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= Lana Rakow =
NOTE: '''''I still need to plug my references into my actual writing.''''' References and Awards/Honors with asterisks next to them are items I need to find citations for online. They were given to me in Dr. Rakow's CV.

= Lana Rakow (ROUGH DRAFT) =
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Lana Rakow (April 17, 1952 – Present) is a retired professor of Communication and author of ''Gender on the Line: Women, the Telephone, and Community Life'' (1992). She also has numerous other published works that are primarily in the fields of communication and feminist theory.
Lana Rakow (April 17, 1952 – Present) is a retired professor of Communication and author of ''Gender on the Line: Women, the Telephone, and Community Life'' (1992).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jds8Oc1Oqt0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=lana+rakow+awards&source=bl&ots=ko6KdSyrNm&sig=YVQfROHfMYKSIlxTpSRURDLGKRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMt6zEiqDSAhVF9IMKHdJEC_Y4ChDoAQgZMAA#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=fals|title=Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook|last=Signorielli|first=Nancy|date=1996-01-01|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313291647|language=en}}</ref> In 2000, she was identified as a top woman scholar in journalism and mass communication by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She also has numerous other published works that are primarily in the fields of communication and feminist theory.


                Dr. Rakow was born in North Dakota, where she spent a majority of her life as a student and, later, as a professor, writer, and researcher. As of June 2016, Rakow is in retirement from her position at University of North Dakota. She is currently the Associate Editor of the ''Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.''
                Dr. Rakow was born in North Dakota<ref name=":0" />, where she spent a majority of her life as a student and, later, as a professor, writer, and researcher. As of June 2016, Rakow is in retirement from her position at University of North Dakota.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/06/june-30-retirement-reception-honors-lana-rakow/|title=June 30 retirement reception honors Lana Rakow {{!}} UND University Letter|website=blogs.und.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-23}}</ref> She is currently the Associate Editor of the ''Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.''<ref name=":1" /> Rakow will continue researching, writing, presenting her work, and travelling in her retirement. <ref name=":1" />


== Education and Career ==
== Education and Career ==
                Dr. Rakow began her secondary education in her home state at the University of North Dakota. There, she graduated in 1974 with degrees in both Journalism and Humanities. She pursued her Master’s Degree at UND as well, earning a degree in American Literature with a minor in English Language in 1977. During this time, she taught as a graduate assistant within the English department.
                Dr. Rakow began her secondary education in her home state at the University of North Dakota. There, she graduated in 1974 with degrees in both Journalism and Humanities<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/lana-rakow-429a2b18|title=LinkedIn|last=Rakow|first=Lana|date=April 23, 2017|website=LinkedIn|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>. She pursued her Master’s Degree at UND as well, earning a degree in American Literature with a minor in English Language in 1977.<ref name=":2" /> During this time, she taught as a graduate assistant within the English department.<ref name=":2" />


                From 1981 – 1985, Dr. Rakow taught first as an assistant professor of Journalism at Franklin College in Indiana and then as a graduate assistant in the College of Communications at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She later earned her Ph. D at the latter school in Cultural Studies in 1987.
                From 1981 – 1985, Dr. Rakow taught first as an assistant professor of Journalism at Franklin College in Indiana and then as a graduate assistant in the College of Communications at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.<ref name=":2" /> She later earned her Ph. D at the latter school in Communication Cultural Studies in 1987.<ref name=":2" />


                Dr. Rakow’s long-term career as a professor and researcher began at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside where she was an assistant professor from 1980 – 1986 and an associate professor from 1990 – 1994 in the department of Communication. Finally, she returned to the University of North Dakota, where she taught Communications from 1994 until her retirement in 2016. During this time, she also served as the founder and director of the Center for Community Engagement.
                Dr. Rakow’s long-term career as a professor and researcher began at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside where she was an assistant professor from 1980 – 1986 and an associate professor from 1990 – 1994 in the department of Communication.<ref name=":2" /> Finally, she returned to the University of North Dakota, where she taught Communications from 1994 until her retirement in 2016. During this time, she also served as the founder and director of the Center for Community Engagement.<ref name=":2" />


