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Amber\u00a0Roessner<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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aroessne@utk.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

865-974-5142<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A professor in the University of Tennessee\u2019s School of Journalism and Media, Lori Amber Roessner teaches and studies media history and its relationship to cultural phenomena and practices, including the operation of politics, the negotiation of public images and collective memories, and the construction of race, gender, and class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roessner teaches the introduction to journalism and creative media, mass communications history, media reporting, advanced reporting, literary journalism, advanced sports writing, and qualitative methods. Roessner was honored with the American Journalism Historians Association\u2019s 2017 Award for Excellence in Teaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2014, she has published two books, including Inventing Baseball Heroes: Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, and the Sporting Press in America <\/em>(LSU Press, 2014) and Jimmy Carter and the Birth of the Marathon Media Campaign<\/em> (LSU Press, 2020), and co-edited Political Pioneer of the Press: Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Her Transnational Crusade for Social Justice <\/em>(Lexington Books, 2018). Her earlier journal-length cultural histories appeared inJournalism & Mass Communication Quarterly<\/em> and Journalism History<\/em>, among others, contributing to her receiving the distinction of American Journalism<\/em>\u2019s Inaugural Rising Scholar in 2014. Her 2020 Journalism History<\/em> manuscript, \u201cThe Voices of Public Opinion: Lingering Structures of Feeling about Women\u2019s Suffrage in 1917 U.S. Newspaper Letters to the Editor,\u201d won the 2021 AEJMC History Division\u2019s Covert Award, an annual award for the best mass communication history article in the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More recently, she has served as the University of Tennessee\u2019s Faculty Senate President (2023-2024) and was honored with the College of Communication and Information\u2019s 2025 Making a Difference through Research and Creative Achievement <\/strong>Award and the University of Tennessee Alumni Association\u2019s 2025 Alumni Distinguished Service Professorship Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During her career in the journalism industry, Roessner worked as a sports writer for the Gainesville Times<\/em>, where she earned a Georgia Associated Press Award for her coverage of the pressures associated with youth sports. Roessner later served as an associate editor of the Athens Magazine<\/em>, the editor of Gainesville Life<\/em>, and a freelance contractor for regional media organizations and non-profit public relations organizations, such as the United Way of Northeast Georgia. Roessner earned her masters of art and doctorate in mass communications at the University of Georgia\u2019s College of Journalism and Mass Communication in December 2006 and July 2010, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she\u2019s not involved in teaching or academic pursuits, Roessner serves as an occasional contributor to media outlets. She also enjoys spending time with family, practicing yoga, hiking along the Appalachian Trail, and reading a good book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education<\/div><\/h2>
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  • Doctor of Philosophy, Journalism and Mass Communication, July 2010, University of Georgia\u2019s Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication, Athens, Ga.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Masters of Art, Journalism and Mass Communication, Dec. 2006, University of Georgia\u2019s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Athens, Ga.\n
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    • Thesis: Sidelined by Gender\u2014A Textual Analysis of the 2005-06 College Football Bowl Season<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Advisor: Leara Rhodes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Bachelor of Science, Education (Emphasis Sports Studies), Dec. 2003, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Research Interests<\/div><\/h2>
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      • History of media and mass communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Sports writing <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Political reporting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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