Faculty

Kim B. Landon, M.A.

Associate Professor of Public Relations/Journalism

Biography

Kim Landon, associate professor of journalism, worked as a reporter at several Upstate New York newspapers before joining Utica College in 1979. Since joining Utica College, she has taught nearly every course in the Journalsim curriculum.  Her main interests are First Amendment issues, which are central to her courses in Mass Communication Law and Censorship. In addition, she is the co-coordinator of Utica College's Banned Book Read-In, which is held every fall during national Banned Books Week. Landon also teaches courses which integrate the study of film with journalism topics, such as Censorship in Film and History of Documentary Film. Landon's research focuses on how journalists make decisions about their careers. She has done a nationwide study of how young journalists think about their first jobs. She is currently interviewing women who have chosen to become war correspondents. She has presented her research at national academic meetings and has published in several academic journals. She is a member of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.

At Utica College, Landon has won the college's Distinguished Teaching Award, the Outstanding Faculty award from the Utica College Alumni Association, the Student Life Faculty Award, the Womyn's Resource Center Mentor Award, and the Outstanding Alumna Award from the Raymond Simon Institute.

Landon is a 1975 graduate of Utica College with a B.A.in Journalism and a 1985 graduate of Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University with an M.A. in Newspaper Journalism. A native of Catskill, N.Y., she and her husband, David Simon, reside in Clinton, N.Y.