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
Send an email
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
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.
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
