Bob Batchelor is a cultural historian who has written or edited more than twenty-five books on popular culture, American literature, and communications history. Batchelor teaches in the Media, Journalism & Film Department at Miami University. Among his books are John Updike: A Critical Biography (2013), Gatsby: The Cultural History of the Great American Novel (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), and Mad Men: A Cultural History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). Visit him online at www.bobbbatchelor.com.