David Lavery (August 27, 1949 – August 30, 2016) was an American linguist and professor of English at Middle Tennessee State University who specialized in studying pop culture, especially television. From 2006 to 2008 he served as Chair in Film & Television at Brunel University in London.[1][2][3] He authored or edited over 20 books on popular culture,[4] including Conversations with Joss Whedon.[5]
He co-produced (with George Tennyson) Owen Barfield: Man and Meaning (1994; directed and edited by Ben Levin), a documentary portrait of Owen Barfield.[6]
Lavery was considered an expert on several television series, including The Sopranos,[7] Lost, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.[8][9]
- ^ (July 2008) "Analysing The Sopranos"[permanent dead link], Brunel News. Issue no 101; accessed January 2012.
- ^ McClinton-Temple, Jennifer; Velie, Alan (January 1, 2009). Encyclopedia of American Indian Literature. Infobase Publishing. p. 441. ISBN 978-1-4381-2087-4. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ "English Department Profiles, MTSU". Mtsu.edu. Archived from the original on 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
- ^ De Gennaro, Nancy (August 31, 2016). "MTSU professor and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' expert dies". Daily News Journal. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ Lavery, David; Burkhead, Cynthia (2011). Joss Whedon: Conversations. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-1-60473-925-1. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ Barfield, Owen A. (January 1, 1999). A Barfield Reader: Selections from the Writings of Owen Barfield. Wesleyan University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8195-6361-3. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ Lavery, David (July 29, 2011). The Essential Sopranos Reader. University Press of Kentucky. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-8131-3014-9. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
- ^ "News". Slayageonline.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
- ^ "Joss Whedon, A Creative Portrait: from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" to "Marvel's The Avengers"". Ibtauris.com. Retrieved 2013-06-18.