Thom GencarelliThom Gencarelli (Ph.D., New York University) is Professor of Communication, Sound & Media Arts at Manhattan University in Riverdale, New York. He is a Past President of the Media Ecology Association, the New York State Communication Association, and he New Jersey Communication Association, Treasurer and member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of General Semantics, and the current Editor of the IGS journal ETC: A Review of General Semantics. He is co-editor (with Brian Cogan) of Baby Boomers and Popular Culture: An Inquiry into America's Most Powerful Generation and author of the forthcoming Searching for the Right Notes: Essays on Media, Music, and Meaning. He is a recipient of multiple awards including, in 2023, the J. Talbott Winchell Award for Outstanding Contributions and Service to the Cause of General Semantics from the IGS. He is also a songwriter, musician, and producer, and has released four albums with his ensemble bluerace: World is Ready (2009), Beautiful Sky (2013), Mistral (2019), and INDYeGO (2024). Read More Read Less