Lynda Lee Kaid

Lynda Lee Kaid (August 22, 1948 – April 13, 2011) was a Professor of Telecommunication and Research Foundation Professor in the College of Journalism & Communications at the University of Florida and named by Communication Quarterly as one of the most productive scholars in the communication discipline. She authored more than 30 books and more than 200 peer reviewed articles and chapters on political communication and political advertising.[2][3][4]

Lynda Lee Kaid
Born(1948-08-22)August 22, 1948
Eldorado, Illinois
DiedApril 13, 2011(2011-04-13) (aged 62)
Gainesville, Florida
NationalityAmerican
OccupationProfessor and Author
Years active1974 to 2011
Academic background
Alma materSouthern Illinois University (Ph.D., M.S., B.A.)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical Communication and Political Advertising
InstitutionsUniversity of Florida (2001 to 2011); University of Oklahoma (1974 to 2000)[1]
Doctoral studentsChaired 41 doctoral dissertations

Kaid was honored as a Distinguished Alumni in 2007 from Southern Illinois University.[5] She earned a doctorate and master's degree in speech communication and a bachelor's degree in German from SIU.

She was a three-time Fulbright Scholar.[6]

The National Communication Association's Political Communication Division established the annual Lynda Lee Kaid Outstanding Dissertation in Political Communication award.[7] The International Communication Association's Political Communication Division established the Keith R. Sanders and Lynda Lee Kaid Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award.[8]

Selected bibliography
  • Kaid, L. L. & Wadsworth, A. J. Political Campaign Communication: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature 1973-1982. (Scarecrow Press, 1985).
  • Sanders, K. R., Kaid, L. L., & Nimmo, D. Political Communication Yearbook, 1984. (Southern Illinois University Press, 1985).
  • Kaid, L. L., Nimmo, D., & Sanders, K. R. (Eds.), New Perspectives on Political Advertising. (Southern Illinois University Press, 1986).
  • Kaid, L. L. & Holtz-Bacha, C. (Eds.), Political Advertising in Western Democracies: Parties and Candidates on Television. (Sage Publications, 1995).
  • Ragan, S., Bystrom, D. G., Kaid, L. L., & Beck, C. (Eds.), The Lynching of Language: Gender, Politics, and Power in the Hill-Thomas Hearings. (University of Illinois Press, 1996).
  • Kaid, L. L. & Bystrom, D. (Eds.), The Electronic Election: Perspectives on the 1996 Campaign Communication. (Routledge, 1998).
  • Johnston, A. & Kaid, L. L. Communicating Politics: Engaging the Public in Democratic Life. (Praeger, 2000).
  • Kaid, L. L., McKinney, M. S., & Tedesco, J. C. (Eds.). Civic Dialogue in the 1996 Presidential Campaign: Candidate, Media, and Public Voices. (Hampton Press, 2001).
  • Kaid, L. L., Tedesco, J. C., Bystrom, D. G., McKinney, M. S. (Eds.). The Millennium Election: Communication in the 2000 Campaign. (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).
  • Kaid, L. L. (Ed.), Handbook of Political Communication Research. (Routledge, 2004).
  • McKinney, M. S., Kaid, L. L., Bystrom, D. G., & Carlin, D. B. (Eds.), Communicating Politics: Engaging the Public in Democratic Life. (Peter Lang, 2005).
  • Kaid, L. L. & Holtz-Bacha, C. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Political Advertising. (Sage Publications, 2006).
  • Kaid, L. L. & Holtz-Bacha, C. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Political Communication. (Sage Publications, 2007).
  • Kaid, L. L. (Ed.), The EU Expansion: Communicating Shared Sovereignty in the Parliamentary Elections. (Peter Lang, 2007).
  • Strömbäck, J. & Kaid, L. L. (Eds.), The Handbook of Election News Coverage Around the World. (Routledge, 2009).
  • Oates, S., Kaid, L. L., & Berry, M. Terrorism, Elections, and Democracy: Political Campaigns in the United States, Great Britain, and Russia. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
  • Kaid, L. L. (Ed.), Television and Politics in Evolving European Democracies. (Nova Science Publishers, 2011).
  • Hendricks, J. A. & Kaid, L. L. (Eds.), Techno Politics in Presidential Campaigning: New Voices, New Technologies and New Voters. (Routledge, 2011).

References
  1. "Passages: Lynda Lee Kaid". Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 66 (2): 201–206. Summer 2011.
  2. "Service planned for UF professor Lynda Lee Kaid". The Gainesville Sun. April 21, 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. "Lynda Lee Kaid Obituary". Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. "NCA Political Communication Division Mourns the Loss of Lynda Lee Kaid". Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. Dillard, Kathy. "Three honored as Distinguished Alumni". SIU News. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. "NCA Political Communication Division Mourns the Loss of Lynda Lee Kaid". NCA Political Communication Division. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. "National Communication Association Political Communication Division Awards". Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  8. "Keith R. Sanders and Lynda Lee Kaid Best Political Communication Article of the Year Award". International Communication Association. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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