Biography—

Cory Armstrong is the Lawrence L. and Ruth E. Pike Professor in Journalism at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Armstrong most recently served as associate dean of research and faculty affairs and diversity officer in UNL’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications. 

She was selected as a 2023 Big Ten Academic Leadership Program participant, a 2024-2025 Big Ten Carnegie Mellon fellow and a member of the Nebraska system Developing Excellence in Academic Leaders program. 

Armstrong’s research focuses on how individuals use media to make decisions during weather events and she has secured more than $700,000 in grants to mainly study media messaging and severe weather. She has 50 peer-reviewed publications.

Prior to her career at UNL, Armstrong held faculty and leadership positions at the University of Alabama, University of North Texas and the University of Florida. She also worked as a journalist for 10 years.