== Scholarly Work ==
== Scholarly Work ==
                The focus of Dr. Rakow’s research deals largely with subjects such as communication, feminist theory, and technology. One of her major works, ''Gender on the Line: Women, the Telephone, and Community Life'' (1992), combines all three of these subjects. Dr. Rakow’s book, based on her dissertation at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Chaimpaign, looks at the way that women use telephones as a form of communication. Her research, conducted using personal interviews with women in Prospect, Illinois, sheds light on the complexity of women’s use of telephones through the feminist perspective.''Gender on the Line'' received the 1993 Book Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender.
                The focus of Dr. Rakow’s research deals largely with subjects such as communication, feminist theory, and technology. One of her major works, ''Gender on the Line: Women, the Telephone, and Community Life'' (1992), combines all three of these subjects. Dr. Rakow’s book, based on her dissertation at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Chaimpaign, looks at the way that women use telephones as a form of communication.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Moyal|first=Ann|date=1993-06-01|title=Gender on the Line. Women, the Telephone, and Community Life by Lana F. Rakow. (University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1992), pp. xiii + 165, $US24.95, ISBN 0-252-01807-9|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08109029308629146|journal=Prometheus|volume=11|issue=1|pages=125–126|doi=10.1080/08109029308629146|issn=0810-9028}}</ref> Her research, conducted using personal interviews with women in Prospect, Illinois, sheds light on the complexity of women’s use of telephones through the feminist perspective<ref name=":3" />.''Gender on the Line'' received the 1993 Book Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender.<ref name=":0" />

Another of Rakow's published works that is also written from the feminist perspective is an article titled "Rethinking Gender Research in Communication" from the ''Journal of Communication''. This article, published in 1986, examines how gender has historically been addressed in communication research and combines it with the way feminist theory addresses gender.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229719967_Rethinking_Gender_Research_in_Communication?enrichId=rgreq-c9e6636111de0c86e9c8c94563bf0463-XXX&enrichSource=Y292ZXJQYWdlOzIyOTcxOTk2NztBUzozNDg2OTg0OTMxMTIzMjJAMTQ2MDE0NzYwNzc5Nw==&el=1_x_2&_esc=publicationCoverPdf|title=Rethinking Gender Research in Communication (PDF Download Available)|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2017-04-23}}</ref> The point of this particular work from Rakow is to assert that gender research in communication should look at gender as evolving social systems created through communication, rather than as simple categories used to compare communication in men and women.<ref name=":4" /> In order to change this thinking and adapt gender research, Rakow argues that other social sciences disciplines and especially feminist theory need to be incorporated in to research in the field of communications. <ref name=":4" />


== Honors and Awards ==
== Honors and Awards ==
* James E. Murphy Memorial Award for Top Faculty Paper, presented by the Cultural and Critical Studies Division for “Who Uses Dewey and Why? Remembering and Forgetting John Dewey in Communication Studies,” ***
* James E. Murphy Memorial Award for Top Faculty Paper, presented by the Cultural and Critical Studies Division for “Who Uses Dewey and Why? Remembering and Forgetting John Dewey in Communication Studies,” at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (August 4, 2016)<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/08/rakow-paper-receives-academic-award/|title=Rakow paper receives academic award {{!}} UND University Letter|website=blogs.und.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-23}}</ref>
* Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship, presented by the Feminist Scholarship Division, International Communication Association, Singapore, June 2010<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pWZtAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR10&lpg=PR10&dq=teresa+award+lana+rakow&source=bl&ots=qtDlI0RLGI&sig=iiqCZP4hhEEzrbZsVVDnpscBGl8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1s93HqbvTAhXC7oMKHcV1CG4Q6AEITTAJ#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=false|title=Gender and Public Relations: Critical Perspectives on Voice, Image and Identity|last=Daymon|first=Christine|last2=Demetrious|first2=Kristin|date=2013-08-15|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136758560|language=en}}</ref>
* 2016 Advocacy Award for Faculty, presented by the President’s Advisory Council on Women, University of North Dakota, April 2016 ***
* Who’s Who (Marquis, New Providence, NJ): Who’s Who of American Women, 2005, 2006; Who’s Who in American Education, 2006, 2007; Who’s Who in the World, 2006; Who’s Who in America, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://arts-sciences.und.edu/women-and-gender-studies/_files/docs/ar-2005.pdf|title=Women Studies Annual Report|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>
* Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship, presented by the Feminist Scholarship Division, International Communication Association, Singapore, June 2010***
* Identified as a top woman scholar in journalism and mass communication. Research results reported in the newsletter of the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, 9, no. 2 (Spring/winter 2000)<ref name=":8">und.edu/instruct/lfrakow/vitaLFR.doc</ref>
* Who’s Who (Marquis, New Providence, NJ): Who’s Who of American Women, 2005, 2006; Who’s Who in American Education, 2006, 2007; Who’s Who in the World, 2006; Who’s Who in America, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011***
* Named to the Plaza of Heroines, located at Wichita State University, 1998<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=http://www.plazaofheroines.com/Tribute/207|title=Plaza of Heroines at Wichita State University|website=www.plazaofheroines.com|access-date=2017-04-23}}</ref>
* Identified as a top woman scholar in journalism and mass communication. Research results reported in the newsletter of the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, 9, no. 2 (Spring/winter 2000)***


