Dr. Richard D. Deverell
@darthdeverell.bsky.social
PhD in modern U.S. cultural & comic book history (UB, 2021). Info. & Library Science M.S. (UB, 2024). Former LOC Swann Fellow (2019-2020). M.A. in U.S. history (Brockport, 2013). Rochesterian. Nerd.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-9654
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7973-9654
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With the guidance of Adrienne Boutang, associate professor of film studies at University of Franche-Comtéa, I published this article based on my dissertation's third chapter in the journal Mise au Point!
journals.openedition.org/map/8205
#ComicBookHistory #ComicsCodeAuthority #MiseAuPoint
journals.openedition.org/map/8205
#ComicBookHistory #ComicsCodeAuthority #MiseAuPoint
Finished reading Scott Eyman’s “Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face” last night – a welcome work of scholarship from the film historian!
www.librarything.com/work/3447327...
www.librarything.com/work/3447327...
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Finished reading Scott Eyman’s “Joan Crawford: A Woman’s Face” last night – a welcome work of scholarship from the film historian!
www.librarything.com/work/3447327...
www.librarything.com/work/3447327...
Finished the audiobook of Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe’s “Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune” a couple days ago – a great follow-up to their “Vanderbilt” that draws further comparisons between the Gilded Age and modern life.
www.librarything.com/work/3039492...
www.librarything.com/work/3039492...
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Finished the audiobook of Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe’s “Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune” a couple days ago – a great follow-up to their “Vanderbilt” that draws further comparisons between the Gilded Age and modern life.
www.librarything.com/work/3039492...
www.librarything.com/work/3039492...
A nice write-up of my program at the library from Tuesday in the local paper, even though they misspelled my name and demoted my wife from a professor with a PhD to a doctoral candidate. 😅
February 1, 2026 at 2:10 AM
A nice write-up of my program at the library from Tuesday in the local paper, even though they misspelled my name and demoted my wife from a professor with a PhD to a doctoral candidate. 😅
Finished the audiobook of Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe’s “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” earlier today – a great account of the Gilded Age that resonates with today’s sociopolitical scene.
www.librarything.com/work/2685808...
www.librarything.com/work/2685808...
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Finished the audiobook of Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe’s “Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty” earlier today – a great account of the Gilded Age that resonates with today’s sociopolitical scene.
www.librarything.com/work/2685808...
www.librarything.com/work/2685808...
Finished reading Denise Kiernan’s “The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II” last night – a great history of the women of Oak Ridge and the unique community they created!
www.librarything.com/work/1337046...
www.librarything.com/work/1337046...
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Finished reading Denise Kiernan’s “The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II” last night – a great history of the women of Oak Ridge and the unique community they created!
www.librarything.com/work/1337046...
www.librarything.com/work/1337046...
Finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt” – a great chronicle of a family who defined an era of American politics.
www.librarything.com/work/25451/r...
www.librarything.com/work/25451/r...
January 24, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “Mornings on Horseback: The Story of an Extraordinary Family, a Vanished Way of Life, and the Unique Child Who Became Theodore Roosevelt” – a great chronicle of a family who defined an era of American politics.
www.librarything.com/work/25451/r...
www.librarything.com/work/25451/r...
Finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge” earlier this week – a great chronicle of engineering and an era!
www.librarything.com/work/13415/r...
www.librarything.com/work/13415/r...
January 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge” earlier this week – a great chronicle of engineering and an era!
www.librarything.com/work/13415/r...
www.librarything.com/work/13415/r...
Finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “History Matters” earlier – a fitting tribute to the author’s storied career!
www.librarything.com/work/3365587...
www.librarything.com/work/3365587...
January 6, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “History Matters” earlier – a fitting tribute to the author’s storied career!
www.librarything.com/work/3365587...
www.librarything.com/work/3365587...
In 2025, my wife and I honeymooned in NYC. I was awarded a Certificate of Achievement from NYSLAA and completed the OWWL Library Tour. I attended two comic conventions, accompanied my father on his Honor Flight, and moved to Indiana. I published an article based on my dissertation and read 85 books!
