“Throughout my college career I have experienced two types of professors: the forgettable men and women who have put forth the obligatory effort with a dispassionate drone, and the professors like Chuck Mancuso possessing a passion, knowledge, and excitement for music and films that is not only contagious but permanent. Mr. Mancuso introduced jazz into my life. Having been seduced into a punk rock lifestyle, I was excited by the head boppin’ lectures, his encyclopedic book POPULAR MUSIC AND THE UNDERGROUND, and the three screens behind him supporting his audio and video lectures. As a visual artist I am stimulated by his creation of a multi-media learning environment. Aside from his being one of the most influential professors, he has attended my photographic exhibition at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center as well as taking an active role in my application of Film Noir into my images.”