== Further Readings ==
== Further Readings ==
* “On Dewey: Public Relations and the Eclipse of the Public.” In Oyvind Ihlen and Magnum Fredriksson, eds., ''Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures and Concepts,'' 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. New York: Routledge. [in preparation]
“Academics and Imaginary Communities.” Commentary. ''Journalism & Communication Monographs'' 18 (September 2016): 160-165.***
* “Feminist Historiography and the Field: Writing New Histories.” In David W. Park and Jefferson Pooley, eds., ''The History of Media and Communication Research: Contested Memories'', New York: Peter Lang. 2008, pp. 113-139.
* Rakow, Lana (2016-09-01). "Academics and Imaginary Communities". ''Journalism & Communication Monographs''. '''18''' (3): 160–165. [[Digital object identifier|doi]]:10.1177/1522637916656376. [[International Standard Serial Number|ISSN]]&nbsp;1522-6379.
* Rakow, L. F. (2013). Worldviews and mediatization: in search of a metatheory. ''Journal Of Multicultural Discourses'', ''8''(3), 190-194. doi:10.1080/17447143.2013.849712
* “Feminist Theory.” ''Oxford Bibliographies Online: Communication''. Ed. Patricia Moy. NY: Oxford University Press, 2012
* Rakow, L. F. (2007). Follow the Buzz: Questions about Mobile Communication Industries and Scholarly Discourse. ''Communication Monographs'', ''74''(3), 402-407. doi:10.1080/03637750701543535
* Rakow, L. (1995). New Curricular Categories for the Future: University of North Dakota School of Communication. ''Journal Of The Association For Communication Administration'', (3), 211-215.
* Rakow, L. F., & Davis, D. K. (1989). Feminist Studies: The Next Stage. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''6''(2), 209.
* {{Cite journal|last=Rakow|first=Lana F.|date=1992-10-01|title=Revisioning the Curriculum: A Commentary|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07491409.1992.11089767|journal=Women's Studies in Communication|volume=15|issue=2|pages=92–96|doi=10.1080/07491409.1992.11089767|issn=0749-1409}}
* Rakow, L. F. (1988). Gendered Technology, Gendered Practice. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''5''(1), 57.
* Rakow, L. F. (1986). Rethinking Gender Research in Communication. ''Journal of Communication,'' (36)4: 11-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1986.tb01447 <ref name=":4" />


== References ==
“Feminist Historiography and the Field: Writing New Histories.” In David W. Park and Jefferson Pooley, eds., ''The History of Media and Communication Research: Contested Memories'', New York: Peter Lang. 2008, pp. 113-139.***
* <nowiki>https://books.google.com/books?id=Jds8Oc1Oqt0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=lana+rakow+awards&source=bl&ots=ko6KdSyrNm&sig=YVQfROHfMYKSIlxTpSRURDLGKRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMt6zEiqDSAhVF9IMKHdJEC_Y4ChDoAQgZMAA#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=fals</nowiki><ref name=":0" />

* <nowiki>http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/06/june-30-retirement-reception-honors-lana-rakow/</nowiki><ref name=":1" />
“Feminist Theory.” ''Oxford Bibliographies Online: Communication''. Ed. Patricia Moy. NY: Oxford University Press, 2012
* <nowiki>https://www.linkedin.com/in/lana-rakow-429a2b18</nowiki><ref name=":2" />

