The Annenberg School for Communication at
@Penn
. Furthering our understanding of the role of communication in public life through research, education & service.
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Professor Emeritus Klaus Krippendorff has passed away at the age of 90. A giant in the field, Klaus was a vital part of the Annenberg community for more than 50 years. A full obituary is forthcoming.
BIG NEWS: Prof. Sarah Banet-Weiser will be the Annenberg School’s 6th dean, effective August 14. Congratulations and welcome to your new role,
@sbanetweiser
!
2021 ended with a huge loss for our community, and for the field of Communication, as Prof. Emeritus Elihu Katz passed away at 95. He will be dearly missed. Read more about his remarkable life:
We are thrilled to announce that
@dfreelon
will be joining the Annenberg School faculty on July 1 as the Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Professor of Communication!
Congratulations to our newest Ph.D., Dr. Celeste Wagner!!!!
@wagnercelest
successfully defended “Responding to Media Coverage of Gender-Based Violence in Argentina and the United States" and will be an assistant professor at
@UFJSchool
this fall. 🎉🎉🎉
Professor Kathleen Hall Jamieson's new book, Cyberwar, received a lengthy profile in
@NewYorker
. In it, Jameison concludes that Russian interference likely swung the 2016 US election to Donald Trump.
80,000 votes in 3 states put Trump in the White House. Now a meticulous analysis of online activity during the campaign makes a powerful case that cyberattacks by Russian hackers and trolls were decisive:
We are thrilled to announce that global media scholar
@llamasjr
will be joining our faculty July 1 as an assistant professor! Read all about him and his work:
BIG NEWS: We are thrilled to announce that
@aswinp
has joined Annenberg as a Professor of Communication and director of
@AnnenbergCARGC
, effective June 1! Read more about his work in global communication and his plans for CARGC.
Announcing a NEW CENTER! Directed by
@sgonzalezbailon
and co-directed by
@ylelkes
, the Center for Information Networks and Democracy looks at the benefits and risks of digital information networks on our society.
Congratulations to Professor
@ylelkes
who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure! We asked him to reflect on how his research has evolved since he's been at Annenberg and what he's up to now. Read the Q&A here:
Congratulations to Professor
@VWPickard
on his promotion to full professor! Read more about how he became a media scholar, what he studies, and his commitment to public scholarship in our new profile:
Congratulations to Prof.
@bzelizer
, who was inducted into American Academy of Arts & Sciences this fall! In this photo, she signs the Book of Members at the
@americanacad
Induction Ceremony.
Read more here:
We are pleased to announce that we &
@USCAnnenberg
have jointly established the Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication to enable our faculties & PhD students to think & work across institutional, geographic, & disciplinary divides. Read more:
“You can’t get a colorblind society until you’ve addressed all of the effects of a race-specific society." -
@nhannahjones
in conversation with Prof.
@sjjphd
during the
@AfricanaUPenn
22nd Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture in Social Justice:
Congratulations to
@Andy_SL_Tan
on receiving the APHA Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section's Health Equity Award for 2021!
@PublicHealth
🚨 NEW PHD ALERT! 🚨 Today, Revati Prasad virtually — and successfully — defended her dissertation entitled "Infrastructure of a Nation: Politics of Connectivity in India." Congrats, Dr. Prasad!
Congratulations to Professor Sandra González-Bailón, who was recently promoted to full professor! Learn more about her work in our new profile:
@sgonzalezbailon
Penn President Liz Magill announced today that Annenberg School Dean
@johnljacksonjr
has been selected to serve as Penn's next Provost, effective July 1. Congratulations, Dean Jackson!
On this cold January morning, we’re sending our warmest congratulations to Dr. Mohammed Salih, who successfully defended his dissertation, “The Islamic State: Discursive Articulations of Identity, Subjectivity, Community, and Statehood” yesterday. Congrats,
@MohammedASalih
!
Congratulations to Professor
@bzelizer
on winning the
#ica19
B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award! As her many adoring advisees will attest, she is most deserving! Brava, Barbie!!
New Ph.D. alert!! 🎉🎉🎉 Today, Dr.
@muira_mccammon
successfully defended her dissertation, "The making and unmaking of the ‘memory hole’: Deletion as stagecraft and statecraft"! Congratulations, Dr. McCammon! Next, she is off to
@Tulane
to start a job as an assistant professor.
.
@csspenn
, led by Prof.
@duncanjwatts
has a launched a new resource for understanding media dynamics - a data dashboard on news consumption in the U.S. Explore trends, track shifts, & stay informed about the evolving landscape of information dissemination:
BIG breaking news: We're extremely proud of
@bzelizer
for being elected into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! More about it soon!!
