Adams, Mike (1943-2024)
Date Updated
12-30-2024
Department
Radio, Television, and Film
Academic Rank
Professor Emeritus
Year Retired from SJSU
2013
Facebook or Website URL
Mike Adams http://mikeadams.org
Educational Background
Ohio State University, 1974 MA
Ohio State University, 1973 BA
Teaching Experience
San Jose State University, 1989-2013
Adams has taught photography and history of broadcasting at the Shanghai Theatre Academy School of Television and Film.
Administrative and Professional Experience
Department chair and the Associate Dean of the College of Humanities and the Arts.
Service
Mike is the Board Chair of the California Historical Radio Society, CHRS. For his service to historical radio research and publication he received the AWA (Antique Wireless Association) Houck Award, the SCARS (Southern California Historical Radio Society) President’s Award, the TCA (Tube Collectors of America) Stokes Award, the RCA (Radio Club of America) Ralph Batcher Award, and he was named a CHRS History Fellow.
Selected Publications
He has published numerous articles and six books, including:
Lee de Forest, King of Radio, Television and Film, Springer Science, 2012, http://www.leedeforest.org/Home.html
The Radio Boys and Girls: Radio, Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Adventures for Juvenile Readers, 1890-1945, McFarland Press, 2015, http://radioboysandgirls.org
Columbus Radio, Arcadia, 2016.
As a researcher and writer of broadcast and early technology history, he created two award-winning documentaries for PBS, the Emmy-nominated “Radio Collector,” and “Broadcasting’s Forgotten Father.”
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