We Have to Say We've Been Here": Paul Monette and the Making of an Activist", UCLA GLBTQ Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, UCLA, Invited, Fall 2007   
 

Other Presentations
""On These Shoulders We Stand" documentary", Screening/Moderator, LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA, 12/19/2009-  
"Howard Fine Live Interview", Life Raft, Screen Actors Guild, Los Angeles, CA, 12/01/2009-  
"Keynote address: The "Truth" about Paul Monette", One Person's Truth: The Life and Work of Paul Monette, Monette-Horwitz Trust, UCLA, 10/14/2005-  
""How Do We Learn What We Need to Know"", Faculty Showcase, USC admissions dept., USC Campus, LA, CA, 07/19/2011  
""On These Shoulders We Stand"", moderator at film screening, LA Gay and Lesbian Center, Renberg Theater, Hollywood, CA, 06/30/2011  
"Brokeback Mountain Panel", LA Book Fair, LA TIMES event, USC Campus, LA, CA, 04/30/2011  
""On These Shoulders We Stand"", moderator at film screening, USC Lambda/Quasa group, Taper Hall, USC campus, 04/20/2011  
""Jack, I swear": Some Promises to Gay Culture from Brokeback Mountain", Invited Lecture, Retirement of Professor Joe Wittreich, CUNY Grad Center; Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies, New York, New York, CUNY Grad Center, 04/15/2010  
"Talk on Love, West Hollywood", Brown Bag Lunch, USC English, Ide Room, Spring 2009   
"Measure for Measure", moderator/discussion leader, USC theater production, USC campus, Spring 2007   
"Moderator: GLBT Visibility in Hollywood, "Gay but not Forgotten"", Writers' Guild of America, WGA gay and lesbian caucus, Hollywood, CA, Spring 2007   
"An Evening with Tab Hunter", Interview/moderator, Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA, 06/25/2006  
 

Publications

Book
Fine, H., Freeman, C. (2009). Fine on Acting: A Vision of the Craft. Los Angeles, CA: Havenhurst Books. havenhurst books
Freeman, C., Berg, J. (2008). Love, West Hollywood: Reflections of Los Angeles. New York, NY: Alyson Books.
Freeman, C., Carlyle, J. (2006). Under the Rainbow: An Intimate Memoir of Judy Garland, Rock Hudson, and the End of Old Hollywood. (Chris Freeman, Ed.). New York, NY: Carroll and Graf.
Freeman, C., Berg, J. (2001). Conversations with Christopher Isherwood. (Vol. USA). University Press of Mississippi.
Freeman, C., Berg, J. (2000). The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
 

Book Chapter
Freeman, C. (2011). "Jack, I swear": Some Promises to Gay Culture from Mainstream Hollywood. The Brokeback Book pp. 103-117. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
Freeman, C. (2001). "Something They Did in the Dark": Lesbian and Gay Novels in the US, 1948-73. Philadelphia, PA: Modern American Queer History, Temple University Press.
 

Book Review
Freeman, C. (2011). "Too Much Information" Review of Isherwood's 60s Diaries. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. pp. 31-2.
Freeman, C. (2010). "A Not So Distant Mirror" review of GAY BAR by Will Fellows and Helen Branson. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. pp. p 40. PubMed Web Address http://www.glreview.com/index.php
Freeman, C. (2010). E.M. Forster: Brief Lives by Richard Canning (review). Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. pp. 42. http://www.glreview.com/issue.php?issueid=57
Freeman, C. (2010). "The Making of a Magazine" review of ADVOCATE DAYS by Mark Thompson. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. pp. 41-2. PubMed Web Address http://www.glreview.com/issue.php?issueid=53
Freeman, C. (2008). Review of WHAT BECOMES YOU. White Crane. pp. p. 45. PubMed Web Address http://www.whitecranejournal.com/main.asp
Freeman, C. (2008). Review of THE END OF THE WORLD BOOK. GLR. pp. 44.
Freeman, C. (2007). Review: Armistead Maupin's MICHAEL TOLLIVER LIVES. GLR Worldwide.
Freeman, C. (2006). GRIEF, a novel by Andrew Holleran. The Advocate. pp. 57, 59.
Freeman, C. (2006). Review: 3 Young Adult Novels. The Advocate. pp. 58.
 