* <nowiki>http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08109029308629146</nowiki><ref name=":3" />
“On Dewey: Public Relations and the Eclipse of the Public.” In Oyvind Ihlen and Magnum Fredriksson, eds., ''Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures and Concepts,'' 2<sup>nd</sup> ed. New York: Routledge. [in preparation]***
* <nowiki>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229719967_Rethinking_Gender_Research_in_Communication</nowiki><ref name=":4" />

* <nowiki>http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/08/rakow-paper-receives-academic-award/</nowiki><ref name=":5" />
Rakow, L. (1995). New Curricular Categories for the Future: University of North Dakota School of Communication. ''Journal Of The Association For Communication Administration'', (3), 211-215.
* <nowiki>https://books.google.com/books?id=pWZtAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR10&lpg=PR10&dq=teresa+award+lana+rakow&source=bl&ots=qtDlI0RLGI&sig=iiqCZP4hhEEzrbZsVVDnpscBGl8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1s93HqbvTAhXC7oMKHcV1CG4Q6AEITTAJ#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=false</nowiki><ref name=":6" />

* <nowiki>http://arts-sciences.und.edu/women-and-gender-studies/_files/docs/ar-2005.pdf</nowiki><ref name=":7" />
Rakow, L. F. (1988). Gendered Technology, Gendered Practice. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''5''(1), 57.
* und.edu/instruct/lfrakow/vitaLFR.doc<ref name=":8" />

* <nowiki>http://www.plazaofheroines.com/Tribute/207</nowiki><ref name=":9" />
Rakow, L. F. (2007). Follow the Buzz: Questions about Mobile Communication Industries and Scholarly Discourse. ''Communication Monographs'', ''74''(3), 402-407. doi:10.1080/03637750701543535

Rakow, L. F. (2013). Worldviews and mediatization: in search of a metatheory. ''Journal Of Multicultural Discourses'', ''8''(3), 190-194. doi:10.1080/17447143.2013.849712

Rakow, L. F., & Davis, D. K. (1989). Feminist Studies: The Next Stage. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''6''(2), 209.

"Revisioning the Curriculum:  A Commentary.” '' Women's Studies in Communication''. Vol. 15, 2 (Fall 1992):  92-96.***


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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* [[Communication theory]]
* [[Communication theory]]
* [[University of North Dakota]]
* [[University of North Dakota]]

== References ==
<nowiki>https://www.linkedin.com/in/lana-rakow-429a2b18</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0c4kdsp&hl=en-US&kgs=a6c4cd533ed98796&q=Lana+Rakow&shndl=0&source=sh/x/kp&entrypoint=sh/x/kp</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lana_Rakow2</nowiki>

<nowiki>http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/08/rakow-paper-receives-academic-award/</nowiki>

<nowiki>http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/06/june-30-retirement-reception-honors-lana-rakow/</nowiki>

<nowiki>https://books.google.com/books?id=Jds8Oc1Oqt0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=lana+rakow+awards&source=bl&ots=ko6KdSyrNm&sig=YVQfROHfMYKSIlxTpSRURDLGKRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMt6zEiqDSAhVF9IMKHdJEC_Y4ChDoAQgZMAA#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=fals</nowiki>

<nowiki>http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08109029308629146</nowiki>

== '''Lana Rakow - Wikipedia Outline''' ==

=== '''History/Background NICE JOB ON OUTLINE -- LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION''' ===

====== ·        '''Birthplace'''            ======
o  Buffalo, ND

o  April 17, 1952

====== ·        '''Colleges/universities attended''' ======
o  Ph.D. in Communication Cultural Studies from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1983-1987)

o  M.A. in English from University of North Dakota (1975-1977)

o  B.A. in Journalism from University of North Dakota

====== ·        '''Current Work''' ======
o     Recently Retired Professor of Communication at UND

=== '''Scholarly work''' ===
·        Communication and Media, Social Theory, Qualitative Social Research, Feminist Theory

Highlight one key, noteworthy research publication or idea

·        ''Gender on the Line: Women, the Telephone, and Community Life'' (1992) by Lana F. Rakow

·        Gender and Communication, technology, feminist theory, women and technology

=== '''Other contributions''' ===
·        Associate Editor of ''Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly'' (presently)

·        Founder and Director of UND Center for Community Engagement (2004-2016)

·        Coordinator of Experiential Learning Project (2000-2004)

·        Director of School of Communication (1994-1996)

·        Associate Dean of Fine Arts and Communication (1994-1996)

======                '''Awards/honors''' ======
·        Rakow’s paper “Who uses Dewey and Why?” chosen for James E. Murphy Memorial Award as the Top Faculty Paper by Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) on August 4, 2016

·        Book ''Gender on the Line'' was named 1993 Book of the Year by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender

=== '''Further readings''' ===
Nastasia, D., & Rakow, L. (2004). Towards a philosophy of communication theories: an ontological, epistemological and ideological approach. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1.

