Biography
A former advertising and public relations professional, Kim “Dr. G.” Golombisky has been teaching at USF since 1993.
Before joining the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies in 2011, she was a message specialist in the USF School of Mass Communications and an affiliate faculty member in Women’s and Gender Studies. She also has been visiting faculty for diversity at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
She has chaired both the President’s Title IX Advisory Committee at USF and the Women’s Caucus of the National Communication Association. She is a recipient of the Top Scholar Award from the Organization for Research on Women and Communication.
Her feminist scholarship focuses on constructions of gender in public discourse, including education, mass media, and popular culture.
Before joining the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies in 2011, she was a message specialist in the USF School of Mass Communications and an affiliate faculty member in Women’s and Gender Studies. She also has been visiting faculty for diversity at The Poynter Institute for Media Studies.
She has chaired both the President’s Title IX Advisory Committee at USF and the Women’s Caucus of the National Communication Association. She is a recipient of the Top Scholar Award from the Organization for Research on Women and Communication.
Her feminist scholarship focuses on constructions of gender in public discourse, including education, mass media, and popular culture.
Courses
Issues in Feminism
Feminist Scholarship/Pedagogy (graduate)
Feminist Scholarship/Pedagogy (graduate)
Publishings
Hagen, R. & Golombisky K. (2013, 2nd ed.). Whitespace is not your enemy: A beginninger's guide to communicating visually through graphic, web and multimedia design. Burlington, MA: Focal Press.
Golombisky, K. (2012). Feminist thought for advancing women in the academy. In M. Meyers (Ed.), Women in higher education: The struggle for equity. NY: Hampton Press.
Golombisky, K. (2012). Feminism. In M. Kosut (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gender in media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Golombisky, K., & Hagen, R. (2010). White space is not your enemy: A beginner’s guide to communicating visually through graphic, web & multimedia design. Burlington, MA: Focal Press.
Golombisky, K. (2010). Chapter 10: Feminist methodology. In L. Z. Leslie, Communication research methods in postmodern culture (pp. 167-189). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Golombisky, K. (2010). Chapter 8: Oral history methods. In L. Z. Leslie, Communication research methods in postmodern culture (pp. 111-134). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
McKenna Boosalis, E., & Golombisky, K. (2010, March). Women’s interpretations of music videos featuring women artists. Journal of Research on Women & Gender, 1(1).
Golombisky, K. (2006). “Hey, I’m the coach’s wife, not the team mom”: The rhetoric of Little League mothers’ role performances. In L.K. Fuller (Ed.), Sport, rhetoric, and gender (pp. 221-231). New York: Palgrave/Macmillan.
Golombisky, K. (2006, fall). Gendering the interview: Feminist reflections on gender as performance in research. Women’s Studies in Communication, 29(2), 167-192.
Golombisky, K. (2006, spring/fall). Reforming rhetoric: Gender equity, the American Association of University Women, and the new white. Iowa Journal of Communication special issue: “Feminist Theories and Practices in Communication,” 38(2), 101-126.
Golombisky, K., & Holtzhausen, D. (2005). “Pioneering women” and “founding mothers”: Projecting feminism onto the past. Women & Language, 28(2/3), 12-22.
Bell, E., & Golombisky, K. (2004, fall). Voices and silences in our classrooms: Strategies for mapping trails among sex/gender, race, and class. Women’s Studies in Communication, 27(3), 294-329.
Golombisky, K. (2003, fall). Locating diversity within advertising excellence. Journal of Advertising Education, 7(2), 20-23.
Golombisky, K. (2002). Gender equity and mass communication’s female student majority. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 56(4), 53-66.
Bell, E. & Golombisky, K. (2002, spring). Languaging the spectrum of sex, gender, and sexuality. Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy, 13(1), 99-103.
Golombisky, K. (2001, Winter). Mothers, daughters, and female identity therapy in How to Make an American Quilt. Western Journal of Communication, 65(1), 65-88.
Bell, E., Golombisky, K., Hirschmann, K., & Singh, G. (2000, Feb.). To all the girls I’ve loved before: Academic love letters on mentoring, power, and desire. Communication Theory, 10(1), 27-47.
Golombisky, K. (1999, Spring). Ladies’ home erotica: Reading the seams between home-making and House Beautiful. Journal of Magazine & New Media Research, [on-line serial] 1(1).
Golombisky, K. (2012). Feminist thought for advancing women in the academy. In M. Meyers (Ed.), Women in higher education: The struggle for equity. NY: Hampton Press.
Golombisky, K. (2012). Feminism. In M. Kosut (Ed.), Encyclopedia of gender in media. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Golombisky, K., & Hagen, R. (2010). White space is not your enemy: A beginner’s guide to communicating visually through graphic, web & multimedia design. Burlington, MA: Focal Press.
Golombisky, K. (2010). Chapter 10: Feminist methodology. In L. Z. Leslie, Communication research methods in postmodern culture (pp. 167-189). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Golombisky, K. (2010). Chapter 8: Oral history methods. In L. Z. Leslie, Communication research methods in postmodern culture (pp. 111-134). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
McKenna Boosalis, E., & Golombisky, K. (2010, March). Women’s interpretations of music videos featuring women artists. Journal of Research on Women & Gender, 1(1).
Golombisky, K. (2006). “Hey, I’m the coach’s wife, not the team mom”: The rhetoric of Little League mothers’ role performances. In L.K. Fuller (Ed.), Sport, rhetoric, and gender (pp. 221-231). New York: Palgrave/Macmillan.
Golombisky, K. (2006, fall). Gendering the interview: Feminist reflections on gender as performance in research. Women’s Studies in Communication, 29(2), 167-192.
Golombisky, K. (2006, spring/fall). Reforming rhetoric: Gender equity, the American Association of University Women, and the new white. Iowa Journal of Communication special issue: “Feminist Theories and Practices in Communication,” 38(2), 101-126.
Golombisky, K., & Holtzhausen, D. (2005). “Pioneering women” and “founding mothers”: Projecting feminism onto the past. Women & Language, 28(2/3), 12-22.
Bell, E., & Golombisky, K. (2004, fall). Voices and silences in our classrooms: Strategies for mapping trails among sex/gender, race, and class. Women’s Studies in Communication, 27(3), 294-329.
Golombisky, K. (2003, fall). Locating diversity within advertising excellence. Journal of Advertising Education, 7(2), 20-23.
Golombisky, K. (2002). Gender equity and mass communication’s female student majority. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 56(4), 53-66.
Bell, E. & Golombisky, K. (2002, spring). Languaging the spectrum of sex, gender, and sexuality. Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy, 13(1), 99-103.
Golombisky, K. (2001, Winter). Mothers, daughters, and female identity therapy in How to Make an American Quilt. Western Journal of Communication, 65(1), 65-88.
Bell, E., Golombisky, K., Hirschmann, K., & Singh, G. (2000, Feb.). To all the girls I’ve loved before: Academic love letters on mentoring, power, and desire. Communication Theory, 10(1), 27-47.
Golombisky, K. (1999, Spring). Ladies’ home erotica: Reading the seams between home-making and House Beautiful. Journal of Magazine & New Media Research, [on-line serial] 1(1).