Kathy Roberts Forde

Education

Ph.D. Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

M.A. English, Middlebury College

Current Research Interests

Media law with emphasis on First Amendment issues and libel law
American journalism history
Literary or narrative journalism

Courses taught

JOUR 3004, Information for Mass Communication

JOUR 3007, The Media in American History and Law

JOUR 5606W, Literary Aspects of Journalism

JOUR 3776, Mass Communication Law

Professional experience

Served as editorial assistant for the journal, Mass Communication and Society
Freelance writer published in The Independent Weekly (Durham, NC), Duke Law Magazine, and other publications
Taught English at The Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Durham Academy, Durham, N.C.

Selected Publications

Forde, Kathy Roberts. (forthcoming, spring 2008) Literary Journalism on Trial: Masson v. New Yorker and the First Amendment. University of Massachusetts Press.

Forde, Kathy Roberts. (2007). Discovering the explanatory report in American newspapers. Forthcoming in Journalism Practice.

Forde, Kathy Roberts. (2005). How Masson v. New Yorker has shaped the legal landscape of narrative journalism. Communication Law & Policy, 10. 101-133.

Forde, Kathy Roberts. (2006). Libel, freedom of the press, and the New Yorker. American Journalism, 23(4). 61-91

Pardun, Carol, & Kathy Roberts Forde. (2006). Sexual content of television commercials watched by early adolescents. In T. Reichert & J. Lambiase, (Eds.), Sex in consumer culture: The erotic content of media and marketing (pp. 125-139). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Pardun, Carol & Forde, Kathy Roberts. (2003). Sex in the media: Do condom ads have a chance? SEICUS Report, 31. 22-23.

Awards and Recognition

Faculty Summer Research Fellowship and McKnight Summer Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Summer 2006.

Nafziger-White Dissertation Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2006.

John B. Adams Award Excellence in Mass Communication Law, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2005.

Minnie S. and Eli A. Rubinstein Research Award, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2005.

William Francis Clingman Jr. Ethics Award, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2004.