Inside Iowa State
May 24, 1996
Bystrom to head Catt Center
by Steve Sullivan
Dianne G. Bystrom, a research associate with the University
of Oklahoma Political Communication Center, has been
appointed the new director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center
for Women and Politics. Bystrom will begin her new duties
July 1.
As director of the Catt Center, Bystrom will coordinate fund-raising activities, acquire and supervise research grants, work with students and faculty doing research on issues related to women and politics, establish relationships between the center and women in politics, and oversee center conferences and workshops.
"Dianne has an excellent record of research and outreach in the areas of women and politics, political communication and issues related to gender and politics," said Elizabeth Hoffman, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. "The Catt Center and everyone involved with it will benefit greatly from the experience that Dianne will bring to the center."
Bystrom has done extensive writing on gender issues in political and mass communication, particularly political advertising and media coverage of women political candidates. She recently co-edited and contributed to The Lynching of Language: Gender, Politics and Power in the Hill-Thomas Hearings, a new book published by the University of Illinois Press. Bystrom also is a member of a communication research team studying the 1996 election.
Bystrom earned the B.A. in journalism in 1975 from the University of Nebraska, Kearney, (formerly Kearney State College), and the M.A. in journalism and mass communication in 1982 and the Ph.D. in communication in 1995 from the University of Oklahoma, Norman.
From 1988 to 1995, Bystrom was assistant provost at the University of Oklahoma, where she was involved in academic policy development and campus climate/diversity issues. At Oklahoma's Political Communication Center, Bystrom has been responsible for research and special projects related to political communication, including fund raising, conference planning and presentations. She is adjunct assistant professor of communication, teaching an upper division course in political campaign processes.
Bystrom succeeds Mary Ann Tetreault, former Catt Center director, who left the position to dedicate more time to teaching and research activities.
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