BA, Grand View University, Des Moines
MA, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
PhD, Indiana University
Jessica Birthisel, PhD, is a professor who teaches and researches in the areas of journalism, newswriting, multimedia storytelling, digital media, professional communication, popular culture and representations of gender, race, sexuality, and class in the media. A former journalist, she's always loved writing, and in addition to her academic scholarship in feminist media studies, she continues to write journalistic articles and also self-publishes contemporary romance novels. When not teaching, writing or engaging in campus service, she's likely to be hanging out with her husband and four sons, taking a Zumba class, cooking, baking, crafting, thrifting, staying up way too late reading, or adding washi tape and stickers to her planner.
digital media, social media, gender and the media, journalism, professional communication, media literacy, popular culture