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Professor
E-mail: jbjork@iupui.edu
Phone: (317) 278-5325
Fax: (317) 278-5321
Office hours: By appointment
Education:
- University of Washington, Ph.D. ’87 (communications)
- University of Washington, MA ’84 (communications)
- University of Washington, BA ’80 (communications)
- Stockholm Institute of Journalism, certificate, 1978
Experience:
- 2008-09, 2006, 2003-04, 2001, 1999, 1995-97: Reviewer, American Journalism, evaluate manuscripts for publication.
- 1978-79, 1981-83, 1985 (summers): News editor and announcer, Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, Stockholm Sweden
- 1984: Creative consultant, Geamatic Company, Seattle, 1984
- 1978-79: Assistant editor, Eastern Business Magazine (English-language trade journal), Stockholm, Sweden
Teaching experience:
- Teaching assistant at Department of Journalism, Stockholm University, 1979, and at School of Communications, University of Washington, Seattle, 1981-86.
- Assistant professor, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1987-88.
- Assistant and associate professor and professor, School of Journalism, IUPUI, 1988-present.
Recent publications:
- Bjork, Ulf Jonas, “Swedish Television Copies Programs from America, 1957-1969,” Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, June 2009.
- Bjork, Ulf Jonas, “Germany: Newspapers Shaped by an Authoritarian Setting,” in The Rise of Western Journalism, 1815-1914, 2007.
- Bjork, Ulf Jonas, “The First International Organizations for Journalists and the Promotion of Professional Behavior, 1894-1914,” American Journalism, Winter 2005.
- Bjork, Ulf Jonas, “Swedish Television and American Imports, 1956-1978,” Notions of America: Swedish Perspectives, 2004.
- Bjork, Ulf Jonas, “The Mass Media and Americanization: Old Truths and New Insights,” American Studies in Scandinavia, Fall 2003.
- Bjork, Ulf Jonas, “The Rise of the ‘Indian Book’ in Sweden 1862-1895,” Scandinavian Studies, Winter 2003.
Affiliations:
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
- American Journalism Historians Association.
- Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Studies.
- Swedish-American Historical Society.
Professional service:
- Reviewer, American Journalism, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1995-97. Duties: Evaluate manuscripts for publication.
- Member, Advisory Committee, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Rock Island, Ill., 1998-present.
