FEATURED AUTHOR

David Jenemann

Associate Professor
University of Vermont

I am a cultural and intellectual historian, interested in the origins of ideas and their expression in contemporary life. I am also a sports fan, and I have had the good fortune to play some of the sports I love into my adult life and even better fortune to be able to research and write about them professionally.

Subjects: Anthropology - Soc Sci, History, Media and Cultural Studies

Biography

I am a professor of film and television studies, and the Co-Director of the University of Vermont Humanities Center. My research interests are broadly interdisciplinary, and I have published in fields ranging from Anthropology and Philosophy to Art History and Sports Sociology. One subject I keep returning to is the American exile years of the German intellectuals known as The Frankfurt School and their encounter with US politics and mass culture in the 1930s and 40s.

Education

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

Critical Theory; Cultural Studies; Intellectual History; Sports History and Broadcasting; Cinema and Television History

Personal Interests

When I'm not at work, I can be found watching high school musicals and soccer games and coaching Little League. Every Sunday afternoon from April through September, you can find me playing "Old Man" baseball somewhere in Vermont.

Books

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Videos

UVM Faculty Feature: David Jenemann on Baseball Gloves

Published: Oct 10, 2018

A faculty profile piece for my home institution, the University of Vermont, on why I'm fascinated by baseball gloves.