Dr. Voss presents at the NCA Convention

At the November National Communication AssociationConvention in Orlando, Journalism Coordinator Dr. Kimberly Voss presented on a few topics.

Some including:

• “Eleanor Hart: How An Advice Columnist Guided A Florida Community And Addressed Issues of Gender and Race,” co-authored with Lance Speere. Named a top paper.
•  “The Real Inventor of Food Journalism: The Story Behind the First New York Times Food Writer Jane Nickerson and Her Food Section, 1942-1957,”  co-authored with Lance Speere and Andra Maria Vaduva.
• “Mad Men: Learning From and Teaching with Smart Popular Culture.”
•  “Cecily Brownstone: A First Lady of Food Journalism.”

Dr. Voss was a journalism professor for five years at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville before coming to the University of Central Florida. Prior to that, she was a journalism professor and newspaper advisor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout for two years. Before her time in academia, Dr. Voss was a reporter for newspapers in Milwaukee, Baltimore and St. Louis.

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