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Brian J. Bowe is an American journalist, author, academic and musician. He lives in Bellingham, Washington, where he teaches at Western Washington University.
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Journalism
After earning a degree in journalism at Grand Valley State University, Bowe worked as a newspaper reporter at the Holland Sentinel and the Nashua Telegraph. From 2002-2006, he edited the online resurrection of noted music magazine CREEM. He co-edited the 2007 anthology CREEM: America’s only Rock ‘n’ Roll Magazine, which was published by HarperCollins. He has published books about The Ramones, The Clash and Judas Priest for Enslow Publishers and written liner notes for releases by The Stooges, The MC5 and Was (Not Was). Bowe has written for publications that include The Washington Post, Metro Times, Blurt, Harp, The Grand Rapids Press, and The Muskegon Chronicle.
Academia
Bowe earned a Ph.D. in Michigan State University's Media and Information Studies program, where his research focused on the media framing of Muslims and Islam in U.S. news coverage. During his doctoral studies, he co-produced the documentary The Death of an Imam, which examined the coverage of the FBI shooting of Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah. The film won the King Family Foundation Best of Festival Award at the Broadcast Education Association's Festival of Media Arts. Bowe has taught at Western Washington University, Grand Valley State University, CELSA Paris and Michigan State University.
Music
In 2013, Bowe formed the shoegaze/dream pop group Voluptuous Panic with Gretchen DeVault, the primary singer and songwriter in the indie-pop group The Icicles. The duo's collaboration began in 2010, when they recorded the score to the aforementioned documentary film The Death of an Imam.