@americanacad
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Today we are honored to welcome 276 scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators into the Academy.
We're thrilled to welcome 12 new doctoral students to Annenberg this semester! They're pictured here with our graduate studies staff, Professor
@Yangguobin
, and Dean
@johnljacksonjr
during a virtual orientation session.
We had a lovely and touching virtual send off today for our fabulous colleague
@MKraidy
. You have made a lasting impact on all of us here at Annenberg, and you will be greatly missed! We wish you the absolute best at
@NUQatar
. They are lucky to have you!
In keeping with Annenberg tradition, former dean
@MXDelli
has named his endowed faculty position after someone he admires: Professor Emeritus Oscar Gandy. Read more in our new story:
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Bob Hornik on receiving the Steven H. Chaffee Career Achievement Award! There are not enough characters on Twitter to express how deserving he is. 🎉🎉🎉
We were delighted to host
@JoeBiden
yesterday in
@howardfineman
's class "Media and the 2016 Election." It was a surprise visit, and an insightful talk the students won't soon forget!
@PennBiden
Congratulations to Jessa Lingel, who was recently promoted to associate professor with tenure! Read more about her 5 years at Annenberg and her current research in our new Q&A:
🚨 NEW PHD ALERT! 🚨 Today, Subhayan Mukerjee virtually — and successfully — defended his dissertation entitled “News Reading Publics and Audience Fragmentation: Evidence from Online India (2014-2018).” Congrats, Dr. Mukerjee!
@wrahool
NEW FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENT! We are thrilled to welcome
@DLydonStaley
as a new assistant professor, effective July 1! Learn more about David and his interdisciplinary work on substance abuse and the small daily influences that shape behavior.
NEW FACULTY ANNOUNCEMENT: Health communication scholar and Annenberg alumnus
@Andy_SL_Tan
will join our faculty as an associate professor on July 1. Learn more about Tan and his research on culturally-appropriate messaging campaigns in our new story:
Congrats to Prof.
@bzelizer
, who has been inducted into the
@americanacad
! She has made significant contributions to the academic field of journalism and played a key role in bridging the gap between theorists and practitioners. Read more in our new story:
We have another newly minted PhD!! Congratulations to Dr. Prateekshit "Kanu" Pandey on his successful disentangling of the dissertation, "Disentangling the reciprocal relationship between political efficacy and news sharing behavior."
@akaPrateekshit
🥳
Congratulations to Dr. Rosie Clark-Parsons, our newest Annenberg Ph.D. She successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Doing it Ourselves: The Networked Practices of Feminist Media Activism," bright and early this morning.
@roeclark
Congratulations to Dr.
@florencemadenga
, our newest Ph.D.! Today, Dr. Madenga successfully defended her dissertation, “Taking Satire Journalism Seriously: Living and Laughing to Bring the State Down?” Flo is our newest Gerbner Fellow and then she's off to teach at
@BostonCollege
!
Congratulations to Professor Dolores Albarracín (
@dalbarra
) on her appointment as the newest editor of
@APA
's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology:
@APA_Journals
Prof.
@ylelkes
has launched a new working group to study political communication. The Democracy & Information Group is focused on research that investigates how political communication affects civil society. Read more here:
Congrats to professors
@sjjphd
and
@duncanjwatts
, who have been named 2020
#CarnegieFellows
! The fellowships will support Jackson's study of Black media-makers and Watts' research on media bias and misinformation.
@CarnegieCorp
Read more in our new story:
Exciting news! Prof. Emeritus Elihu Katz will be receiving an honorary doctorate at
@Penn
's 2018 Commencement! Katz is a founding father of the field of Communication.
Today,
@yaseminyusufoff
successfully defended her dissertation, entitled "Turkish TV Series in Bulgaria and Russia: The Terribly Charming Turk in the Global Media Matrix." Congratulations, Dr. Celikkol!
Congratulations to our newest Ph.D., Dr. Alvin Zhou, who successfully defended his dissertation, "Characteristics of the U.S. Digital News Landscape," yesterday. For his next adventure,
@alvinyxz
will be an assistant professor at
@UMN_HSJMC
! 🎉🎉🎉
Professor
@Andy_SL_Tan
, Professor Robert Hornik, Professor
@DLydonStaley
, and Professor Andrew Strasser, along with a team of collaborators, have received a $3.49 million grant to study vaping among LGBTQ+ youth. Read more:
According to a new study from Prof.
@ylelkes
and PhD student
@alvinyxz
, doubling Twitter's character limit from 140 to 280 made political conversations on the platform more civil. Read more in our new story:
Oh hello there, new Ph.D! Congratulations to Dr. Heather Jaber on successfully defending her dissertation, "The Digital Bahdala: Recoding national humiliation across post-revolutionary Lebanon & Egypt!”
