Piotr S. Bobkowski, Ph.D. - School of Journalism and Mass ...

Piotr S. Bobkowski, Ph.D.
William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of Kansas
Stauffer-Flint Hall, 1435 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-7634 Email: bobkowski@ku.edu
Website: piotrbobkowski.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2010.
Dissertation: “Who I’d like to meet: Lil Wayne and God” Self-disclosure in emerging adults’
MySpace profiles.
Committee: Jane D. Brown (Chair), Lynn Schofield Clark, Joe Bob Hester, Sriram “Sri”
Kalyanaraman, Lisa D. Pearce.
M.A., Mass Communication Studies, University of Houston, 2006.
B.A. Honors, Religious Studies, University of Alberta, 1999.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2011–present
Assistant professor, William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass
Communications, University of Kansas.
2009–2011 Research assistant, Carolina Population Center (Postdoctoral research assistant,
2010–2011).
2007–2009 Research and teaching assistant, School of Journalism and Mass Communication,
UNC Chapel Hill (supervisors: Lois Boynton, Rhonda Gibson, Michael Hoefges).
2006–2007 Graduate assistant, North Carolina Scholastic Media Association, UNC Chapel Hill.
2003–2006 Graphic designer, St. Thomas High School, Houston.
1999–2006 Student publications adviser, St. Thomas High School, Houston.
1999–2005 Theology teacher, St. Thomas High School, Houston.
TEACHING
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
JOUR 301: Research and Writing, Fall 2011, 14 students enrolled.
JOUR 608: Ethics and the Media, Fall 2011, 34 students enrolled.

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
JOMC 141: Professional Problems and Ethics, Spring 2008, 45 students enrolled.
TEACHING ASSISTANT
JOMC 184: The World of Graphic Design (Alberto Cairo, instructor), Fall 2009.
JOMC 340: Mass Communication Law (Michael Hoefges, instructor), Spring 2009.
JOMC 141: Professional Problems and Ethics (Lois Boynton, instructor), Fall 2008.
JOMC 141: Professional Problems and Ethics (Rhonda Gibson, instructor), Fall 2007.
ONLINE COURSE CO- AUTHOR
JOMC 102: Mass Communication Education in the Secondary School (with Monica Hill). Nov. 2006.
HIGH SCHOOL- LEVEL EXPERIENCE
FULL- TIME INSTRUCTOR
Courses taught in the English Department, St. Thomas High School, Houston (1999–2006): Desktop
Publishing, Journalistic Writing, Media Literacy, Publications.
Courses taught in the Theology Department, St. Thomas High School, Houston (1999–2005):
Introduction to Theology, New Testament/Christian Scripture, Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, Sacramental
Theology, Christian Justice, Death and Dying.
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR
Taught a range of journalism topics (e.g., coverage, design, technology, writing) to high school students
and student media advisers in more than 30 workshops for Dallas County Schools, Jostens, North
Carolina Scholastic Media Association, and Virginia High School League (2003–2010).
RESEARCH
PUBLICATIONS
REFEREED ARTICLES
Bobkowski, P. S., & Pearce, L. D. (in press). Baring their souls in online profiles or not: Religious
self-disclosure in social media. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Brown, J. D., & Bobkowski, P. S. (2011). Older and newer media: Patterns of use and effects on
adolescents’ health and well-being. Journal for Research on Adolescence, 21, 95–113.
Bobkowski, P. S., & Kalyanaraman, S. (2010). Effects of online Christian self-disclosure on
impression formation. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 49, 456–476.

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Bobkowski, P. S. (2009). Religion inside the schoolhouse gate: Gatekeeping forces and religion
coverage in public high school newspapers. Religion and Education, 36(3), 54–70.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2009). Adolescent religiosity and selective exposure to television. Journal of Media
and Religion, 8, 55–70.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2008). Analysis of religious identity presentation on Facebook. Gnovis, 9(1), article
4. (Georgetown University’s Journal of Communication, Culture, & Technology; published
electronically at http://gnovisjournal.org/journal/self-disclosure-religious-identity-facebook).
INVITED PUBLICATIONS
Schafer, A. Bobkowski, P. S., & Brown, J. D. (in press). Sexual media practice: How adolescents
select, engage with, and are affected by sexual media. In K. Gill (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Media
Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.
Brown, J. D., & Bobkowski, P. S. (2011). Media, Influence of. In B. B. Brown & M. J. Prinstein
(Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence (pp. 189–195). San Diego: Academic Press.
Bobkowski, P. (2007, June). Journalism education retains relevance in Facebook world. Scholastic
Source (Newsletter of the AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division), p. 6.
Bobkowski, P. (2002, Dec.). Religious freedom. Communication: Journalism Education Today, 36(2),
pp. 16–21.
PRESENTATIONS
REFEREED CONFERENCE P RESENTATIONS
Bobkowski, P. S. (2010, Oct.). “I’m a hardcore Jesus Freak:” Emerging adults’ communication about
religion and spirituality in online profiles. Paper presented to the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Baltimore, Md.
Bobkowski, P. S., & Malik, C. (2010, Aug.). The Orchards Church: Branding and theological
specificity in church advertising. Paper presented to the 7th International Conference on Media,
Religion, and Culture, Toronto, Canada.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2010, Aug.). “My upmost hero is Jesus Christ:” Emerging adults’ communication
about religion and spirituality in online profiles. Paper presented to the 7th International Conference
on Media, Religion, and Culture, Toronto, Canada.
Bobkowski, P. S., Brown, J. D., & Neffa, D. R. (2010, March). “Hit me up and we can get down:”
Youth sexual histories and sexual self-disclosure in online social networking profiles. Paper presented
to the Society for Research on Adolescence, Philadelphia.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2009, Oct.). And they’ll know we’re Christian-other: Self-disclosure of religious
identity in online profiles. Paper presented to the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Denver,
Colo.

