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Mulupi, Dinfin

Assistant Professor

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Research

research overview

  • Mulupi’s research interests focus on the intersection of gender and journalism. In particular, she examines the representation of marginalized communities in the press and the status of women journalists in the news industry.

keywords

  • journalism, feminist media theories, gender, international media, comparative research, mixed methods

Publications

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Teaching

courses taught

  • APRD 7030 - Media Sociology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2025
    Examines a range of theories for how media messages and media institutions turn out the way they do. �Media sociology� refers to theorizing about the media as the �dependent variable;� even though many of the �independent variables� explored are not narrowly sociological. It connects media actors, organizations, and institutions to sociological concepts such as socialization, interaction, roles, and structures. Same as JRNL 7030.
  • JRNL 2014 - Race and Sports Journalism
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
    Examines the intersection of sports journalism and race. It investigates the subject from two distinct but related perspectives. First, the class looks historically at how race has been covered in both journalism generally and sports journalism more specifically. Then it seeks to understand the effects of said coverage.
  • JRNL 3804 - Sports, Media and Society
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2026
    Examines how sports, culture and especially the media, with a specific focus on journalism, all come together to influence society. Explores how sports communication affects, and is affected by, the issues and tension that touch society at large, such as law and politics, race, gender, sexuality and disability.
  • JRNL 3904 - Sports Journalism and Gender
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
    Analyzes the role gender has played in providing opportunities for women to compete in athletics and journalistic coverage of those athletes and the sporting events in which they participate. It will also examine how gender has influenced opportunities for sports journalists in the past and in the contemporary sports media industry.
  • JRNL 4931 - Internship
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2025
    Internship
  • JRNL 7030 - Media Sociology
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2025
    Examines a range of theories for how media messages and media institutions turn out the way they do. �Media sociology� refers to theorizing about the media as the �dependent variable;� even though many of the �independent variables� explored are not narrowly sociological. It connects media actors, organizations, and institutions to sociological concepts such as socialization, interaction, roles, and structures. Same as APRD 7030.

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