Henry Adam Svec holds a PhD and an MA in Media Studies from the University of Western Ontario and a BA in English Literature from Mount Allison University. His research interests include media archeology, utopia and authenticity, and popular music, and he has published articles in such venues as the Canadian Journal of Communication, Convergence, and Popular Music & Society. He is the author of two books: American Folk Music as Tactical Media, a scholarly monograph, and Life Is Like Canadian Football and Other Authentic Folk Songs, a novel. He teaches in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo in Canada.