Brian J. Bowe

Brian J. Bowe (PhD, Michigan State University) is an associate professor of journalism at Western Washington University and a 2019 Fulbright scholar to the University of Jordan. He has previously taught journalism and communications at Grand Valley State University, the Sorbonne University, and Michigan State University. He has written several books about popular music, including biographies of The Ramones, The Clash, and Judas Priest. He coedited the anthology CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Magazine (2007, Collins). Bowe has also written liner notes for releases by Iggy & the Stooges, the MC5 and Was (Not Was).

Bowe lives in Bellingham, Washington with his wife Heather and two cats.