Stan Denski

Who is Stan Denski?

Stan Denski is an American writer, scholar, critic whose work has focused upon both critical pedagogy and popular culture. His research is divided between the application of critical education theory to university media programs and the study of contemporary popular music and society.

Born Stanislaw Dzieniszewski in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Denski attended Father Judge High School. He graduated from Clarion University of Pennsylvania with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Communication. In the mid-1970s he was a staff video producer and director producing instructional television programming for Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College in Logan and Williamson, WV. In 1990 he received his Ph.D. in Mass Communication jointly from the School of Telecommunications and the Scripps Howard School of Journalism at Ohio University.

In 1986-1987 Denski was a visiting lecturer in Media Studies at The College of Wooster in Wooster, OH. From 1987-1990, he was resident lecturer in Media Studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. From 1990 until 1997 he was Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Director of the Telecommunication Program at IUPUI. In 1993 he was awarded the N.E.T. Grant for $6,000 award to design the course, Introduction to Communication Studies.