John Arenas – Former COVID-19 Testing Strategy Coordinator for Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). Oral history conducted for inclusion in the COVID-19 Documentation Project, a collaboration between the University of Illinois Archives and the University of Illinois System.
Jonathan Allen completed his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois , where his work includes research on speech recognition and cochlear technologies. During his undergraduate years at Illinois, he played guitar and banjo and was a member and former president of the Campus Folksong Club. A key event in his involvement with the club was an interview that he conducted with Doc Watson during his visit to the campus.
Joseph Hardin attended the U of I between 1965 and 1970. He was active in the counterculture and alternative scenes on campus and helped found the Walrus underground newspaper. Hardin was also active in the Students for Free Speech, and he attended the national Democratic Convention in 1968. Hardin describes his work with Earthworks Garage and the offshoot of underground newspapers that appeared after the founding of the Walrus.
Joseph T. Tykociner was a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois from 1921 to 1949 and a professor emeritus from 1949 to 1969. In this interview, conducted on March 9, 1967, Tykociner discusses his early interest in sound recording and sound in moving pictures, experience as a student/research engineer/faculty at the University, research and experiments with sound recording, career as a research engineer for Marconi/German companies on radio telegraphy/radio communications at Russian companies/Army, his return to the US in 1920, his later demonstration of sound in film, and commercials and films using his sound system.
Joy Valentine, Director of the UIC Early Outreach Program at the University of Illinois Chicago. Oral history conducted for inclusion in the COVID-19 Documentation Project, a collaboration between the University of Illinois Archives and the University of Illinois System.
Judy McCulloh completed her Ph.D in folklore at Indiana University and spent over thirty five years at the University of Illinois Press where her most recent positions included Executive Editor, Assistant Director, and Director of Development. She also edited the renowned Music in American Life series, making her an important force in expanding and transforming ethnomusicology scholarship. She is co-editor of The Stars of Country Music (1975). McCulloh is also a former president of the American Folklore Society and served on the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. In the 1960s, she played a central role in working with performers and producing the Campus Folksong Club's LPs.
Julie Pryde, Public Health Administrator of the Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD). Oral history conducted for inclusion in the COVID-19 Documentation Project, a collaboration between the University of Illinois Archives and the University of Illinois System.
