Linda Aldoory

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Maryland 

2124 Skinner Building
College Park, MD 20742-7635
Phone: 301-405-6528

Dr. Aldoory received her doctorate from Syracuse University (1998). She is currently associate professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland. Her scholarship focuses on public perceptions of communication about health risks, focusing particularly on differences by race, gender, and class. Her current research projects include a funded study examining public perceptions of bioterrorism in news coverage. Selected publications: Aldoory, L. (2001). Making Health Communications Meaningful for Women: Factors that Influence Involvement and the Situational Theory of Publics. Journal of Public Relations Research, 13(2), 163-185; L. Aldoory (1998), The Language of Leadership for Women in Public Relations, Journal of Public Relations Research, 10(2); L. Aldoory (Ed.) with E. Toth (Ed.). Gender Challenge to Media: Diverse Voices from the Field. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.