Third journalism dean candidate to present April 13
LAWRENCE — Cory Armstrong, Lawrence L. and Ruth E. Pike Professor in Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will be the third finalist in the University of Kansas School of Journalism & Mass Communications dean search to present her ideas for the school’s future.
Her public presentation takes place 2-3 p.m. April 13 in Watson Library 3 West and will be livestreamed. The online passcode is 897632.
The final candidate will be announced approximately two business days before their campus visit. Their presentation is scheduled from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. April 16 in 1020 Capitol Federal Hall.
Members of the KU community are encouraged to attend the presentations and provide feedback to the search committee. Presentation recordings and online feedback forms will be available on the search page through April 21.
Additional search and candidate information can be found on the search page.
Armstrong most recently served as associate dean of research and faculty affairs and diversity officer in UNL’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
She was selected as a 2023 Big Ten Academic Leadership Program participant, a 2024-2025 Big Ten Carnegie Mellon Fellow and a member of the Nebraska system Developing Excellence in Academic Leaders program.
Armstrong’s research focuses on how individuals use media to make decisions during weather events, and she has secured more than $700,000 in grants to primarily study media messaging and severe weather. She has 50 peer-reviewed publications.
Prior to her career at UNL, Armstrong held faculty and leadership positions at the University of Alabama, University of North Texas and the University of Florida. She also worked as a journalist for 10 years.
Armstrong earned her doctorate and master’s degrees in mass communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her bachelor’s degree in English from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
The School of Journalism & Mass Communications Dean search committee includes representatives from faculty, staff, students and alumni and is being led by Stephen Mazza, dean of the School of Law, and Mary Banwart, associate vice provost of Faculty Affairs.