University of Hawaii at Manoa

Faculty and Staff Detail

Ann Auman

Ann Auman

Title(s): Professor
Degree(s): PhD, MBA, MA

Crawford 323
956-3786
auman@hawaii.edu

Background: Dr. Ann Auman is a Professor at the University of Hawai’i where she teaches multimedia reporting, writing, editing, design and contemporary issues in journalism. She has conducted award-winning research on the organizational culture and identity of newspapers and journalists in a diverse context. Her research interests also include race, ethnicity and local identity in Hawai's media, the future of news media, and media in China. Before she became a professor, she worked for 10 years for newspapers and in TV in Canada, and in public relations. She has lived in China, Canada, Europe and Japan in addition to the U.S.

Interest(s): Future of news media; News literacy; Race, ethnicity and news media; Teaching multimedia journalism; Organizational culture in a diverse context.

As Educator

Teaching: Recent courses: Jour 302: Journalism Tools Jour 401: Journalism Projects/Production Jour 402: Intellectual Foundations in Journalism Com/Jour 460: Media Ethics Com 444: Gender and Communication

Other courses: Jour 301 Fundamentals of Jour 360/History and Trends in Journalism Jour 320/Public Relations Jour 425/Publication Layout and Design HON 491/Future of News Media HON 491/Cultures of Work Organizations

Advising: Journalism program chair

As Researcher

Selected papers: "The Impact of Educational Reform on China’s Magazines for Teaching English." International Journal of Education, Vol. 3 (1) June 2011. (co-author: Lu Jianping)

"Team-teaching models in a media convergence curriculum: Lessons from one school’s experience.” Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Winter, 2008, pp. 360-375. (co-author: Jonathan Lillie).

"Survival in Paradise: How ‘local identity’ helped save the Honolulu Star-Bulletin." Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly. Vol. 84 No. 2 (summer 2007).

“Team-teaching models in a media convergence curriculum: Lessons from one school’s experience.” Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Winter, 2008, pp. 360-375. (co-author: Jonathan Lillie)

Auman, Ann, Frank Fee and John Russial, "It’s Noble Work But It’s Undervalued: The Status and Value of Copy Editing in Journalism Schools," Journalism Educator, Vol. 57/2, pp. 139-151, Summer 2002.

Presentations:

"‘English Fever’ in China: Educational Reform and the Transformation of Media for Teaching English." Global Learn Asia Pacific (Global Learn) 2011 (Melbourne)

“The convergent mindset in journalism education: How team teaching transforms students and faculty in a media convergence program.” Proceedings, World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare & Higher Education, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Honolulu, October 16, 2006.

“Team-teaching in a convergence curriculum: Lessons from one school’s experience.” Paper presentation to the Small Programs Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference, San Francisco, August 2, 2006.

“Teaching and Learning in a Converged Media World,” Radio-Television and Newspaper divisions of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference, San Francisco, August 2, 2006.

“Survival in Paradise: How ‘local’ identity helped save the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.” Paper accepted to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication annual conference, San Antonio, Texas, August 2005.

Prize for top faculty paper, Newspaper Division, and Newspaper Industry Award (International Newspaper Marketing Association).

Auman, Ann. “Prototypal Synergy and Collaboration of Undergraduate Courses: Showcasing Student Journalists’ Multimedia Work, Spotlighting Campus and Community Diversity,” Poster Session and presentation with Professor Beverly Keever. Ed-Media World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Honolulu, June 25, 2003. Award received.

Auman, Ann. Frank Fee and John Russial, “Creating New Value for Copy Editing,” Newspaper Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Convention, Washington, D.C., August 5, 2001.

Honors & Awards

Prize for top faculty paper, Newspaper Division of AEJMC, and Newspaper Industry Award (International Newspaper Marketing Association). (2005)

Outstanding Poster presentation (2003)

Top faculty paper, Newspaper Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (2005)

Publications

See profile for resesarch (2011)

"The Impact of Educational Reform on China’s Magazines for Teaching English." International Journal of Education, Vol. 3 (1) June 2011.  (2011)