Encyclopedia Article
Freeman, C. (2009). Essay on Jim Grimsley for Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the U.S. (Emmanuel Nelson, Ed.). 275-76. Vol. 1. Greenwood, CT: Greenwood Press. PubMed Web Address www.abc-clio.com (greenwood press)
Freeman, C. (2005). Dictionary of Literary Biography. (James and Wanda Giles, Ed.). Vol. fiction, 20th century American. Gale.
 

Essay
Freeman, C. (2100). "Art Memo: Paul Monette's BORROWED TIME". (Richard Schneider, Ed.). pp. 36-7. Boston, MA. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide.
Freeman, C. (2011). "The Many Lives of Malcolm Boyd". (Richard Schneider, Ed.). pp. p 30. Boston, MA. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide.
Freeman, C. (2010). Artist Profile: Jeff Sheng "A Lens on the Soldiers of DADT". (Richard Schneider, Ed.). pp. p 26. Boston, MA. Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide. PubMed Web Address http://www.glreview.com/images/GLR-17.3-cover.jpg
 

Journal Article
Freeman, C., Berg, J. (2010). Isherwood the Multiculturalist. The Chronicle of Higher Education/Chronicle Review. Vol. LVI (18), pp. B13-B15. http://chronicle.com/article/Isherwood-the-Multiculturalist/63446/
Freeman, C. (2008). Lives in Art: Isherwood and Bachardy. GLR. Vol. Sept-Oct 2008 (15/5), pp. 30-33.
Freeman, C. (2006). GLAAD history: From Rags to Kudos. Variety. pp. A2, A7.
Freeman, C. (2005). "Making Fun Out of It": Rethinking Isherwood's WORLD IN THE EVENING. The Christopher Isherwood Review. (1, 2005), pp. 89-103.
 

Magazine/Trade Publication
Freeman, C. Frontiers Magazine. Vol. 28, pp. 2 pp.. Frontiers
Freeman, C. Frontiers Magazine. Vol. 28, pp. 2pp. frontiers
Freeman, C. Frontiers. Vol. 27, pp. 18, 20.
Freeman, C. Frontiers. Vol. 27, pp. 18, 20.
Freeman, C. Frontiers. Vol. 27, pp. 18, 20.
Freeman, C. pp. pg 124.
 

Multimedia Scholarship and Creative Works
Interview, Interview of Pyramid TV (Canada) for a series, "Inside Hollywood" on Gay Hollywood for TV broadcast in North America., 2009-2010   
Interviewed for SAVING THE BOOM, Commentary on documentary about historic preservation and gay culture, 2008  
interviewee and consultant for CHRIS & DON: A LOVE, This documentary on Isherwood and Bachardy premiered at the AFI Festival in Hollywood in November, 2007. I am in the film half a dozen times, and my first book, THE ISHERWOOD CENTURY, was a major source for the project., 2007-2008   
Interviewed for SIN CITIES:Berlin for CBC, I was interviewed for a documentary on Berlin between the wars; aired on CBC and A&E, released on DVD, 2006., 2005-2006   
 

Honors and Awards
USC Parents' Association finalst, 2006-2007   
 

Service to the Profession
 

Reviewer for Publication
Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts and Contemporary Worlds, Equinox Journals, Peer review of essay called "The Guru and His Queer Disciples"--on Christopher Isherwood and Vedanta., Spring 2010   
Twentieth Century Literature, Hofstra University, Peer review of essay on Isherwood's novel THE WORLD IN THE EVENING, Fall 2008   
Journal of Modern Literature, Hofstra University, Peer review essay on Christopher Isherwood's BERLIN STORIES., Fall 2007   
 

Media, Alumni, and Community Relations
Gay and Lesbian Caucus of the WGA, led panel discussion for a crowd of 200+, Spring 2007   
 
 
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