School of Journalism

Dr. Cory Armstrong joins the Mayborn team as the journalism faculty director and a professor. Armstrong is the editor of the book "Media Disparity: A Gender Battleground," and her research has focused on race, gender, class and media. Armstrong participated in the Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy and is active in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, where she serves on the Standing Committee on Research. She is associate editor for Mass Communication & Society, is on the Newspaper Research Journal editorial board and is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. She earned her Ph.D. in mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.