Years at Knox: 2005 to present

Education
M.A., Journalism, 1986 University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., History, 1974, Stanford University, Stanford, California
B.A., 1970, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C

Professional Interests
"I am interested in the complex interplay among journalists and other media producers, the organizations they work for, larger social and political institutions, and the imaginative and material lives of the ordinary people who work, play, think and dream in a world saturated by the mass media. My goal is to help students make better sense of this ever-changing media matrix as scholars, consumers and citizens."

Teaching interests
media and society

Recent Scholarly Achievements
Presentations
"State/Media Relations in Developing Nations: The Case of the Republic of Kenya." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, Portland, Oregon, 1988.

"Processing Strategies for Mass Media Information: Selecting, Integrating and Making Sense of Political News." Co-authored with Gerald M. Kosicki and Jack M. McLeod. Midwest Political Science Association, 1988.

"Images of the Media, Orientations to the World: Where Do Public Images of Mass Media News Come From?" Co-authored with Jack M. McLeod and Gerald M. Kosicki. International Communication Association, 1987.

"Processing the News: Some Individual Strategies for Selecting, Sense-making and Integrating." Co-authored with Gerald M. Kosicki and Jack M. McLeod. International Communication Association, 1987.

"Public Images of Mass Media News: What Are They and Does It Matter?" Co-authored with Jack D. McLeod, Gerald M. Kosicki, Scott G. Allen, and Dana M. Philps. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1986.

Recognition
Winner, Gold Medal, Special Project Solicitation Package. Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, (CASE), 1990.

Involvement
Advisor, The Knox Student, Knox College's student-run newspaper

Contact
309-341-7761
damor@knox.edu

What Students Say
"David Amor is the only Knox professor who looks good in a Hawaiian shirt. That said, his dedication to his students is passionate and sincere. He welcomes any conceptual or methodological dilemma with a keen eye; his door is always open with an unwavering invitation for guidance and mutual discovery. Whether a student's imagination is set afire by social inquiry or social justice, David Amor is there, as both a friend and a mentor, to nurture those impulses with a relentless commitment to knowledge and the greater good."
—Sean Dowdy, Anthropology and Sociology major