Mackowski, Christopher W.
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Undergraduate Programs
ACADEMIC SCHOOL
Jandoli School of Communication
TITLES/RESPONSIBILITIES
Professor of Communication
Jandoli School Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs
CONTACT
Office Phone: (716) 375-4025
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OFFICE
Murphy Professional Building 228A
COURSES TAUGHT
- JMC 110 Professional Writing I: Craft
- JMC 111 Professional Writing II: Style
- JMC 310 Feature Writing
- JMC 318 Creative Nonfiction
- JMC 480 Journalism as Literature
- JMC 499 Senior Capstone
- Pop Culture: Why America Rules the World
- Pop Culture: Tales from the Zombie Apocalypse
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- Ph.D., English/Creative Writing, Binghamton University. Dissertation: "Our Hallowed Ground: A Memoir."
- M.F.A., Creative Writing, Goddard College
- M.A., English, University of Maine
- B.A., Communication, University of Pittsburgh
OTHER EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Managing Editor of the Emerging Civil War book series, published by Savas Beatie, LLC
- Managing Editor and Co-Founder of the blog Emerging Civil War (www.emergingcivilwar.com)
- 2014 finalist for the Library of Virginia's Award in Nonfiction for Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church
- 2014 finalist for the Army Historical Foundations' Distinguished Book Award Chancellorsville's Forgotten Front: The Battles of Second Fredericksburg and Salem Church
- 2013 recipient of the Faculty Excellence Award for Research and Publication
- 2007 Public Radio News Directors Inc. Award for Best Commentary
- awarded for “Elvis is Real” commentary, which aired in August 2006 on WBFO.
- 2005 St. Bonaventure University Junior Faculty Award for Professional Excellence
- 1995’s Best Newscast from the AP
- Recognized by the Associated Press and the Maine Association of Broadcasters for his work, including awards for spot news and continuous news coverage, feature reporting, and public service.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS/PROJECTS
PERSONAL INTERESTS/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Has authored nine books and edited five others
- Has worked for the National Park Service giving tours of the Civil War battlefields at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania, as well as the building where Stonewall Jackson died
- Has authored numerous features and cover stories for Civil War Times, America's Civil War, Blue and Gray, and Hallowed Ground; other features have appeared in he magazines Northern Woodlands and America in WWII and on the blog Scholars & Rogues
- Has had six plays produced
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