Michael Stamm

Education

Ph.D., M.A., History, University of Chicago

B.A., English, University of California, Berkeley

Current Research Interests

Radio history
Press-radio relations in the United States
Media in American politics and culture
Issues in media ownership

Courses Taught

JOUR 1001, Introduction to Mass Communication

JOUR 3007, The Media in American History and Law: Case Studies

JOUR 5601W, History of Journalism

JOUR 8602, Seminar: History of Mass Communication

Selected Publications

Mixed Media: Newspaper Ownership of Radio in American Politics and Society, 1920-1952, under contract with University of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming 2008.

“Questions of Taste: Interest Group Liberalism and the Campaigns to Save Classical Music Broadcasting in Post-World War II Chicago,” Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television v. 25:2 (2005): 291-309.

Entry for “Kenneth Delmar” in the Encyclopedia of Radio (New York: Routledge, 2004), vol.1, pp. 443-444.

Review of Richard Neer, FM: The Rise and Fall of Rock Radio, in Journal of Radio Studies v.10:1 (June 2003): 145-147.

Awards and Recognition

Margaret A. Blanchard Doctoral Dissertation Prize for best dissertation in journalism and mass communication history, American Journalism Historians Association, 2007

University of Minnesota McKnight Summer Fellowship & Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, 2007

Harry Barnard Memorial Dissertation Fellowship in American History, University of Chicago, 2005-2006

Dissertation Teaching and Research Fellowship, University of Chicago, 2004-2005