Nastasia, D., & Rakow, L. (2006). What Is Communication? Unsettling A Priori and A Posteriori Approaches. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-36.

Nastasia, D., & Rakow, L. (2009). Keywords in Communication: What Is Theory?. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-38.

Rakow, L. (1995). New Curricular Categories for the Future: University of North Dakota School of Communication. ''Journal Of The Association For Communication Administration'', (3), 211-215.

Rakow, L. F. (1988). Gendered Technology, Gendered Practice. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''5''(1), 57.

Rakow, L. F. (2007). Follow the Buzz: Questions about Mobile Communication Industries and Scholarly Discourse. ''Communication Monographs'', ''74''(3), 402-407. doi:10.1080/03637750701543535

Rakow, L. F. (2013). Worldviews and mediatization: in search of a metatheory. ''Journal Of Multicultural Discourses'', ''8''(3), 190-194. doi:10.1080/17447143.2013.849712

Rakow, L. F., & Davis, D. K. (1989). Feminist Studies: The Next Stage. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''6''(2), 209. WATCH TITLES -- NO CAPS AFTER FIRST WORD

Rakow, L., & Nastasia, D. (2005). A Generative Grammar of Communication Theories. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-35.

Rakow, L., & Nastasia, D. (2008). On Feminist Theory of Public Relations: An Example From Dorothy E. Smith. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-44.          

=== '''References GOOD WORK HERE''' ===
* https://www.linkedin.com/in/lana-rakow-429a2b18
* <nowiki>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/</nowiki>[[Feminist theory|Lana_Rakow2]]
* <nowiki>http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/08/rakow-paper-receives-academic-award/</nowiki>
* <nowiki>http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/06/june-30-retirement-reception-honors-lana-rakow/</nowiki>
* <nowiki>https://books.google.com/books?id=Jds8Oc1Oqt0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=lana+rakow+awards&source=bl&ots=ko6KdSyrNm&sig=YVQfROHfMYKSIlxTpSRURDLGKRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMt6zEiqDSAhVF9IMKHdJEC_Y4ChDoAQgZMAA#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=false</nowiki>

=== '''See also EXCELLENT''' ===
[[Feminist theory]]

[[Social theory]]

[[Communication theory|University of North Dakota]]

[[Communication theory]]

[[Conference papers]] PROBABLY NOT THIS ONE

== ''Bibliography DOES SHE HAVE ANY MORE JOURNAL, BOOK CHAPTER PUBLICATIONS? NORMALLY CONFERENCE PAPERS DON'T COUNT FOR MUCH.'' ==
Nastasia, D., & Rakow, L. (2004). Towards a philosophy of communication theories: an ontological, epistemological and ideological approach. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1.

Nastasia, D., & Rakow, L. (2006). What Is Communication? Unsettling A Priori and A Posteriori Approaches. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-36.

Nastasia, D., & Rakow, L. (2009). Keywords in Communication: What Is Theory?. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-38.

Rakow, L. (1995). New Curricular Categories for the Future: University of North Dakota School of Communication. ''Journal Of The Association For Communication Administration'', (3), 211-215.

Rakow, L. F. (1988). Gendered Technology, Gendered Practice. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''5''(1), 57.

Rakow, L. F. (2007). Follow the Buzz: Questions about Mobile Communication Industries and Scholarly Discourse. ''Communication Monographs'', ''74''(3), 402-407. doi:10.1080/03637750701543535

Rakow, L. F. (2013). Worldviews and mediatization: in search of a metatheory. ''Journal Of Multicultural Discourses'', ''8''(3), 190-194. doi:10.1080/17447143.2013.849712

Rakow, L. F., & Davis, D. K. (1989). Feminist Studies: The Next Stage. ''Critical Studies In Mass Communication'', ''6''(2), 209.

