Associate Professor Michael McDevitt
Armory 1B41
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Colorado at Boulder
1511 University Ave.
478 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Mike.McDevitt@Colorado.edu
303-735-0460 phone
303-492-0969 fax

Associate Professor Michael McDevitt teaches journalism and theory courses in media ethics and political communication. He joined the faculty in 2001 after teaching at the University of New Mexico. Prior to his teaching career, he worked for eight years as a reporter and editorial writer for newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area. His research interests include political communication, political socialization, and journalism sociology. He is the principal investigator for “Colors of Socialization,” an externally funded project that explores the roles of schools, media, and families in the cultivation of civic identity among adolescents in red and blue states. In the area of journalism sociology, McDevitt is conducting research on how anti-intellectualism in news media functions in social control through depictions of political dissent. Findings are derived from a case study on newspaper coverage of Ward Churchill. McDevitt’s work has been published in communication and political science journals, including Journal of Communication, Political Communication, the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journalism & Communication Monographs, Communication Research, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Mass Comm Review, Communication Education, and Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. He holds a BA in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, a MA in journalism and mass communication from San Jose State University, and a PhD in communication from Stanford University.