Assistant professor: B.A., Brown University; M.A., University of Southern California.

• Phone: 310-258-2662
• Email: Evelyn.McDonnell@lmu.edu

Evelyn McDonnell has been writing about popular culture and society for more than 20 years. She is the author of three books: Mamarama: A Memoir of Sex, Kids and Rock ‘n’ Roll, Army of She: Icelandic, Iconoclastic, Irrepressible Bjork and Rent by Jonathan Larson. She coedited the anthologies Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop and Rap and Stars Don’t Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth. She has been the editorial director of www.MOLI.com, pop culture writer at The Miami Herald, senior editor at The Village Voice, and associate editor at SF Weekly. Her writing on music, poetry, theater, and culture has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including  the Los Angeles Times, Ms., Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Spin, Travel & Leisure, Us, Billboard, Vibe, Interview, Black Book, and Option. She codirected the conference Stars Don’t Stand Still in the Sky: Music and Myth at the Dia Center for the Arts in New York in 1998. She has won several fellowships and awards, including an Annenberg Fellowship at USC, a fellowship to the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater, and first place for enterprise by the South Florida Black Journalists Association and second place in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sunshine State Awards for her 2004 Herald expose of hip-hop cops. She lives in San Pedro with her husband, son, many animals, and a fantastic view of the ocean.