Lana Rakow

Lana Rakow
Born (1952-04-17) April 17, 1952 (age 72)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of North Dakota

Lana F. Rakow (born April 17, 1952) is a professor emerita of communication at the University of North Dakota 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, and her research results were reported by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication on the Status of Women.[2] She also has numerous other published works that are primarily in the fields of communication and feminist theory.

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.[3] She is currently the Associate Editor of the Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.[3] Rakow has continued to research, write, and travel in her retirement.[3]

  1. ^ a b Signorielli, Nancy (1996-01-01). Women in Communication: A Biographical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313291647.
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  3. ^ a b c "June 30 retirement reception honors Lana Rakow | UND University Letter". blogs.und.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-23.