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Dr.
Hugh Foley received a doctoral degree in English
from Oklahoma State University, and master’s
and bachelor’s degrees in English from New
York University. His primary areas of
scholarship are American studies with an
emphasis on Oklahoma music and culture, Native
American studies, and cinema. He has been published in numerous
professional forums, and his video compilations
on Native American music and culture have been
shown at national conferences and on public television in several states. Involved actively with radio broadcasting
since 1977, he serves as the
faculty consultant to the campus radio station, RSU Radio, and as faculty advisor for the RSU
Native American Student Association. Foley is a founding board member
of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and, in 2005, Foley was elected
president of the
Oklahoma
Folklife Council. In 2008, Foley served as chair of a statewide
panel to coordinate the process for determining a state rock song for
Oklahoma. |