Kimberley Mangun
Assistant Professor, Communication
Communication
Languages & Communication Bldg
255 South Central Campus Dr RM 2400
Salt Lake City, Ut 84112-0491
Office: 2854 LNCO
Office Hours: By appointment only during fall 2009.
Office Phone: (801) 585-9935
Email:
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My Website: voicesofutah.wordpress.com
Degrees:
2005 Ph.D. University of Oregon
Kimberley Mangun joined the faculty in fall 2006 as an assistant professor after earning her Ph.D. from the University of Oregon in 2005. She teaches intermediate reporting as well as conceptual classes on journalism history, alternative media, and diversity.
Before pursuing her graduate degree, Dr. Mangun had a long career as a managing editor for alternative media in San Diego; Santa Cruz, California; and Eugene, Oregon. She also published an outdoor recreation magazine in Oregon. In addition, Dr. Mangun has done public relations and newsletters for major companies such as Plantronics, Inc., and considerable freelance writing for newspapers and magazines.
Dr. Mangun studies the African American press and women in journalism history, subjects she became interested in while in graduate school. Her award-winning dissertation examined the career of Beatrice Morrow Cannady, an editor and publisher who advocated for civil rights in Portland, Oregon, from 1912 until 1936. Dr. Mangun has a book about Cannady under contract at Oregon State University Press, and her research on this forgotten journalist was used as the basis for an Oregon Public Broadcasting documentary that premiered in May 2007. Dr. Mangun’s research has been published in American Journalism, Oregon Historical Quarterly, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, African American National Biography, BlackPast.org, and other print and online publications.
Selected Publications:
An Advocate for the Cause: Beatrice Morrow Cannady and the Fight for Equal Rights in Oregon, 1912-1936.
(Book), 2010
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Boosting the Black Press' Bottom Line: Beatrice Morrow Cannady's Tactics to Promote The Advocate, 1923-1933
(Journal Article), 2008
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"'As citizens we must protest': Beatrice Morrow Cannady and African American response to The Birth of a Nation"
(Journal Article), 2006
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"The (Oregon) Advocate: Boosting the Race and Portland, Too"
(Journal Article), 2006
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"A Force for Change: Beatrice Morrow Cannady's Program for Race Relations in Oregon, 1912-1936"
(Journal Article), 2005
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Research Statement
I study the Black press; advocacy journalism for social change; and women and minorities in communication history.
Research Keywords, Regions of Interest and Languages:
Keywords:
Black press; Journalism history (2); Women's History (4)
Research Projects
African American newspapers in Colo. and Calif.
Courses I Teach
COMM 1610 Intro to News Writing
COMM 3490 Comm & Pub Issues: Spec Tpcs
COMM 3660 Intermediate Reporting
COMM 5630 Mass Communication Hist
COMM 6000 Studies In Comm
COMM 6630 Mass Communication Hist
COMM 7330 Sem: Hist Research Methods
Awards
2009
Third Place - Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
2009
Top Faculty Paper - Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
2007
Honorable Mention - American Journalism Historians Association
2007
Third-place Faculty Paper - Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
2006
Honorable Mention, Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize - American Journalism Historians Association
2005
Honorable Mention, J. William Snorgrass Memorial Award - American Journalism Historians Association
2005
Outstanding Dissertation Award - School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
2005
Graduate Student Presentation Award - Association for African American Historical Research and Preservation
2004
Second place student paper - Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)