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Media advisory: 150th anniversary of Victoria Woodhull’s presidential run good time to reflect on political coverage of women, professor says
LAWRENCE — The 2022 election cycle also marks the 150th anniversary of Victoria Woodhull’s 1872 run for president, the first woman in the United States to do so. Teri Finneman, associate professor of journalism at the University of Kansas, is available to speak with media about both historical and contemporary coverage of women in politics, framing of political news, evolution of political news and related topics.
Anthropology professor receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Morocco
LAWRENCE – Abdelmajid Hannoum, University of Kansas professor of anthropology, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to travel to Morocco to conduct research on African migration to Europe. Beginning this fall, Hannoum will spend a year conducting an ethnographic study of African migrants in several Moroccan cities and the Moroccan-Spanish border, focusing on the risk of death among Moroccan and sub-Saharan migrants.
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Media advisory: 150th anniversary of Victoria Woodhull’s presidential run good time to reflect on political coverage of women, professor says
LAWRENCE — As voters head to the polls in states’ primaries and the midterm elections near, coverage of political candidates and issues frame people in varying lights. The 2022 election cycle also marks the 150th anniversary of Victoria Woodhull’s 1872 run for president, the first woman in the United States to do so. Teri Finneman, associate professor of journalism at the University of Kansas, is available to speak with media about both historical and contemporary coverage of women in politics, framing of political news, evolution of political news and related topics.
Woodhull, whose candidacy first garnered coverage in May 1872, was the nominee of the Equal Rights Party for that year’s presidential election. Coverage of her candidacy was often sensational, with some writers and publications even referring to her as “Mrs. Satan.” While coverage of women in politics and framing of news about candidates in general has come a long way since then, many of the same issues remain.
“It’s important to tell the story of Victoria Woodhull because she has essentially been erased from history despite her groundbreaking role in politics,” Finneman said. “Many of the strategies used against her by the media remain today, making it more challenging for women to enter politics and have more representative government.”
Finneman has published research on news coverage of U.S. first ladies and women politicians and the suffrage movement, including the book “Press Portrayals of Women Politicians, 1870s -2000s.” She is contributing author of “Front Pages, Front Lines: Media and the Fight for Women’s Suffrage” and “Cross-Cultural Journalism: Communicating Strategically About Diversity.” She can discuss media portrayals of female politicians past and present, the state of political journalism and journalism history, as well as coverage of the women’s suffrage movement.
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Abdelmajid Hannoum receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Morocco
LAWRENCE – Abdelmajid Hannoum, University of Kansas professor of anthropology, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to travel to Morocco to conduct research on African migration to Europe.
Beginning this fall, Hannoum will spend a year conducting an ethnographic study of African migrants in several Moroccan cities and the Moroccan-Spanish border, focusing on the risk of death among Moroccan and sub-Saharan migrants. During his time in Morocco, Hannoum will be affiliated with the Institut Universitaire de la Recherche Scientifique (IURS) at the University Mohamed V.
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards are prestigious and competitive fellowships that provide unique opportunities for scholars to teach and conduct research abroad. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 130 countries.
Hannoum’s research will be part of a project tentatively titled “In Search of Life: Risk and Danger Among African Migrants in Morocco,” which will build on Hannoum’s work on African migration to Europe. In particular, he will explore the question of death and dying among North and West African migrant youth in the actual crossing of the Mediterranean Sea and in climbing the 6-meter-high fence at the Spanish enclave of Melilla.
The Fulbright award will allow Hannoum to visit several areas of Morocco:
1. Oujda, located on the Algeria-Morocco border where the migrants enter.
2. Rabat, which hosts an unofficial embassy, an office organized by the undocumented migrants themselves, where migrants make contacts with other migrants and smugglers to obtain all the necessary information for their endeavor.
3. North of Morocco, between Ksar es-Sghir and the Moroccan side of the border with the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla on the Mediterranean Sea, where West Africans attempt to and often do cross.
“The award will help me not only conduct one year of fieldwork but also learn more about the social and political changes ongoing in Moroccan society and the culture of youth migration,” Hannoum said. “This award is meant to facilitate interactions and understanding among people and create real bonds of mutual trust and respect. This makes it very meaningful to me.”
The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to build lasting connections between the people of the U.S. and the people of other countries. Since its establishment in 1946, the Fulbright Program has given more than 400,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists and scientists the opportunity to study, teach and conduct research, exchange ideas and contribute to finding solutions to shared international concerns.
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