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
In 2025, my wife and I honeymooned in NYC. I was awarded a Certificate of Achievement from NYSLAA and completed the OWWL Library Tour. I attended two comic conventions, accompanied my father on his Honor Flight, and moved to Indiana. I published an article based on my dissertation and read 85 books!
Just finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “Truman” – a great biography in which the author was able to use the audiobook format to include clips of Harry Truman speaking for himself.
www.librarything.com/work/14040/reviews/303587291
www.librarything.com/work/14040/reviews/303587291
December 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Just finished the audiobook of David McCullough’s “Truman” – a great biography in which the author was able to use the audiobook format to include clips of Harry Truman speaking for himself.
www.librarything.com/work/14040/reviews/303587291
www.librarything.com/work/14040/reviews/303587291
Finished the audiobook of Charles Pellegrino’s “Ghosts of Hiroshima” earlier today – a powerful work on the eightieth anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, brought to brilliant life by Martin Sheen’s narration.
www.librarything.com/work/3440929...
www.librarything.com/work/3440929...
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Finished the audiobook of Charles Pellegrino’s “Ghosts of Hiroshima” earlier today – a powerful work on the eightieth anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, brought to brilliant life by Martin Sheen’s narration.
www.librarything.com/work/3440929...
www.librarything.com/work/3440929...
Finished reading Iver P. Cooper’s “Airships: Their Science, History and Future” earlier – an interesting, if dense, technical treatise about these craft that evoke steampunk aesthetics yet may continue to play a role in our modern transportation systems.
www.librarything.com/work/3408584...
www.librarything.com/work/3408584...
December 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Finished reading Iver P. Cooper’s “Airships: Their Science, History and Future” earlier – an interesting, if dense, technical treatise about these craft that evoke steampunk aesthetics yet may continue to play a role in our modern transportation systems.
www.librarything.com/work/3408584...
www.librarything.com/work/3408584...
Just finished reading E.K. Johnston’s “Titan of the Stars” – a fun mash-up of “Titanic” and “Alien” that I received through LibraryThing!
www.librarything.com/work/3357570...
www.librarything.com/work/3357570...
December 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Just finished reading E.K. Johnston’s “Titan of the Stars” – a fun mash-up of “Titanic” and “Alien” that I received through LibraryThing!
www.librarything.com/work/3357570...
www.librarything.com/work/3357570...
Finished reading Lily Koppel’s “The Astronaut Wives Club” last night – a great examination of the unseen costs of the Space Race!
www.librarything.com/work/1329269...
www.librarything.com/work/1329269...
December 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Finished reading Lily Koppel’s “The Astronaut Wives Club” last night – a great examination of the unseen costs of the Space Race!
www.librarything.com/work/1329269...
www.librarything.com/work/1329269...
Finished the audiobook of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” earlier today – a comforting text read by the author in his dulcet tones.
www.librarything.com/work/1856449...
www.librarything.com/work/1856449...
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Finished the audiobook of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s “Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” earlier today – a comforting text read by the author in his dulcet tones.
www.librarything.com/work/1856449...
www.librarything.com/work/1856449...
Finished the audiobook of Mary Roach’s “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal” yesterday – a great work popular science from an accomplished writer!
www.librarything.com/work/1318948...
www.librarything.com/work/1318948...
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Finished the audiobook of Mary Roach’s “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal” yesterday – a great work popular science from an accomplished writer!
www.librarything.com/work/1318948...
www.librarything.com/work/1318948...
Finished the audiobook of Kate Moore’s “The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” late last night – an excellent work that gives voice to women from the past who fought for workers’ rights.
www.librarything.com/work/3531227...
www.librarything.com/work/3531227...
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Finished the audiobook of Kate Moore’s “The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” late last night – an excellent work that gives voice to women from the past who fought for workers’ rights.
www.librarything.com/work/3531227...
www.librarything.com/work/3531227...
