
Julio Rodriguez
Associate Professor of American Culture, Director of the American Culture Program
Credentials: | B.A., East Stroudsburg University M.A., Bowling Green University Ph.D., Bowling Green University |
Associated Departments: | African and African American Studies, Media and Culture, Sociology |
Office: | Leggett 601 |
Phone: | 434-947-8304 |
Email: | jrodriguez@randolphcollege.edu |
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Professor Rodriguez has published articles on baseball, basketball, boxing, and the performance of masculinity in sports films.
He is currently working on a book-length project examining the role of neo-conservative foreign policy in action-adventure films released during George W. Bush’s presidency.
In the summers he tirelessly, but fruitlessly, tries to break 80 on the golf course, quitting the game on a regular basis. The winter brings snowboarding and the to-date successful attempt not to break anything. Sports have always been central to his work and leisure. They instruct and inform his personal and professional search for a comprehensive understanding of the male gender.