David W. Bulla, Ph.D.
David Bulla, an associate professor of journalism at Iowa State, focuses his research on the history
of U.S. journalism, examining limitations on press performance. He concentrates
on nineteenth-century newspapers, particularly the Civil War. His first
book, Lincoln’s Censor, was published by Purdue University Press.
He also does research on scholastic and sports journalism. He is a member
of the American Journalism Historians Association and the Association
for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Bulla earned a Ph.D.
in mass communication from the University of Florida in 2004, an M.A.
in journalism from Indiana University in 2001, and a B.A. in English
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 1983. He has
an extensive background in sports journalism, having worked for the
Greensboro News & Record, Durham Sun, Winston-Salem Chronicle, Black
College Sports Review, and Peegs.com. He also taught high school journalism
and English in North Carolina in the 1990s. He is married to Kalpana
Ramgopal, who is an academic adviser at Iowa State. They
have a son, Viraj Joseph Bulla, and two dogs, Cocoa and Iris.
David Bulla
Bulla’s Five Favorite Albums
Bring the Family by John Hiatt
Marshall Crenshaw by Marshall Crenshaw
Somewhere Near Paterson by Richard Shindell
The Vintage Years by the Impressions
The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle by Bruce Springsteen
Bulla’s Five Favorite Nonfiction Books
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Homicide by David Simon
Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein
Bulla’s Five Favorite Fiction Books
A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley
Wildlife by Richard Ford
The Last Gentleman by Walker Percy
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter
Bulla’s Five Favorite Movies
Chinatown (Roman Polanski, director)
The Civil War (Ken Burns, director)
Diner (Barry Levinson, director)
Hoosiers (David Anspaugh, director)
Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, director)
Five Favorite Sports Seasons
1979, Baltimore Orioles, American League champions
1989, Indiana University, Big Ten men’s basketball champion
1996, University of Florida, NCAA football champion
1972, Summer Olympics, Munich, West Germany
2008-2009, Fulham Football Club, seventh place, English Premier League