PATRICK DISMAS
DOBSON
1717 Jarboe St.
Kansas City, MO 64108
816-474-0875, 816-896-4746
Member and formerly of the Board of
Directors of the Society of Professional Journalists;
Past President, Kansas City Press Club
Democrat for Jackson County, MO, Legislature,
First District
Freelance writer, journalist, and editor;
editorial and news services to business and professional clients, newspaper,
magazines, and radio and broadcast outlets
PERSONAL, WRITING, EDITING EXPERIENCE
•Book reviewer, Journal of the West, abc-clio.com, 2005-present
•Freelance journalist, National Catholic
Reporter,
2004-present
•Lecturer, Introduction to Journalism (Eng./Comm.
Studies 203), University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2003-2005
•Book reviewer and columnist, “Reflecting
History,” DiscoverMid-America, 2000-present
•Freelance columnist and journalist, EKC (a weekly newspaper),
2000-present
•Founder and editor, the poetrysheeet (Web litzine), 2000-present
•Graduate assistant-History, University of
Missouri-Kansas City, 2004-present
•Founder and director, Island Nation Renovators,
specializing in landscape alteration, stone walls, hardscape, and home
renovation projects, 2003-present
•Assistant Editor, Andrews McMeel Publishing. Duties: Create,
write, and edit books, work with writers, agents, and other editors to bring
gift and full-length nonfiction works to market, 2000-2003
•Editor of Friction Magazine, contributor, nonprofit
corporation board member and vice president, Sept. 1999-Dec. 2000
•Journalist/Editorial Writer/News and Features
Editor, Pitch Publishing/New Times, Inc., 1996-Oct. 2000
•Freelance columnist and journalist, PitchWeekly, 1995-1996
•Ritz-Carlton, Kansas City, furniture refinisher,
maintenance engineer, 1993-1997
•Kansas City, Mo., School District, Substitute
teacher, secondary and alternative school, 1994-1996
•University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Graduate
Teaching Assistant, 1991-1993
EDUCATION
•University of Missouri-Kansas City, Interdisciplinary Ph.D.
program, graduate assistant-History, Preparing Future Faculty Fellow, proposed
dissertation: The Flow of Power: Environmental, Cultural, and Social Change
on the Missouri River, 1880-1930,
2004-present
•University of Wyoming - Laramie, WY, 1993; Master of Arts in
History; Thesis: “Robert A. Taft: The Making of a New Foreign Policy,
1948-1952;” Graduate Teaching Assistant, History Department
•University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1991;
Bachelor of Arts in History; Bachelor of Arts in English (Journalism, Creative
Writing)
JOURNALISM AWARDS AND HONORS
2005
Catholic Press Association, honorable mention,
Best News Writing National Event, for “Bioethics: Stem Cell Research”
2000
•Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards,
1st Place, Features, non-daily, for “Defenders of last resort,” General
Reporting, 2nd Place, “Quick cash gamble”
•Kansas City Association of
Black Journalists Feature Award for “Quick cash gamble”
1999
•Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards,
1st Place, In-Depth/Investigative for "No longer a company town" and
"Environmental sellout; and 2nd Place, General Reporting Non-Daily
Newspapers for "How's our driving?"
1998
•National Newspaper Association Better Newspaper
Contest, Best Feature Story, Non-daily publications of more than 10,000
circulation, for "Being Homeless, Being a Kid"
•Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards,
1st Place, In-Depth/Investigative for "Being Homeless, Being a Kid,"
and 2nd Place, In-Depth/Investigative, "The Hidden Epidemic"
•Kansas City Association of Black Journalists
Series Award for "Neighbors' fight against UMKC"
1997
•Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Awards,
2nd Place Features, Non-Daily Papers for "The Cleaner;" 2nd Place
Business Reporting for "Promises, Promises..."
•Mayor's Office on Disabilities Certificate of
Appreciation for "Travesty and Tragedy at
Royal Towers," Dec. 5,
1996
1996
•Kansas City Press Club Heart of America Award,
1996, 2nd Place Features, Non-
Daily Papers for "Gay
Parenthood"
ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND HONORS
•Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship,
2004-2007, University of Missouri-Kansas City
•Interdisciplinary Doctoral
Student Travel Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City 2005
•Dean of Arts and Sciences
Research Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City 2005
•History Department Research
Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City 2005
•English Department Research
Award, University of Missouri-Kansas City 2005
•President and vice president, Kansas City Press
Club; member and director Society of Professional Journalists; member since
1996
•President, Nu Alpha (Phi Alpha Theta,
International Honor Society in History), University of Wyoming, 1992-1993
•Founder: Front Range Lecture Series (a speaker
exchange), Universities of Wyoming and Colorado-Boulder, 1992-1993
•Independent Study Award, School of Arts and
Sciences, University of Wyoming, 1992
•MaGee-Larson Scholarship, History Department,
University of Wyoming, 1992
•Long-Fendeisen Scholarship, History Department,
University of Wyoming, 1992-1993
•Departmental Honors-History, University of
Missouri-Kansas City, 1991
•Departmental Honors-English, University of
Missouri-Kansas City, 1991
•Richard W. Elrod Writing Award, History
Department, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 1991
•Phi Alpha Theta, 1990
•Sigma Tau Delta - English Honors Society, 1990
•Mellon Fellowship Nominee, 1990
WORKS FOR OFFER
the neighborhood falls
silent,
poetry manuscript, 68 poems, sample,
selected poems
Seldom Seen: A Journey into
the Great Plains, sample, Seldom
Seen
REFERENCES
Bruce Rodgers, Publisher and
Editor, Discovery Publications, publisher_editEKC@kcactive.com,
816-474-1516
David Shribman,
Editor-in-Chief, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, dshribman@post-gazette.com
Greg Melvin, Editor,
Universal Press Syndicate, gmelvin@amuniversal.com,
816-932-6653
Robert Unger, Professor of English,
University of Missouri—Kansas City, ungerr@umkc.edu,
816-235-5569
Joan F. Dean, Professor of English,
University of Missouri—Kansas City, deanj@umkc.edu,
816-333-4148
John Herron, Assistant Professor of
History, University of Missouri-Kansas City, herronj@umkc.edu,
816-235-2546
Ron Schultz, Herb Dietrich,
Adrian Bantjes, William Moore—Professors of History, University of Wyoming,
307-766-5101
Writing samples and
further references on request.