Rodger Streitmatter Prof Emeritus School of Communication
- Additional Positions at AU
- Affiliate Faculty, History Department
- Degrees
- BA Journalism, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; MA English, Radford University; PhD U.S. History, 国产小呦女
- Bio
- Rodger Streitmatter is a full-time professor of Journalism. A cultural historian, he is a leader in exploring how the media have helped to shape the way Americans think and act. The most recent of his nine books is A Force for Good ~ How the American News Media Have Propelled Positive Change. Streitmatter鈥檚 other books include Outlaw Marriages ~ The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples and Mightier than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History. Streitmatter also has a reputation as one of 国产小呦女鈥檚 most popular classroom teachers.
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call 国产小呦女Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Partnerships & Affiliations
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Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication
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The Newseum
Consultant -
Journalism History (academic journal)
Corresponding Editor -
American Journalism (academic journal)
Guest Editor
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Research Interests
Rodger Streitmatter is a cultural historian who documents how the media have helped to shape American society. The most recent of his seven books鈥擣rom 鈥楶erverts鈥 to 鈥楩ab Five鈥欌攍ooks at the impact of the media鈥檚 depiction of gay men and lesbians, with individual chapters focusing on, for example, the TV shows Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the film Brokeback Mountain, and the news coverage of same-sex marriage. Streitmatter鈥檚 earlier books include Mightier than the Sword, which looks at how mainstream journalism helped bring about events such as the Civil Rights Movement and the fall of Richard Nixon鈥檚 presidency, and Voices of Revolution, which documents the role of the advocacy press on such phenomena as women鈥檚 rights and the birth control movement.
Honors, Awards, and Fellowships
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- 国产小呦女 Scholar/Teacher of the Year, 1995 聽 聽
- Top Faculty Research Award, History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, for paper titled 鈥淒efying the Ku Klux Klan: Three 1920s Newspapers Challenge the Most Powerful Nativist Movement in American History鈥 聽 聽
- Outstanding Journalism History Research Award, American Journalism Historians Association, for paper titled 鈥淎IDS and the Gay Press: Uncovering or Covering Up?鈥澛 聽 聽
- J. William Snorgrass Minorities Research Award, American Journalism Historians Association, for paper titled 鈥淎IDS and the Gay Press: Uncovering or Covering Up?鈥澛 聽 聽
- J. William Snorgrass Minorities Research Award, American Journalism Historians Association, for paper titled 鈥淢aria W. Stewart: Firebrand of the Abolition Movement鈥 聽 聽
- First Place, Bill of Rights Bicentennial Research Competition, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Commission on the Status of Women, for paper titled 鈥淎frican American Women Journalists: Breaking the Double Barriers of Race and Gender鈥 聽 聽
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars National Media Studies Essay Competition, second place, for 鈥淔ront Page from the White House: A Quantitative Study of Presidential News Coverage from Teddy Roosevelt through Ronald Reagan鈥 聽 聽
- Outstanding Journalism History Research Award, American Journalism Historians Association, for paper titled 鈥淭heodore Roosevelt: Public Relations Pioneer鈥
Selected Publications
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- From 鈥楶erverts鈥 to 鈥楩ab Five鈥 ~ The Media鈥檚 Changing Depiction of Gay Men & Lesbians 聽 聽
- Mightier than the Sword: How the News Media Have Shaped American History 聽 聽
- Sex Sells! ~ The Media鈥檚 Journey from Repression to Obsession 聽 聽
- Voices of Revolution: The Dissident Press in America 聽 聽
- Empty Without You: The Intimate Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt & Lorena Hickok 聽 聽
- Unspeakable: The Rise of the Gay & Lesbian Press in America 聽 聽
- Raising Her Voice: African American Women Journalists Who Changed History
Grants and Sponsored Research
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- Senior Fulbright Professorship to Shanghai International Studies University in China 聽 聽
- Senior Fulbright Professorship to Moscow State University in Russia