Alice echols biography
Alice echols biography
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Alice Echols
American historian
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| Alma mater | Macalester College, University of Michigan |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | Contemporary Gender Studies |
| Institutions | Rutgers University, University of Southern California |
Alice Echols is Professor of History, and the Barbra Streisand Chair of Contemporary Gender Studies, at the University of Southern California.[1][2][3]
Education
Echols received her bachelor's degree from Macalester College, Minnesota in 1973.
She obtained her master's degree and Doctorate at the University of Michigan in 1980 and 1986 respectively.[2]
Career
While in graduate school at the University of Michigan, Echols visited the Rubaiyat, a since-closed[4] predominantly gay bar where the "music just stunk." After persuasion from friends, she got a trial gig and then was hired, beginning her career as a Disco DJ.[5]
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