Rakow, L., & Nastasia, D. (2005). A Generative Grammar of Communication Theories. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-35.

Rakow, L., & Nastasia, D. (2008). On Feminist Theory of Public Relations: An Example From Dorothy E. Smith. ''Conference Papers -- International Communication Association'', 1-44.


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Lana Rakow

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Lana F. Rakow (April 17, 1952 - Present)

Lana Rakow (April 17, 1952 – Present) is a retired professor of Communication and author of Gender on the Line: Women, the Telephone, and Community Life (1992).[1] In 2000, she was identified as a top woman scholar in journalism and mass communication by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. She also has numerous other published works that are primarily in the fields of communication and feminist theory.

                Dr. Rakow was born in North Dakota[1], where she spent a majority of her life as a student and, later, as a professor, writer, and researcher. As of June 2016, Rakow is in retirement from her position at University of North Dakota.[2] She is currently the Associate Editor of the Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.[2] Rakow will continue researching, writing, presenting her work, and travelling in her retirement. [2]

Education and Career

                Dr. Rakow began her secondary education in her home state at the University of North Dakota. There, she graduated in 1974 with degrees in both Journalism and Humanities[3]. She pursued her Master’s Degree at UND as well, earning a degree in American Literature with a minor in English Language in 1977.[3] During this time, she taught as a graduate assistant within the English department.[3]

                From 1981 – 1985, Dr. Rakow taught first as an assistant professor of Journalism at Franklin College in Indiana and then as a graduate assistant in the College of Communications at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.[3] She later earned her Ph. D at the latter school in Communication Cultural Studies in 1987.[3]

                Dr. Rakow’s long-term career as a professor and researcher began at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside where she was an assistant professor from 1980 – 1986 and an associate professor from 1990 – 1994 in the department of Communication.[3] Finally, she returned to the University of North Dakota, where she taught Communications from 1994 until her retirement in 2016. During this time, she also served as the founder and director of the Center for Community Engagement.[3]

Scholarly Work

                The focus of Dr. Rakow’s research deals largely with subjects such as communication, feminist theory, and technology. One of her major works, Gender on the Line: Women, the Telephone, and Community Life (1992), combines all three of these subjects. Dr. Rakow’s book, based on her dissertation at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Chaimpaign, looks at the way that women use telephones as a form of communication.[4] Her research, conducted using personal interviews with women in Prospect, Illinois, sheds light on the complexity of women’s use of telephones through the feminist perspective[4].Gender on the Line received the 1993 Book Award from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language and Gender.[1]

Another of Rakow's published works that is also written from the feminist perspective is an article titled "Rethinking Gender Research in Communication" from the Journal of Communication. This article, published in 1986, examines how gender has historically been addressed in communication research and combines it with the way feminist theory addresses gender.[5] The point of this particular work from Rakow is to assert that gender research in communication should look at gender as evolving social systems created through communication, rather than as simple categories used to compare communication in men and women.[5] In order to change this thinking and adapt gender research, Rakow argues that other social sciences disciplines and especially feminist theory need to be incorporated in to research in the field of communications. [5]

Honors and Awards

  • James E. Murphy Memorial Award for Top Faculty Paper, presented by the Cultural and Critical Studies Division for “Who Uses Dewey and Why? Remembering and Forgetting John Dewey in Communication Studies,” at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (August 4, 2016)[6]
  • Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship, presented by the Feminist Scholarship Division, International Communication Association, Singapore, June 2010[7]
  • Who’s Who (Marquis, New Providence, NJ): Who’s Who of American Women, 2005, 2006; Who’s Who in American Education, 2006, 2007; Who’s Who in the World, 2006; Who’s Who in America, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011[8]
  • Identified as a top woman scholar in journalism and mass communication. Research results reported in the newsletter of the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women, 9, no. 2 (Spring/winter 2000)[9]
  • Named to the Plaza of Heroines, located at Wichita State University, 1998[10]

