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Dr. Hugh Foley
Dr. Hugh Foley is a professor of fine arts at Rogers State University in Clare- more, OK, where he has taught since 1996. Along with a continuous radio and television broadcasting career since 1977, Foley earned a Ph.D. in English from Oklahoma State University in 2000, and his M.A. and B.A. from New York Uni- versity. His award-winning video documentaries on American Indian life and music have been shown nationwide on public television, at national confer- ences, many local presentations, and have received thousands of online views.
He has lectured widely for public schools, universities, and civic organizations on the use of race-based mascots by public schools. His documentary on that subject, Savage Country, has been aired nationally and internationally on public television, and received thousands of views online.
Foley is also the author of the Oklahoma Music Guide on New Forums Press, as well as several articles, essays, book reviews, and encyclopedia entries on subjects relating to the music, film and American Indian history of Oklahoma. He has lectured widely on the history of Oklahoma music, to include invited presentations at Yale University, Washington University, University of Oklahoma, Tulsa University, Oklahoma State Universi- ty, and for International Fulbright Scholars through Tulsa Global Alliance in 2014 and 2015. In 2013, Foley served as scholarly consultant on This May Be the Last Time, a documentary directed by Sterlin Harjo that appeared at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival prior to worldwide distribution on multiple video platforms.
Dr. Foley served as the state scholar for New Harmonies, a 2013-14 Smithsonian exhibit about American roots music that toured the state of Oklahoma through sponsorship by the Oklahoma Humanities Council. He is a founding board member of the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in Muskogee, and has served as the chair of the induction selection committee since the organization’s inception in 1997. A US Army Veteran (broadcast journalist), Dr. Foley is also a volunteer bugler for Bugles Across America, a nationwide organiza- tion that provides live buglers of “Taps” for Veterans memorial services. He is currently a consultant for the developing OK POP Museum, a museum and enterprise center in Tulsa that will tell the story of Oklahoma’s contribution to world popular culture.