Amy Beth Aronson (born November 9, 1962) is a Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at

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Education

Aronson gained her Ph.D. in 1996 from Columbia University.

Career

Aronson specializes in media history, with a focus on American magazines and periodical literature. Within that frame, her primary research interest is gender, including both femininity and masculinity studies. A scholar-practitioner, she has published both scholarly and journalistic work on issues of gender, diversity, journalism history and American culture. She has worked as the editor of several magazines, including ''Working Woman'' and '' Ms.'', and has published work in '' BusinessWeek'', '' Global Journalist'', and the Sunday supplement of the '' Boston Globe''. She examined the history of early American women's magazines in her book "Taking Liberties". Her article "Everything Old is New Again: How the 'New' User-Generated Magazine Takes Us Back to the Future." won Best Article of the Year Award from the American Journalism Historians Association.

Personal life

Aronson is married to the sociologist Michael Kimmel. She is Jewish.

Selected bibliography

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References

External links

Profile page: Amy Aronson

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