Dr. Matthew A. Donahue has been involved as an educator of students of all ages. His areas of research are popular culture, popular music, mass media studies, visual culture and the visual arts. Dr. Matthew A. Donahue holds a Masters and Doctorate in American Culture Studies with an emphasis in popular culture, poplar music, mass media studies and visual culture from Bowling Green State University. In addition he holds a Masters of Library and Information Science from Kent State University with a specialization in popular culture and popular music materials. Courses that Dr. Matthew A. Donahue has taught are as varied as his interests and include: Introduction to Popular Culture, Introduction to Black/African American Popular Culture, Popular Culture and the Media, Popular Culture and the Media-Online Delivery, Introduction to Popular Music, Introduction to Black/African American Popular Music, Aesthetics of Black/African American Music, Introduction to Film, Popular Music in Film, Media Representations in Film and various independent studies of popular culture topics for undergraduate and graduate students. He has presented his research at conferences related to culture and creativity throughout the United States, and has been interviewed as an authority on popular culture, popular music, mass media and visual culture by such prominent publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Denver Post, The Detroit News, The San Diego Tribune, the Toledo Blade, the Fort Wayne Gazette and magazines such as Newsweek, Mojo, Clamor, Big City Blues, Xlr8r, Elixir and others. More recently he has served as a media consultant for the National Endowment of the Humanities