Kate Roberts Edenborg

Kate has worked professionally in print journalism for around ten years and continues to do so today as well. She also has pursued opportunities in other areas communications. Kate obtained her MA at the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication and has had the opportunity to teach a number of courses throughout her graduate career. These opportunities made it possible for her to receive second place in AEJMC’s Promising Professor competition in 2005. Kate's general areas of academic interest include journalism/mass communication history, cultural studies, media coverage of women, women in mass communication, literacy and media literacy, and literature.

Current Research Interests:

While her master’s thesis was a historical look at media coverage of First Ladies, Kate's doctoral focus is on representations of girlhood in children’s books, periodicals and magazines.

Journal Publications and Conference Presentations:

Publication:

Roberts, Katherine. “The Role of the First Lady and the Media: A Preliminary Case Study of New York Times Coverage of Mary Todd Lincoln, 1861-1865,” The Civil War and the Press, David Sachsman, Kittrell Rushing, and Debra Van Tuyll, eds.; Rutgers: Transaction Press, 2000.

Roberts Edenborg, Katherine and Hazel Dicken-Garcia. “ ‘The Darlings Come Out to See the Volunteers Drilled’: Depictions of Women in Harper’s Weekly During the Civil War,” presented at Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tenn., November 11-13, 2004.

 Roberts Edenborg, Katherine. “Caddie Woodlawn Grows Up: Constructions of Girlhood in the 1930s,” presented at the American Journalism Historians Association conference, Billings, Montana, October 2-4, 2003.

Roberts, Katherine. “The Role of the First Lady and the Media: An Examination of Selected Newspaper Coverage of Dolley Madison, 1809-1817,” presented at Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tenn., November 8-10, 2001.

Roberts, Katherine. “Media Coverage of First Ladies: A Quantitative Analysis of Indexed New York Times Coverage of Wives of U.S. Presidents, 1853-1997, ” presented at Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tenn., November 11-13, 1999.

Roberts, Katherine. “Gender, Justice and the Status Quo: Images of Women in Ladies’ Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post Advertisements and the Supreme Court’s Muller v. Oregon (1908) Decision,” presented at the American Journalism Historians Association convention, Louisville, Kentucky, October 22-25, 1998.

Roberts, Katherine. “The Role of the First Lady and the Media: An Examination and Comparison of Selected Newspaper Coverage of Mary Todd Lincoln, 1861-1865,” presented at the1998 Midwest Regional AEJMC Journalism History conference, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minn., April 17, 1998.

Roberts, Katherine. “The Role of the First Lady and the Media: A Preliminary Case Study of New York Times Coverage of Mary Todd Lincoln, 1861-1865,” presented at the Symposium on the 19th Century Press, the Civil War and Free Expression, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tenn., November 13-15, 1997.

Panel Presentations:

Roberts Edenborg, Katherine. “Gender, Justice and the Status Quo: Pop Culture Images of Women in Ladies’ Home Journal and Saturday Evening Post Advertisements and the Supreme Court’s Muller v. Oregon (1908) Decision,” accepted for presentation at the PCA/ACA 2003 National Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 16-20, 2003

Roberts, Katherine. “Notions of the First Lady in Popular Culture: An Examination of Newspaper Coverage of Mary Todd Lincoln, 1861-1865,” presented at the Southwest Texas PCA/ACA 2002 Regional Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 13-17, 2002.

TA, RA, or Other UM Appointments:

Instructor/Teacher of record: 

Publications Editing

History of Journalism

News Writing and Reporting

Teaching assistantships:

Publications Editing

News Writing and Reporting

History of Visual Communication

Information for Mass Communication

Media in American History and Law

Advertising and Public Relations Research

Psychology of Advertising

Public Relations Writing and Campaign Tactics

Professional experience:

Copy Editor & Designer, St. Paul Pioneer Press

Editorial Assistant, Minnesota Law & Politics

Research Consultant, American Red Cross

Media Relations, Freelance work for the Carlson Companies

LifeStyle Editor, Wausau Daily Herald

Assistant News Editor, Wausau Daily Herald

Staff Writer, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Copy Editor, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Features Editor, The Pointer, the UW-Stevens Point campus weekly newspaper

Staff Reporter, Dunn County News, a bi-weekly community newspaper in Menomonie, Wis.

Editorial Assistant, Giant Media Steps, publisher of U.S. Business Litigation, Corporate Legal Times and Illinois Legal Times, national magazine