Jim DeRogatis
James Peter DeRogatis (born September 2, 1964) is an American music critic and co-host of Sound Opinions. DeRogatis has written articles for magazines such as Rolling Stone, Spin, Guitar World and Modern Drummer, and for 15 years was the pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Jim DeRogatis
James Peter DeRogatis
September 2, 1964
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Music critic
1980s–present
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He joined Columbia College Chicago's English Department as a lecturer in 2010[2] and is currently an associate professor of instruction teaching Music & Media in Chicago, Reviewing the Arts, Cultural Criticism and the Arts, and Journalism as Literature.[3]
Personal life[edit]
DeRogatis was born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, in a Catholic family.[20][21] When he was five, his father, an underwriter for Prudential Insurance Company, died of a heart attack in 1969.[20] After rejecting religion during his freshman year of high school, DeRogatis became an atheist.[22] In 2003, DeRogatis married Carmél Carrillo.[23] He has a daughter, Melody (born circa 1997), from a previous marriage.[24]