Zack Furness Explained

Zack Furness
Birth Place:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:	Professor of Communications
Alma Mater:	Pittsburgh, Penn State
Notableworks:	One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility
Relatives:	Steve Furness (father)

Zachary Mooradian Furness is an American cultural studies scholar,^[1] punk musician^[2] and author.^[3]

Biography

Born in 1977 in Pittsburgh, Furness earned a bachelor's degree in English from Pennsylvania State University, a master's degree and doctorate in Communication studies from the University of Pittsburgh, as well as a doctoral certificate in Women's Studies.^[4] He is currently associate professor of communications at Penn State Greater Allegheny where he also serves as Communications Program Coordinator and the WMKP Radio General Manager. Prior to working at Penn State, Furness taught in the Cultural Studies program at Columbia College Chicago and in the Speech Communication department at Shoreline Community College. He is an interdisciplinary researcher and possibly best known for his book One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility. In addition to his work on cycling advocacy and bicycle culture, Furness is the editor of Punkademics, the co-editor (with Thomas Oates) of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives, and he has written for a variety of edited volumes, zines, and magazines, including Punk Planet, Bitch (magazine), and Souciant.^[5] From 2003 to 2013 he was an editor with the pioneering internet publication Bad Subjects and a semi-regular contributor.^[6]

He is the son of former NFL player and coach, Steve Furness, and played in punk bands for over twenty years.

Selected works

Books

• One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2010).^[7]
• Editor, Punkademics (Brooklyn, NY: Minor Compositions / Autonomedia, 2012).^[8]
• Editor with Thomas Oates, The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2014)^[9]

Journal articles

• Reframing Concussions, Masculinity, and NFL Mythology in League of Denial, Popular Communication, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2016): 49–57.^[10]
• Critical Mass, Urban Space and Vélomobility, Mobilities, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2007): 299–319.^[11]
• Biketivism and Technology: Historical Reflections and Appropriations, Social Epistemology, Vol. 19, No. 4 (2005): 401–417.^[12]

Zines and magazines

• "The Wu-Tang Clan’s Failed Experiment," Souciant, Dec 16, 2015.^[13]
• "Museums From Below," Souciant, June 24, 2015.^[14]
• "Walking Wounded: Author Carrie A. Rentschler Reframes the Discourse of Victimization," Bitch Magazine, No. 52 (2011), p. 19-21.^[15]
• "It’s Alright to Cry (and Needlepoint): Rosey Grier, Football Hero and Unlikely Craft God," Bitch Magazine, No. 49 (Winter, 2010), pp. 17–18, 21.^[16]
• "The Obama Administration and the Rule of 'Opposite Day'," Bad Subjects #80: Obama Annus Unus (2009).^[17]
• "Utopia and the City: An Interview with David Pinder," Bad Subjects #78: Hope (2007).^[18]
• "Federico Gomez: Pioneer of the Hardcore/Punk Scene in Israel," Punk Planet #80, July/Aug 2007, pp. 40–43.^[19]

External links

• Brief discussion of One Less Car in Maria Konnikova, "Cars vs. Bikes vs. Pedestrians," The New Yorker 5 Nov 2015.http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/cars-vs-bikes-vs-pedestrians.
• Review of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives in Sport in American Society, 25 June 2015.http://ussporthistory.com/2015/06/25/review-of-the-nfl-critical-and-cultural-perspectives/
• Review of Punkademics in The Los Angeles Review of Books, 21 Jan 2013.https://lareviewofbooks.org/review/ivory-minority-punk-in-the-university
• Brief discussion of One Less Car in The Los Angeles Review of Books, 4 Sept 2013.https://lareviewofbooks.org/review/chain-reaction-urban-politics-in-the-age-of-the-bicycle/
• One Less Car selected as Top 10 book of 2012 in urban planning by Planetizen.http://www.planetizen.com/books/2012

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Communications Faculty. 19 March 2016. Penn State Greater Allegheny.
2. Web site: Barons. 19 March 2016. Underground Communique Records.
3. Web site: Zack Furness. 19 March 2016. OCLC.
4. Web site: About me. 19 March 2016. zackfurness.com.
5. Web site: Souciant - Contributors. 19 March 2016.
6. Web site: Bad Subjects. 19 March 2016.
7. Web site: One Less Car: Bicycling and the Politics of Automobility. 19 March 2016. Temple University Press. 27 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100527225405/http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1899_reg.html. dead.
8. Web site: Punkademics. 19 March 2016. 20 May 2012 . Minor Compositions / Autonomedia.
9. Web site: The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives. 19 March 2016. Temple University Press.
10. Book: Reframing Concussions, Masculinity, and NFL Mythology in League of Denial. 19 March 2016. OCLC. 5996663308.
11. Book: Critical Mass, Urban Space and Vélomobility. 19 March 2016. OCLC. 4902380889.
12. Book: Biketivism and Technology: Historical Reflections and Appropriations. 19 March 2016. OCLC. 358568631.
13. Web site: The Wu-Tang Clan's Failed Experiment. 19 March 2016. Souciant.
14. Web site: Museums From Below. 19 March 2016. Souciant.
15. Web site: Walking Wounded: Author Carrie A. Rentschler Reframes the Discourse of Victimization. 20 March 2016. Bitch Magazine.
16. Web site: It's Alright to Cry (and Needlepoint): Rosey Grier, Football Hero and Unlikely Craft God. 20 March 2016. Bitch Magazine.
17. Web site: The Obama Administration and the Rule of 'Opposite Day. Bad Subjects.
18. Web site: Utopia and the City: An Interview with David Pinder. Bad Subjects.
19. Web site: Federico Gomez: Pioneer of the Hardcore/Punk Scene in Israel. 19 March 2016. Punk Planet.