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His work draws from a number of theoretical traditions extending from Marx to Paulo Freire to Zygmunt Bauman . He is also a leading advocate of Radical Democracy and opposes the anti-democratic tendencies of Neoliberalism , Militarism , Empire , Religious Fundamentalism , and the ongoing attacks under the neoliberal state on the social wage, youth, the poor, and public and higher education. His most recent work focuses on public Pedagogy , the nature of the spectacle and the New Media , and the political and educational force of global culture. His writings have won many awards and he writes for a range of public and scholarly sources.


BIOGRAPHY


Giroux taught high school history in Barrington, Rhode Island from 1968 to 1975 . After receiving his Doctorate from Carnegie-Mellon in 1977 , he became a professor of education at Boston University from 1977 to 1983 . In 1983 he became professor of education and renowned scholar in residence at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he also served as Director at the Center For Education And Cultural Studies . He moved to Penn State University where he took up the Waterbury Chair Professorship from 1992 to May, 2004 . He also served as the Director of the Waterbury Forum In Education And Cultural Studies . He moved to McMaster University in May 2004, where he currently holds the Global Television Network Chair in Communication Studies. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by Memorial University in Canada in May of 2005.

Giroux is now married to Susan Searls Giroux , formerly Susan Monet Searls.


ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Seven of Giroux's books have been chosen as significant books of the year by the . In 2005, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by Memorial University of Newfoundland . He has written more than 40 books; published almost 300 papers; and hundreds of chapters in others' books, articles in magazines, and more.


BOOKS


  • The Mouse that Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence (1999)

  • The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear(2004)

  • Terror of Neoliberalism (2004)

  • Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life (2005)

  • Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education (2005)

  • Against the New Authoritarianism (2005)

  • Beyond the Spectacle of Terrorism: Global Uncertainty and the Challenge of the New Media(2006)

  • America on the Edge: Henry Giroux on Politics, Education, and Culture (2006)

  • The Giroux Reader (2006)



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