Finished the audiobook of Adam Higginbotham’s “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster” earlier today – a brilliant account of a disaster that contributed to an empire’s collapse.
www.librarything.com/work/2235415...
www.librarything.com/work/2235415...
December 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Finished the audiobook of Adam Higginbotham’s “Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster” earlier today – a brilliant account of a disaster that contributed to an empire’s collapse.
www.librarything.com/work/2235415...
www.librarything.com/work/2235415...
Just finished reading Angie Klink’s “Divided Paths, Common Ground: The Story of Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis, Pioneering Purdue Women Who Introduced Science into the Home” – a well-researched volume on the changes women experienced in the early 20th-century US!
www.librarything.com/work/1165936...
www.librarything.com/work/1165936...
November 29, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Just finished reading Angie Klink’s “Divided Paths, Common Ground: The Story of Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis, Pioneering Purdue Women Who Introduced Science into the Home” – a well-researched volume on the changes women experienced in the early 20th-century US!
www.librarything.com/work/1165936...
www.librarything.com/work/1165936...
Finished the audiobook of Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War: A Scenario” this afternoon – a harrowing account of how the world could end.
www.librarything.com/work/3108480...
www.librarything.com/work/3108480...
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Finished the audiobook of Annie Jacobsen’s “Nuclear War: A Scenario” this afternoon – a harrowing account of how the world could end.
www.librarything.com/work/3108480...
www.librarything.com/work/3108480...
Just finished reading Joe Sacco’s “The Once and Future Riot” – a great work of journalism using the graphic novel format!
www.librarything.com/work/3378525...
www.librarything.com/work/3378525...
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Just finished reading Joe Sacco’s “The Once and Future Riot” – a great work of journalism using the graphic novel format!
www.librarything.com/work/3378525...
www.librarything.com/work/3378525...
Finished the audiobook of M.G. Sheftall’s “Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses” earlier today – a phenomenally researched and recounted volume for anyone studying the end of World War II or the Cold War period!
www.librarything.com/work/3328112...
www.librarything.com/work/3328112...
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Finished the audiobook of M.G. Sheftall’s “Nagasaki: The Last Witnesses” earlier today – a phenomenally researched and recounted volume for anyone studying the end of World War II or the Cold War period!
www.librarything.com/work/3328112...
www.librarything.com/work/3328112...
With the guidance of Adrienne Boutang, associate professor of film studies at University of Franche-Comtéa, I published this article based on my dissertation's third chapter in the journal Mise au Point!
journals.openedition.org/map/8205
#ComicBookHistory #ComicsCodeAuthority #MiseAuPoint
journals.openedition.org/map/8205
#ComicBookHistory #ComicsCodeAuthority #MiseAuPoint
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
With the guidance of Adrienne Boutang, associate professor of film studies at University of Franche-Comtéa, I published this article based on my dissertation's third chapter in the journal Mise au Point!
journals.openedition.org/map/8205
#ComicBookHistory #ComicsCodeAuthority #MiseAuPoint
journals.openedition.org/map/8205
#ComicBookHistory #ComicsCodeAuthority #MiseAuPoint
I attended the ILF conference earlier this week and was fortunate to learn from my fellow librarians’ experiences & insights, visit the Indiana State Library, and meet Adriana Harmeyer, Purdue University Archives & Special Collections librarian and Jeopardy champion!
#ILFAC2025
#ILFAC2025
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I attended the ILF conference earlier this week and was fortunate to learn from my fellow librarians’ experiences & insights, visit the Indiana State Library, and meet Adriana Harmeyer, Purdue University Archives & Special Collections librarian and Jeopardy champion!
#ILFAC2025
#ILFAC2025
Just finished reading Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ “The Knives” – a fun contemporary noir story!
www.librarything.com/work/3407071...
www.librarything.com/work/3407071...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Just finished reading Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ “The Knives” – a fun contemporary noir story!
www.librarything.com/work/3407071...
www.librarything.com/work/3407071...