University of Oregon

Studies mass media ethics, especially public relations ethics, alongside communication history.

Studies how global media and advertising industries construct Latinx identity and audiences, using critical cultural analysis of industry practices.

Studies visual journalism, media ethics, and solutions and contextual reporting from a normative perspective on public-interest journalism.

Studies embodied identity and community in virtual worlds and XR, especially among people with disabilities, through ethnography; also strategic communication.

Writes book-length narrative journalism on borders, migration, identity, and animal rights, and studies talk radio and conflict-sensitive reporting.

Studies media coverage of politics and policy, gender and campaign social media strategies, and engaged journalism in newsrooms.

Studies the political economy of media and telecom in Latin America, media and human rights, and social movements, alongside ethnographic documentary filmmaking.

Studies advertising creativity and the creative process and how brand messaging can drive social change and climate action.

Studies visual communication and photojournalism by applying ethics and cognitive theory to visual behavior.

Studies judgment and decision making, numeracy, and affect, and how evidence-based communication can improve health, financial, and environmental decisions.

Studies public relations, corporate social responsibility, and intersecting social identities at work and in media through critical and historical approaches.

Studies journalism history, including sensationalism, scandal, and sex-trafficking coverage, and conspiracy narratives in American TV, via historical methods.

Studies communication for development, gender and media, and media and globalization in Africa, particularly Ghana.

Studies investigative news quality, ownership, and audience trust in local TV news using content analysis, experiments, and surveys.

Studies media effects, diversity and equity in advertising, and how to communicate climate change to communities of color.

Studies games and play in non-game contexts, including game journalism, esports, and immersive XR media, and their media professions.

Studies how journalistic, project-based storytelling methods improve student achievement in K-12 education, especially for underserved youth.

Studies the processes and effects of solutions and constructive journalism, and press freedom in East Africa through fieldwork with journalists.

Studies the history of documentary film and photojournalism about war and conflict through archival research and filmmaking.

Studies surveillance, privacy, policing, and the regulation of information technologies through socio-legal research such as on police body-worn cameras.

Studies environmental health risk sense-making, corporate sustainability discourse, and green consumer behavior using discourse analysis, in national and international contexts.

Studies the politics and ethics of information, conspiracy belief, and the 'liberal devil' in US religious media using participant observation and rhetorical analysis.

Practices multimedia and cinematic photo and video journalism, including drone, 360 video, and photogrammetry storytelling.

Studies Indian television, popular culture, and the spread of digital culture in India within globalization and new media.

Designs and evaluates theory-based health campaigns and studies message processing and narrative persuasion on topics like cancer screening and vaccines.

Studies science and environmental communication about natural hazards and wildfire preparedness in the Pacific Northwest.

Practices and teaches investigative, data, and solutions journalism, with long-form reporting on Oregon politics and government.

Studies how immersive virtual reality and interactive technology shape children's cognition, social responses, and connection in remote learning.

Studies how people perceive and communicate about emerging environmental and health risks and how information sources shape public judgments.

Studies Andean indigenous media, community radio, and evangelical media practices in Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia through ethnography, archives, and oral history.

Studies consumer psychology in green advertising and how organizations communicate sustainability initiatives and climate activism.

Studies AI in advertising, brand crisis communication, and corporate social advocacy, including social media content analysis of consumer reactions.

Studies cognitive and social determinants of health behavior and how to design persuasive mediated health messages using theory-driven message research.

Conducts experiments on how XR storytelling (VR, AR, MR) drives prosocial attitudes and behavior for climate action, conservation, and well-being.

Studies and practices environmental and climate journalism, environmental cinema, and the history of climate storytelling through investigative and documentary work.

Studies advertising and transmedia storytelling in film and TV, social media marketing of global entertainment franchises, fan cultures, representation, and AI.