Philip Furia
professor
Kenan Hall 1232 | 910.962.3321 | furiap@uncw.edu
Background
PhD, University of Iowa, 1970
MFA, Iowa Writers Workshop, 1970
MA, University of Chicago, 1966
BA, Oberlin College, 1965
Publications
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Awards
- Faculty Scholarship Award, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2006
- Presented with the Key to the City of Savannah by Mayor Floyd Adams for Skylark: The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer, the first biography of the Savannah-born songwriter, 2003.
- Scholar of the College, University of Minnesota, 1991-94
- Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, College of Continuing Education and Extension, 1989
- Fulbright Professorship, University of Graz (Austria), 1982-83
Download an excerpt of Philip Furia's work (PDF).

An evening of songs from the 'Oscars,' based on Phil's WHQR public radio program The Great American Songbook. (2018)