RICK SHALE

Professor of English
Youngstown State University
Youngstown, OH 44555-3415
(330) 941-3416 (Office)
(330) 941-2304 (FAX)
e-mail: rshale@.ysu.edu

 

 

Education:
Ph.D., 1976 American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
M.A., 1972, American Culture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
B.A., 1969, Humanities, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio

 

Professional Positions:
1992-Present Professor, Department of English, 
 Youngstown State University
1994-2000 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of English, Youngstown State University
1981-1997 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Human Values in Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)
1985-92: Associate Professor, Department of English, Youngstown State University
1981-85: Assistant Professor, Department of English, Youngstown State University
1979-81 Instructor, Department of English, 
 Youngstown State University
1976-79 Part-Time Instructor, Department of English and Department of Speech and Theater, Youngstown State University

 

Selected Publications:
Books:
Idora Park: The Last Ride of Summer. Co-authored with Charles Jacques, Jr.  Jefferson, OH: Amusement Park Journal, 1999.
 
The Academy Awards Index: The Complete Categorical and Chronological Record.  Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993. (Named an Outstanding Reference Book of 1995 by Choice, January 1995.)
 
Academy Awards: An Ungar Reference Index. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, . Second edition (Revised and updated), 1982.  (Named by the American Library Association as one of the hundred best reference books of the year.)
 
Academy Awards: An Ungar Reference Index. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing, 1978.
 
Donald Duck Joins Up: The Walt Disney Studio During World War II.  Ann Arbor, MI: UMI Research Press, 1982.

 
Books Edited:
Cincinnati's Coney Island by Charles J. Jacques, Jr. Ed. Rick Shale.  Jefferson, OH: Amusement Park Books, 2002.
 
More Kennywood Memories by Charles J. Jacques, Jr. Ed. Rick Shale.  Jefferson, OH: Amusement Park Books, 1998.
 
Hershey Park: the Sweetness of Success by Charles J. Jacques, Jr. Ed. Rick Shale.  Jefferson, OH: Amusement Park Books, 1997.
 

 

Chapters, Articles, and Miscellaneous Writing:
"Songs in Screwball Comedy." Beyond the Stars, Volume Two: Plot Conventions in American Popular Film, eds. Paul Loukides and Linda Fuller.  Bowling Green: Popular Press, 1991.
 

"Images of the Medical Profession in Popular Film." Beyond the Stars: Volume One:  Stock Characters in American Popular Film, eds. Paul Loukides and Linda Fuller. Bowling Green: Popular Press, 1990.
 

"Film and the Graphic Arts," Film and the Arts in Symbiosis, edited by Gary Edgerton. Greenwood Press, 1988.
 

 

Newspaper Articles (Recent):
Youngstown Vindicator:

"Comics part of America’s cultural heritage." May 12, 1999.

"Youngstown’s Amusement Park: 100 years of history." May 30, 1999: A3.
"Park’s closing didn’t end magic of the attraction." May 30, 1999: A3
"Trolley line benefited from venture." May 30, 1999: A3

 

Television Interviews:
Channel 21, July 26, 2001
Channel 27, March 5, 2001
Channel 21, March 5, 2001

Channel 21, January 28, 1999 (aired February 4th).
Channel 21, August 20, 1999 (aired August 20th).
Channel 21, August 29, 1999 (also aired August 30th).

 

Academic Presentations (Recent):
"Trolley Parks, Picnics, and the Business of Leisure." National Conference on Working Class Studies: Memory, Community, and Activism, May 19, 2001.
 
"Idora Park—A Case Study: How a Trolley Park Changed the Landscape." National Conference on Working Class Studies: Class, Identity, Nation, 19, 2001.
 
"Idora Park—A Case Study: How a Trolley Park Changed the Landscape."  Great Lakes American Studies Association, Kalamazoo, MI. March 13, 1999.
 
"The History of the Library of Congress Paper Prints Collection." Popular Culture Association, Philadelphia, April 13, 1995.