Faculty Profile:Dr. Kim Trager Bohley
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Research and Scholarly Interests:Critical Media Studies; History of the Book; Media Ethnography; American Studies; Southeast Asian Print Cultures; Active Audiences; Feminist Cultural Studies; Civic Journalism; and Cultural Globalization Publications:“Gender in Crime News: A Case Study Test of the Chivalry Hypothesis” (second author with B. Grabe, M. Lear, and J. Rauch). (2006). Mass Communication & Society, 9(2), 137-163. “Reading in the Borderland: An Ethnographic Study of Serious Readers in a Mega-bookstore Café. (2005). The Communication Review, 8(2), 185-236. “Clinging to Tradition, Welcoming Civic Solutions: A Survey of College Students’ Attitudes Towards Civic Journalism” (second author with J. Rauch and E. Kim). (2003). Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 58(2), 175-186. “Book Clubs in the Midwest.” Entry in R. Sisson, C. Zacher, and A. Cayton (Eds.), The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. (2006). Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. Conference Papers:“The Japanese-USA Bookstore War on Orchard Road: Globalization Strategies, Singaporean Print Cultures & Country of Origin Effects.” National Communication Association Conference (Japan-U.S. Communication Association Division), Chicago, IL, November 2009. “Kiasu Offenders, Islandness Anxiety & Corporate Discipline: Browsing Madness in Borders Bookstore Singapore.” International Communication Association Conference (Global Communication and Social Change Division), Chicago, IL, May 2009. “Unrepentant Sinners of the Printed Word: The Politics of Space and Place in Borders Bookstore Singapore.” Eastern Communication Association Conference (Media Ecology Division), Philadelphia, PA, April 2009. “Gender in Crime Coverage: A Case Study of a Local Newspaper” (second author with M. E. Grabe, M. Lear, and J. Rauch). International Communication Association Conference (Feminist Scholarship Division), New Orleans, LA, May 2004. “Undisciplined Reading: An Ethnographic Study of Social-silent Readers in a Mega-bookstore Café.” Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication Conference (Critical and Cultural Studies Division), Kansas City, KS, August 2003. “Inside the Mind of Edward Jenner Carpenter: A Micro-history of a 19th Century Cabinet Maker’s Reading Practices.” Great Lakes American Studies Association/Mid-America American Studies Association Conference, Iowa City, IA, April 2003. “Clinging to Tradition, Welcoming Civic Solutions: A Survey of College Students’ Attitudes towards Civic Journalism” (first author with J. Rauch and E. Kim). Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication Conference, Miami, FL, August 2002. [Top student paper in the Civic Journalism Division.] “Are Reading Communities Always Textual Communities?” Popular Culture/American Culture Association Conference (Reading & Publishing Popular Literature Division), Philadelphia, PA, April 2001. “The Hidden World of Octavia Wilberforce and Elizabeth Robins: Transatlantic Feminist Correspondence.” History Graduate Student Association Conference (Cultural History Division), Bloomington, IN, March 2000. Awards and Scholarships:NIIE Fulbright Grant (Singapore), 2005-2006. Research Grant, Indiana University School of Journalism, March 2005. Teaching Excellence Award from Indiana University School of Communication & Culture, April 2004. Finalist in the Virginia LaFollette Gunderson Essay competition, Indiana University American Studies Program, March 2004. Travel Grant, Indiana University School of Journalism, July 2003. Travel Grant, Indiana University School of Journalism, July 2002. Top Student Paper Award (with J. Rauch and E. Kim), Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication (Civic Journalism Division), Miami, FL, August 2002. Research Grant, Indiana University School of Journalism, November 2001. Travel Grant, Indiana University School of Journalism, March 2001. Mark and Ruth (Welborn) Ferree Fellowship and John E. Stempel Fellowship from Indiana University School of Journalism, 2000-2001. Courses Taught/Teaching:
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