Glenn C. Altschuler
Altschuler has taught large lecture courses in American popular culture and has been a strong advocate for the value of humanities and for high-quality undergraduate teaching and advising.[6] He believes that popular culture is "contested terrain", which are economic classes and demographic groups who struggle to make their marks on society.From 2002 to 2005, he was a regular panelist on national and international affairs for the WCNY television program The Ivory Tower Half-Hour[1] A popular speaker, Altschuler has given lectures throughout the United States, and in China, England, Ireland, Israel, Italy, and Russia; a collection of his papers may be found in the Cornell Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.[11] He has written over 2,000 scholarly essays, opinion pieces, book reviews, and articles for publishers including The Australian, Barron's Financial Weekly, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Conversation US, Forbes, The Hill, Inside Higher Ed, The Jerusalem Post, The New York Times, NPR's Books We Like, Psychology Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post."[6] In his book-length poem, Glare (1997), A. R. Ammons, winner of two National Book Awards, wrote: “Glenn (inventively and wittily, as is his kaffeeklatsch wont) (also quite a singer and maker of songs) said why not let professors improve their pay by selling time to local commercial interests – apart from the midclass break that lets the kids visit the facilities, one could have one or more mini-breaks, such as… and now, have you tried the Downtown Bagelry…Glenn’s fun: also capable of pertinent and deep thought: we like him, as do others.”[12]