Burton W. Peretti
Warner Hall 221
Office Phone: (203) 837-8309
email: perettib@wcsu.edu
Education:.
PhD. History, University of California, Berkeley, May 1989
M.A. History, University of California, Berkeley, May 1985
B.A. American Studies, Pomona College, May 1982, cum laude
Teaching Interests:
Modern United States
History of Music/Jazz
Cultural and Social History
Urban History
Research Interests and Publications:
Dr. Peretti is Acting Dean of the Graduate School and
Continuing Education, and a Professor in the Department of 
History and Non-Western Cultures. He has
published Nightclub City: Politics and Amusement in
Manhattan (Pennsylvania, 2007). He is also the author ofJazz in American Culture
(Ivan R. Dee, Inc., 1997) and The Creation of Jazz: Music, Race, and Culture in Urban America (University of Illinois Press, 1992). He has published book chapters on the history of jazz, music and leisure, and African-American musicians and several articles in publications such as the Journal of American History and the Journal of Urban History. He is currently working on a manuscript entitled "Nightlife, Reform, and Modernity in Manhattan, 1925-1940." Dr. Peretti also served as a consultant for the PBS documentary Storyville and for an NEH-funded Bix
Beiderbecke exhibit at the Putnam Museum in Davenport, Iowa. He is the faculty advisor for the WestConn History Society.
