Featured on National Public Radio and the host of two radio shows with 40,000+ listeners, Dr. Kent Gustavson is an award-winning author, successful entrepreneur, speaker, publishing expert, and professor.

Overview

Sound Authors Radio, New York, NY
Radio Host
2007 – Present

  • Podcast with 40,000+ listeners, live audience of thousands on Blog Talk Radio
  • Interviews with hundreds of prominent authors & musicians, including:

    • Selected Authors:
    Aaron David Miller, Adrian Goldsworthy, Alphie McCourt, Amiri Baraka, Billy Collins, Bob Brier, Christopher Tennant, David Mendell, Donald Pollock, Galway Kinnell, James Tabor, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Ken Bruen, Laura Duksta, Nadeem Aslam, Nikki Giovanni, Nuala Gardner, Philip Gardiner, Simcha Jacobovici, Stefan Sagmeister, Tim Freke, Warren Whitlock, and many more.

    Selected Musicians:
    Anais Mitchell, Antje Duvekot, Butch Thompson, Cyrus Chestnut, Dale Ann Bradley, Darol Anger, Doyle Lawson, Elder Roche, George Winston, Jeff Beal, Jimmy LaFave, Jimmy Scott, Judy Collins, King Wilkie, Lucy Kaplansky, Mac Morin, Mae Moore, Marybeth D’Amico, Michael Cleveland, Mike Marshall, Molly Mason, Neal & Leandra, Paddy Moloney, Pat Donohue, Peter Mulvey, Robin & Linda Williams, Rosi Golan, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Lovell Sisters, Victoria Vox, and many more.

    Blurb! Radio, New York, NY
    Radio Host
    2009-Present

  • Co-Host with Bestselling Author Sally Shields.
  • Featured Show on Blog Talk Radio’s flagship Entertainment Network.

    • Media

    Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
    Adjunct Professor
    2004 – Present

    Department of European Languages, Graduate & Undergraduate Programs (2004-present)

  • Introductory German: GER 101, 111 & 112
  • Intermediate German: GER 211-212
  • Graduate Level German Translation: GER 500
  • Graduate Level Independent Study German: GER 581-582

    • Department of Writing & Rhetoric, Undergraduate Program (2009-present)

  • Intermediate Writing: WRT 101-102

    • Undergraduate College for Leadership & Service (2009-present)

  • Finding Success by Doing What You Love: LDS 102 (2009)
  • Service & Success: LDS 102 (2010)

    • Department of Music ( Teaching Assistant, 2002-2007)

  • Jazz Ensemble (2002-2003)
  • Music of the 21st Century (2006-2007)

    • Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, NY
    Adjunct Professor
    2010-Present

    Department of Modern Languages (2010-present)

  • Introductory German: GER 111-112

    • Suffolk County Community College, Brentwood, NY
    Adjunct Professor
    2007 – 2008

    Department of European Languages, Undergraduate Program (2007-2008)

  • Introductory German: GE 11-12

    • Appointments

    Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
    2004 – 2007
    Ph.D. Program in Music

  • Earned Ph.D. Degree (May 2007)
  • Full Tuition Scholarship (2004-2007)
  • Studied with Profs. Daria Semegen & Peter Winkler
  • Dissertation: “Ruach” Spring 2007
  • Thesis Paper: “The Cuckoo” Spring 2005
  • Colloquium: “Ruth Crawford Seeger and the Art of Transcription” Fall 2005

    • 2002 – 2004
    M.A. Program in Music

  • Earned M.A. Degree (May 2004)
  • Full Tuition Scholarship (2002-2004)

    • Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
    1996-2000
    B.A. Program

  • German & Music Double Major, High Honors in Both
  • Magna Cum Laude
  • Thesis Composition “Jerusalem: for Tape and Orchestra” Spring 2000
  • Lecture Thesis “The Universal Composer in Doktor Faustus” Spring 2000
  • Program for Israeli & Palestinian Studies January – June 1999 (Jerusalem, Israel)

    • Caddo Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA
    Class of 1996

  • National Merit Scholarship Finalist
  • Principal Bass, All-City, All-State, All-South Orchestras
  • Congress-Bundestag Scholarship for exchange year in Germany (1995-1996 school year)

    • Education

    The Speaker Anthology: 101 Stories that Have Inspired and Motivated Audiences from Coast to Coast (edited by Kent Gustavson & Sally Shields)
    Release Date September 2010
    Blooming Twig Books

    Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson
    Release Date April 2010
    Blooming Twig Books

  • The brand new, unauthorized biography of American flatpicking legend Doc Watson. Featuring brand new interviews with (among others): Abigail Washburn, Alan O’Bryant, Alice Gerrard, Annie Bird, B. Townes, Bela Fleck, Ben Harper, Beppe Gambetta, Darol Anger, David Grisman, David Moultrup, Don Rigsby, Donna Hill, Ed Pearl, Edgar Meyer, Ellen Harper-Verdries, George McCeney, Greg Brown, Guy Clark, Guy Davis, Jack Lawrence, James Reams, Jean Ritchie, Jerry Douglas, Joe Crookston, John Cohen, Jon Pushkin, Jonathan Byrd, Ketch Secor, Larry Long, Maria Muldaur, Mark Moss, Marty Stuart, Michelle Shocked, Mike Marshall, Mike Seeger, Norman Blake, Paddy Moloney, Pat Donohue, Paul Asbell, Paul Chasman, Peggy Seeger, Peter Rowan, Peter Siegel, Rebecca Lovell, Ricky Skaggs, Roland White, Sam Bush, Sarah Bryan, Si Kahn, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Tom Paxton, Tommy Emmanuel, Tommy Sands, Tony Rice, Tony Trischka, Warren Haynes, Wayne Henderson.

    • The World According to Twitter (Compiled by David Pogue)
    Release Date September 2009
    Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

  • Tweet included in the book (as @drkent)

    • The Book Publishing Bible
    Release Date 2007
    Blooming Twig Books

  • Guide to Self-Publishing
  • More Than 1500 Copies in Circulation

    • High Enough to Fall: Coming of Age in Jerusalem
    2002 Unpublished Memoir

    Publications

    Troublin’ Mind
    Pending Release
    One Soul Records, New York

  • Featuring Jamey Haddad, Aruna Sairam, Larry Campbell, Bakhiti Kumalo & More

    • I Am Here
    Released in 2008
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

  • Duet album with Dejan Ilijic, Serbian musician

    • Stolen Shack
    Released in 2004
    One Soul Records, New York

  • Featured on National Public Radio “All Songs Considered”
  • Recorded by Stolen Shack Trio with Gabe Shuford & Nicholas Walker

    • Live in Vermont
    Released in 2004
    One Soul Records, New York

  • Recorded Live in Vermont with Micah Schonberg
  • Featured Across the World on Folk and Country Radio
  • #2 on Australian Country Radio Charts
  • #34 on European Country Radio Charts

    • Light into the World
    Released in 2004
    One Soul Records, New York
    Owl Mountain Music, Colorado

  • Used for Sunday morning worship at Greenbelt Festival, Britain
  • Used at Midnight Mass of Swedish Organization CREDO, Sweden
  • Used at ELCA National Headquarters, Chicago
  • Used around the world by hundreds of congregations
  • Commissioned by Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Longmont, CO
  • Recording in top 25 of Christian radio charts in NY

    • Mountain Vespers
    2007 Ninety and Nine Records, New York
    2001 Holden Village Productions, Washington

  • Sheet Music used by hundreds of Lutheran congregations around world
  • Performed before thousands of guests at Holden Village each summer (WA state)

    • Solo Acoustic
    Released in 2007
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

    When Love is Real
    Released in 2007
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

    Jerusalem
    Released in 2006
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

    Aphasia
    Released in 2006
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

    One of These Days
    Released in 2006
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

    Live in Waterbury Center
    Released in 2006
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

    Holden Tunes
    Released in 2006
    Ninety and Nine Records, New York

    Recordings

    Blooming Twig Books LLC (New York, NY)
    Founder & Chief Creative Officer
    2005 – Present

  • Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
  • Oversight of Publishing Operations, Creative Development & Title Acquisition

    • The Skeleton Method, (New York, NY)
    Book Development Consulting
    2007 – Present

  • Manuscript Development Services for High-Profile Clients

    • Ninety and Nine Records, (New York, NY)
    Owner, Acquisitions & Executive Producer
    2005 – Present

  • Record Production & Publication
  • Oversight of Artist Development Services

    • Kent Gustavson Music (ASCAP), (New York, NY)
    Composer & Music Publisher
    2004 – Present

  • 14 Studio Recordings
  • ASCAP Member
  • Catalog of 200+ Songs

    • “Sound Peace” Youth Program, (Jerusalem, Israel)
    Founder & Chief Operations Officer
    1999 – 2001

