Professor Emerita, Journalism and Mass Communication
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Dr. Mary A. Hamilton is a retired associate professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure. A magna cum laude 1959 Bona grad, Hamilton returned in 1982 as an assistant professor. During her tenure she served as chair of the then-journalism department, and also as coordinator of the Peace Studies Program.
 
An expert in media law and women’s contributions to the media, Hamilton worked as a reporter and editor in New York City, Washington, D.C., and York, Pa., and helped develop a public relations program for the Center for Constitutional Rights. She holds a doctorate from Michigan State University.
 
She published a biography titled “Rising from the Wilderness: J.W. Gitt and His Legendary Newspaper: The Gazette and Daily of York, Pa.” that won the American Journalism Historians Award for Best Book in Media History published in 2007. She has inspired many women in the field of Journalism, and the field is all the better for it.
 
A thoroughly engaging instructor, Hamilton’s course in media law was considered “the class” to take, former students say. The depth of her knowledge was so complete, you knew you were in the presence of someone you needed to pay attention to.

To contact Dr. Hamilton, please send an email to Dean Aaron Chimbel.