Further Readings

  • “On Dewey: Public Relations and the Eclipse of the Public.” In Oyvind Ihlen and Magnum Fredriksson, eds., Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures and Concepts, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge. [in preparation]
  • “Feminist Historiography and the Field: Writing New Histories.” In David W. Park and Jefferson Pooley, eds., The History of Media and Communication Research: Contested Memories, New York: Peter Lang. 2008, pp. 113-139.
  • Rakow, Lana (2016-09-01). "Academics and Imaginary Communities". Journalism & Communication Monographs. 18 (3): 160–165. doi:10.1177/1522637916656376. ISSN 1522-6379.
  • Rakow, L. F. (2013). Worldviews and mediatization: in search of a metatheory. Journal Of Multicultural Discourses, 8(3), 190-194. doi:10.1080/17447143.2013.849712
  • “Feminist Theory.” Oxford Bibliographies Online: Communication. Ed. Patricia Moy. NY: Oxford University Press, 2012
  • Rakow, L. F. (2007). Follow the Buzz: Questions about Mobile Communication Industries and Scholarly Discourse. Communication Monographs, 74(3), 402-407. doi:10.1080/03637750701543535
  • Rakow, L. (1995). New Curricular Categories for the Future: University of North Dakota School of Communication. Journal Of The Association For Communication Administration, (3), 211-215.
  • Rakow, L. F., & Davis, D. K. (1989). Feminist Studies: The Next Stage. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 6(2), 209.
  • Rakow, Lana F. (1992-10-01). "Revisioning the Curriculum: A Commentary". Women's Studies in Communication. 15 (2): 92–96. doi:10.1080/07491409.1992.11089767. ISSN 0749-1409.
  • Rakow, L. F. (1988). Gendered Technology, Gendered Practice. Critical Studies In Mass Communication, 5(1), 57.
  • Rakow, L. F. (1986). Rethinking Gender Research in Communication. Journal of Communication, (36)4: 11-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.1986.tb01447 [5]

References

  • https://books.google.com/books?id=Jds8Oc1Oqt0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=lana+rakow+awards&source=bl&ots=ko6KdSyrNm&sig=YVQfROHfMYKSIlxTpSRURDLGKRw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjMt6zEiqDSAhVF9IMKHdJEC_Y4ChDoAQgZMAA#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=fals[1]
  • http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/06/june-30-retirement-reception-honors-lana-rakow/[2]
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/lana-rakow-429a2b18[3]
  • http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08109029308629146[4]
  • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229719967_Rethinking_Gender_Research_in_Communication[5]
  • http://blogs.und.edu/uletter/2016/08/rakow-paper-receives-academic-award/[6]
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=pWZtAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR10&lpg=PR10&dq=teresa+award+lana+rakow&source=bl&ots=qtDlI0RLGI&sig=iiqCZP4hhEEzrbZsVVDnpscBGl8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1s93HqbvTAhXC7oMKHcV1CG4Q6AEITTAJ#v=onepage&q=lana%20rakow&f=false[7]
  • http://arts-sciences.und.edu/women-and-gender-studies/_files/docs/ar-2005.pdf[8]
  • und.edu/instruct/lfrakow/vitaLFR.doc[9]
  • http://www.plazaofheroines.com/Tribute/207[10]

See Also

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  1. ^ a b c d Signorielli, Nancy (1996-01-01). Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313291647.
  2. ^ a b c d "June 30 retirement reception honors Lana Rakow | UND University Letter". blogs.und.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Rakow, Lana (April 23, 2017). "LinkedIn". LinkedIn. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ a b c Moyal, Ann (1993-06-01). "Gender on the Line. Women, the Telephone, and Community Life by Lana F. Rakow. (University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1992), pp. xiii + 165, $US24.95, ISBN 0-252-01807-9". Prometheus. 11 (1): 125–126. doi:10.1080/08109029308629146. ISSN 0810-9028.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Rethinking Gender Research in Communication (PDF Download Available)". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  6. ^ a b "Rakow paper receives academic award | UND University Letter". blogs.und.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
  7. ^ a b Daymon, Christine; Demetrious, Kristin (2013-08-15). Gender and Public Relations: Critical Perspectives on Voice, Image and Identity. Routledge. ISBN 9781136758560.
  8. ^ a b "Women Studies Annual Report" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  9. ^ a b und.edu/instruct/lfrakow/vitaLFR.doc
  10. ^ a b "Plaza of Heroines at Wichita State University". www.plazaofheroines.com. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
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