  • Designed and Implemented Curriculum for Conflict Resolution Through Music
  • Evacuated after multiple warnings from State Department

    • Entrepreneurship

    Stony Brook University, (Stony Brook, NY)
    Teaching. Learning & Technology: Innovations in Education

  • Twitter in the Classroom: Microblogging Explored (October 28, 2009)
  • Ning in the Classroom: Using Social Networks in Teaching (November 5, 2009)
  • Engage Student Learning and Facilitate Communication with Twitter
    (Summer Colloquium, May 27-28, 2009)
  • Ning in the Classroom (Summer Colloquium, May 27-28, 2009)
  • Web 2.0 Birds of a Feather (Summer Colloquium, May 27-28, 2009)

    • The Arizona Chapter of the National Speakers Association, (Phoenix, AZ)
     Keynote Lecture

  • Back of the Room 2.0: Write and Publish Your Book in the 21st Century (October 10, 2009)

    • National Association of Poetry Therapy National Conference, (Washington)
    Closing Keynote Lecture Performance (with Dejan Ilijic; Nis, Serbia)

  • I Am Here: Bridging Eastern-European and Appalachian-American Traditions with Contemporary Lyric & Music (April 19, 2009)

    • East Islip Lecture Series, (East Islip, NY)

  • “The Roots of American Folk Music” (November 13, 2008 & December 10, 2008)

    • Stony Brook University, (Stony Brook, NY)
    Invited Lectures, Music Department

  • Traditional American Music Lecture Performance (February 2010)
  • The Origins of American Folk Instruments (September 15, 2008)
  • Noontime Lecture Performance (October 15, 2008)
  • Doc Watson and the Origin of Roots Music (March 15th, 2006)

    • Ecumenical Retreat Center, (Stenungsund, Sweden)
    Ecumenical Retreat Center Musician in Residence (July 2007)

    CREDO Conference (Skovde, Sweden)
    Musician in Residence & Invited Lecturer (July 2007)

    Gettysburg Seminary, (Gettysburg, PA)
    Week-long invited lecturer on the role of music in liturgy. (November 15-22, 2006)

    Light into the World Workshop Series
    Sponsored by Calvin Institute of Christian Worship

  • September 10-11, 2005 (Dodgeville, WI)
  • July 28, 2005 (Grand Rapids, MN)
  • April 29-May 1, 2005 (Minneapolis, MN)
  • October 30-31, 2004 (Tulsa, OK)
  • March & September 2004 (Longmont, CO)

    • Holden Village Ecumenical Retreat Center (Chelan, WA)
    Invited lecturer and musician-in-residence (July 2003)

    Lectures

    Just Plain Folks (2009)
    Best Song, Experimental Category (2nd place)

    Online Degree World (2009)
    Top 100 Edu-Tweeters
    Top 100 Professors on Twitter
    Top Leaders on Twitter

    Jay Rosen, NYU (2009)
    “Best Mindcasters I Know” Twitter List

    Cambridge Who’s Who (2009)
    Cambridge Who’s Who Registry of Elite Executives & Professionals

    Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (2004-2006)
    Funding of workshops in Minneapolis, MN / Longmont, CO / Tulsa, OK

    Stony Brook University (2002-2007)
    Full teaching assistantship for M.A. and Ph.D. study
    Full tuition scholarship for M.A. and Ph.D. study

    Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship (1995-1996)
    Full scholarship for a year of study in Germany

    Awards & Grants

    Hope Lutheran Church, (Selden, NY)
    Youth Minister & Church Musician
    2002-2003

    Holden Village Ecumenical Retreat Center, (Chelan, WA)
    Lead Cook, Volunteer Firefighter
    2000-2002

    Daar Al-Kalima Lutheran School, (Bethlehem, Palestine)
    English & German Instructor
    2000

    Music Academy of Bethlehem, (Bethlehem, Palestine)
    Music Instructor
    2000

    Palestinian Traditional Music Ensemble “Sabreen”, (Jerusalem, Israel)
    Music Teacher/Recording & Performing Artist
    1999

    Seeds of Peace International Youth Center, (Jerusalem, Israel)
    Volunteer Assistant Program Coordinator
    1999

    Seeds of Peace International Youth Camp, (Otisfield, Maine)
    Canoe & Music Instructor, & Bunk Counselor
    1998-2000

    Middlebury College, (Middlebury, Vermont)
    Language Waiter & German Tutor
    1996-2000

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