Brian Butko

Adjunct Instructor of History
McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Department of History

College Hall 603
Phone: 412.396.6470
butkob@duq.edu

Education:

M.A. Duquesne University

Bio

I write books about roadside America - diners, drive-ins, highways - plus edit or manage books at my workplace, the Heinz History Center.

I've edited Western Pennsylvania History magazine since 2001, overseeing all aspects of production and enjoying it immensely.

I've designed the SCA Journal - the magazine of the Society for Commercial Archeology - since 1996.

Courses Offered

PHST 524: Historical Editing

Publications

The Ship Hotel

Lincoln Highway Companion

Roadside Attractions

Roadside Giants

Greetings from the Lincoln Highway

Klondikes, Chipped Ham, & Skyscraper Cones: The Story of Isaly's

Diners of Pennsylvania (orig and revised)

Honors

Finalist: 2014 Golden Quill Awards for Best Cover Design, Civil War in Pennsylvania

Winner: 2011 Maroon and Gold Quill Award for statewide writing successes by the Friends of the Bloomsburg University Library Association

Winner: 2008 Author of the Year, Lincoln Highway Association

Winner: 2008 Communicatior Award, International Academy of the Visual Arts for Western Pennsylvania History