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Bobkowski, P. S. (2009, Oct.). Online power of Jesus’ name: Effect of online religious identity
disclosure on impression formation. Paper presented to the Society for the Scientific Study of
Religion, Denver, Colo.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2008, Aug.). Cultivating critical thinking in a media ethics classroom. Paper
presented to the Media Ethics Division of AEJMC, Chicago. Top Student Paper.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2008, May). An analysis of religious identity presentation on Facebook. Paper
presented to the Popular Communication Division of the International Communication Association,
(ICA), Montreal, Canada.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2008, May). Lambda on the hill: History of the GLBT newsletter at the University
of North Carolina. Paper presented to the GLBT Division of ICA, Montreal, Canada.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2007, Aug.). Adolescent religiosity and selective exposure to television. Paper
presented to the Religion and Media Interest Group of AEJMC, Washington, D.C.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2007, March). The FCC and the religious left: An analysis of the attempt by the
United Church of Christ Office of Communication to enforce FCC children’s educational
programming regulations. Paper presented to the Law and Policy Division of AEJMC Southeast
Colloquium, New Orleans, La.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2006, Aug.). Religion inside the schoolhouse gate: Gatekeeping forces and religion
coverage in public high school newspapers. Paper presented to the Scholastic Journalism Division of
AEJMC, San Francisco. Top Student Paper.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2006, Jan.). Coverage of religion in high school newspapers: Legal considerations.
Paper presented to the Scholastic Journalism Division of AEJMC, Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg,
Fla.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
Bobkowski, P. S. (2011, March). Religious self-disclosure in online profiles. Presented to the Digital
religion expert panel, Center for Media, Religion & Culture, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2008, Aug.). Religion in social networking websites. Presented to “Challenges of
reporting on religion in mass media,” a joint panel of the Mass Communication and Society Division
and Religion and Media Interest Group of AEJMC, Chicago.
Bobkowski, P. S. (2008, Feb.). Religious identification in MySpace profiles. Presented at the In Medias
Religiones Conference, Duke University, Durham, N.C.
Bobkowski, P. S., Goodman, M., & Nelson, M. (2006, Nov.). Covering religion. Issue seminar
presented at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Fall 2006
High School Journalism Convention, Nashville, Tenn.

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OTHER SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY
MEDIA COVERAGE
Bailey, S. P. (2010, Jan. 14). Religious self-profiling: Identifying one’s faith in online social networks
proves challenging for some. Christianity Today 54(1), p. 14.
Wan, W. (2009, Aug. 30). Soul-searching on Facebook: For many users, religion question is not easy
to answer. The Washington Post, p. A1.
Fowler, L. (2009, Aug. 17). Closet Christian and Buddhist curious. Patheos. Published electronically
at http://www.patheos.com/Explore/Additional-Resources/Closet-Christian.html
GRANTS
Project Coordinator (Jane D. Brown, Carolina Population Center, Principal Investigator). Youth selfpresentation
of spirituality online: Comparisons to survey reports and links to dating and sexual behavior.
John Templeton Foundation. Period: June 1, 2009–September 15, 2011.
Grant Amount: $232,904
HONORS
Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC Chapel
Hill, May 2010.
Carol Burnett Top Student Paper Award, Media Ethics Division, Association for Education in
Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Chicago, Aug. 2008.
William Francis Clingman Jr. Ethics Award, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC
Chapel Hill, April 2008.
Top Student Paper Award, Scholastic Journalism Division, AEJMC, San Antonio, Aug. 2006.
SERVICE
TO THE ACADEMY
Manuscript reviewer for
Acta Paediatrica.
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference.
Communication Research.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.
Journal of Family Communication.

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Journal of Media and Religion.
New Media and Society.
Qualitative Sociology.
Editorial assistant, Health Communication Case Studies Textbook (Maria Brann, Editor), 2009–2010.
Division secretary and newsletter editor, AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division, 2007–2011.
Editorial team supervisor and website manager, Communication Studies (journal of the Central States
Communication Association), 2003–2006.
T O THE PROFESSION
Member, Board of Directors, National Scholastic Press Association, Minneapolis, 2011–present.
Member, Advisory Board, Center for Scholastic Journalism, Kent State University, 2011–present.
Judge, Crown Awards, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, New York, 2008–2010.
Judge, North Carolina High School Journalist of the Year, Chapel Hill, 2007–2009.
Publication critique judge for
Columbia Scholastic Press Association, 2002–2011.
Interscholastic League Press Conference (Texas), 2002–2006.
Journalism Education Association of Northern California, 2007–present.
North Carolina Scholastic Media Association, 2006–2011.
Virginia High School League, 2003–2007.
T O THE UNIVERSITY
Member, Ed Vick Innovation in Teaching Award Committee, School of Journalism and Mass
Communication, UNC Chapel Hill, 2008–2009.
Member, Provost’s Committee for LGBTQ Life, UNC Chapel Hill, 2007–2008.
Graduate Student Marshal, Hooding Ceremony, UNC Chapel Hill, May 2007, 2008.
Co-chair, Research Roundtable Committee, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UNC
Chapel Hill, 2007–2008.
Discussion Leader, Carolina Summer Reading Program, UNC Chapel Hill, Aug. 2007.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Journalism Education Association (JEA).
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR).