Jules Boykoff
Encyclopedia
Jules Boykoff is a professor and author. His research areas include social movements, the suppression of dissent
, and the role of the mass media in US politics
, especially regarding coverage of climate change issues
. He is currently an assistant professor of Politics and Government at Pacific University
in Forest Grove, Oregon
, where, in 2007, students selected him as recipient of the Trombley Award for teaching excellence.
He also held a visiting professor position at Whitman College
in Walla Walla, Washington
during the 2004-2005 school year.
Boykoff has appeared on various radio shows, including Alternative Radio
, Living on Earth
, CounterSpin
, The Thom Hartmann
Program, and Media Matters with Bob McChesney
to discuss the intersection of politics, the media, and global warming. He is the author of two books on the suppression of dissent: Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the United States (AK Press
, 2007 ISBN 978-1904859598) and The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements (Routledge
, 2006 ISBN 978-0415978101).
Boykoff is also a published poet. He is the author of Once upon a Neoliberal Rocket Badge (Edge Books, 2006) and his poem “Commandment #8” was named 2006 Sexiest Poem of the Year by Philadelphia poet CA Conrad. With his longtime partner/wife Kaia Sand, who is also a poet, Boykoff runs The Tangent Reading Series in Portland, Oregon.
Common course topics taught by Boykoff include US politics, the politics of surveillance
, mass-media and politics, and the politics of literature and poetry. In November 2006, he spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
in Nairobi, Kenya, "COP 12". In An Inconvenient Truth
, Al Gore
mentioned work Boykoff co-authored with his brother Maxwell Boykoff (Oxford University, Environmental Change Institute) on US media coverage of global warming.
Boykoff is also co-editor of The Tangent, a politics and art zine
.
Recently a grassroots campaign has emerged to thrust Boykoff into the 2008 election.
Recent Scholarly Publications
Hegemonic Love Potion Factory School:Queens, New York. (2009).
Suppression of dissent
Suppression of dissent occurs when an individual or group which is more powerful than another tries to directly or indirectly censor, persecute or otherwise oppress the other party, rather than engage with and constructively respond to or accommodate the other party's arguments or viewpoint...
, and the role of the mass media in US politics
Politics of the United States
The United States is a federal constitutional republic, in which the President of the United States , Congress, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments.The executive branch is headed by the President...
, especially regarding coverage of climate change issues
Politics of global warming (United States)
The politics of global warming is played out at a state and federal level in the United States.-Federal policy:-International law:The United States, although a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol, has neither ratified nor withdrawn from the protocol...
. He is currently an assistant professor of Politics and Government at Pacific University
Pacific University
Pacific University is a private university located in Oregon, United States. The first campus began more than 160 years ago and is located about 38 km west of Portland in Forest Grove...
in Forest Grove, Oregon
Forest Grove, Oregon
Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a bedroom suburb of Portland. Settled in the 1840s, the town was platted in 1850 and then incorporated in 1872 and was the first city in Washington County...
, where, in 2007, students selected him as recipient of the Trombley Award for teaching excellence.
He also held a visiting professor position at Whitman College
Whitman College
Whitman College is a private, co-educational, non-sectarian, residential undergraduate liberal arts college located in Walla Walla, Washington. Initially founded as a seminary by a territorial legislative charter in 1859, the school became a four year degree granting institution in 1883...
in Walla Walla, Washington
Walla Walla, Washington
Walla Walla is the largest city in and the county seat of Walla Walla County, Washington, United States. The population was 31,731 at the 2010 census...
during the 2004-2005 school year.
Boykoff has appeared on various radio shows, including Alternative Radio
Alternative Radio
Alternative Radio is an internationally syndicated, one-hour, weekly radio program, featuring serious interviews with humanitarian and progressive thinkers. Begun in 1986, it evolved from a program that journalist David Barsamian hosted on community radio station KGNU-FM, in Boulder, Colorado. AR...
, Living on Earth
Living on Earth
Living on Earth is a weekly, hour-long and award-winning environmental news program distributed by Public Radio International.Hosted by Steve Curwood, the program features interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues, exploring how humans interact with their landscape. The show...
, CounterSpin
CounterSpin
CounterSpin is a weekly, half-hour radio program produced by the progressive media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting . It is hosted by Janine Jackson, Steve Rendall, and Peter Hart, and describes itself as offering "a critical examination of the major stories every week exposes what...
, The Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann
Thom Hartmann is an American radio host, author, former psychotherapist and entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator. His nationally-syndicated radio show, The Thom Hartmann Program, airs in the United States and has 2.75 million listeners a week...
Program, and Media Matters with Bob McChesney
Bob McChesney
Bob McChesney is an LA based jazz and studio trombonist, famous for his use and mastery of the 'doodle - tongue,' a method of articulation on the trombone as well as his ultra fast and melodic solos.-Biography:...
to discuss the intersection of politics, the media, and global warming. He is the author of two books on the suppression of dissent: Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the United States (AK Press
AK Press
AK Press is a worker-managed independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. It is collectively owned and operated.-History:...
, 2007 ISBN 978-1904859598) and The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements (Routledge
Routledge
Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2006 ISBN 978-0415978101).
Boykoff is also a published poet. He is the author of Once upon a Neoliberal Rocket Badge (Edge Books, 2006) and his poem “Commandment #8” was named 2006 Sexiest Poem of the Year by Philadelphia poet CA Conrad. With his longtime partner/wife Kaia Sand, who is also a poet, Boykoff runs The Tangent Reading Series in Portland, Oregon.
Common course topics taught by Boykoff include US politics, the politics of surveillance
Surveillance
Surveillance is the monitoring of the behavior, activities, or other changing information, usually of people. It is sometimes done in a surreptitious manner...
, mass-media and politics, and the politics of literature and poetry. In November 2006, he spoke at the United Nations Climate Change Conference
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development , informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14, 1992...
in Nairobi, Kenya, "COP 12". In An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate, he has given more than a thousand times.Premiering at the...
, Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....
mentioned work Boykoff co-authored with his brother Maxwell Boykoff (Oxford University, Environmental Change Institute) on US media coverage of global warming.
Boykoff is also co-editor of The Tangent, a politics and art zine
Zine
A zine is most commonly a small circulation publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-published work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier....
.
Recently a grassroots campaign has emerged to thrust Boykoff into the 2008 election.
Selected publications
Books- Beyond Bullets: The Suppression of Dissent in the United States, AK Press, forthcoming 2007.
- Landscapes of Dissent: Guerrilla Poetry & Public Space, co-authored with Kaia Sand, Palm Press, 2008.
- The Suppression of Dissent: How the State and Mass Media Squelch USAmerican Social Movements, Routledge, 2006.
- Once Upon a Neoliberal Rocket Badge, Edge Books, 2006. (poetry)
Recent Scholarly Publications
- "Limiting Dissent: The Mechanisms of State Repression in the United States" Social Movement Studies, forthcoming.
- "Surveillance, Spatial Compression, and Scale: The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr." Antipode, forthcoming.
- "Climate Change and Journalistic Norms: A Case Study of U.S. Mass-Media Coverage" (with Maxwell Boykoff). Geoforum, forthcoming.
- "Dissent" Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, forthcoming.
- "Framing Dissent: Mass Media Coverage of the Global Justice Movement" New Political Science Vol. 28, No. 2 (June 2006): 201-228.
- "Balance as Bias: Global Warming and the U.S. Prestige Press" (with Maxwell Boykoff). Global Environmental Change Vol. 15: No. 2 (July 2004): 125-136.
Hegemonic Love Potion Factory School:Queens, New York. (2009).
External links
- Pacific University Faculty Page
- Balance as bias: global warming and the US prestige press 2004
- Boykoff '08 video ad
- Interview in Pacific Magazine
- Tangent Press
- Oregonian article
- Interview with Boykoff on poetry and art
- Download MP3 of Jules Boykoff Interviewed By Matthew Rothschild of The Progressive magazine