@heatherjaber
Happy publication day to Professor
@JoeProf
! His new book The Voice Catchers: How Marketers Listen In to Exploit Your Feelings, Your Privacy, and Your Wallet is out now from
@yalepress
.
🎉 We have a new Ph.D.! 🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Sophie Maddocks (
@Sophie_J_J
) on the successful defense of her dissertation: “Platformed Girlhood? How Online Harassment Influences Girls’ Identity, Privacy and Speech.”
New Ph.D. alert!! 🎉🎉🎉 Today, Dr.
@jovanova_mia
successfully defended her dissertation, "A person-specific approach to predicting health behaviors: a proof of concept."
Congratulations, Dr. Jovanova!
Call for presenters! 📣📣📣 This January, we will be co-hosting an international conference on new directions in feminist thought. Participants from the field of feminist and gender studies can apply to present their work. Deadline Dec 1:
Did you hear our exciting gift news? Author
@Amy_Siskind
has generously donated The Weekly List to the Annenberg School Library Archives. Read more about this gift, which will be available for scholars to study in the decades to come:
@ASCmediarisk
This morning,
@ppopiel
successfully defended his dissertation, entitled "Emergent Governance: The Politics of Competition in Digital Markets." Congratulations, Dr. Popiel!
We have two new faculty members starting today: Andy Tan and David Lydon-Staley. We're thrilled to (virtually) welcome you both to Annenberg!
@Andy_SL_Tan
and
@DLydonStaley
We have a new Ph.D.! Today,
@ILangrock
successfully defended her dissertation, "The Irony of Openness: Gender Inequality in Self-Governed Knowledge Systems." Congratulations, Dr. Langrock! 🎉 🎉 🎉
🚨 🚨NEW PHD ALERT🚨 🚨
@betty_ferrari
defended her dissertation, entitled "The Technological Imaginaries of Social Movements: The Discursive Dimension of Communication Technology and the Fight for Social Justice." Congrats, Dr. Ferrari!
🚨 🚨 JOB ALERT! 🚨 🚨 We're hiring a tenure-track professor in the area of media effects, with particular interest in health communication. More info here:
Kathleen Hall Jamieson of
@APPCPenn
@AnnenbergPenn
@Penn
to receive the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal for her nonpartisan crusade to ensure the integrity of facts in public discourse.
We are devastated by the loss of two of our scholars: Susan Haas and Emile Bruneau. Our hearts are with their family and friends, and we will share with you more full information about their lives in the coming days.
If you knew Emile Bruneau, you knew what an extraordinary person he was, promoting peace through neuroscience. We hope you'll watch and share this beautiful short film about his work and his life while fighting brain cancer. We miss him.
Congratulations to
@MKraidy
on being named Dean of
@NUQatar
starting July 1! We are enormously sad to see him go, but know what an incredible opportunity awaits him. Wildcats – you are very lucky!
Yesterday,
@ruipei_penn
defended her dissertation entitled "Cultural Influences On Social Norm Development, Perception and Conformity." Congrats, Dr. Pei!
🎉 🎉 Communication has been named the best department at Penn by The Daily Pennsylvanian! Thanks,
@dailypenn
! 🥳 And thanks to our faculty, students, and staff who make Annenberg such a vibrant place! Plus, a special shoutout to our new dean:
@sbanetweiser
🎉
#BestofPenn
Congrats to Prof.
@JuliaTicona1
, who is one of the recipients of a $2.5 million collaborative grant from
@NSF
! She will work with
@PennEngineers
professor
@ccb
to explore social and computational approaches to improving conditions for gig workers.
Prof.
@sbanetweiser
— a leading scholar in feminist theory and popular culture — will serve as the center’s inaugural director. She will hold faculty appointments, collaborate with faculty & PhD students, and teach courses at both Penn & USC. Read more:
NEW ARTICLE: "Affect, Curiosity, and Positionality in Context: Watching Television Entertainment in Argentina and the United States," written by PhD candidate
@wagnercelest
, was published in the International Journal of Communication. Read here:
🚨 NEW PHD ALERT! 🚨 Today, Natalie Herbert virtually — and successfully — defended her dissertation entitled "Covering Scientific Uncertainty in Ongoing Research." Congrats, Dr. Herbert!
@natcherbert
🚨 New PhD alert! 🚨 This morning,
@Chloe_Nurik
defended her dissertation entitled “Censored, Commodified, and Surveilled: How Facebook’s Self-Regulatory Governance Harms Marginalized Communities.” Congratulations, Dr. Nurik!
We are pleased to announce that Maori Karmael Holmes — Artistic Director and CEO of
@BlackStarFest
— has been appointed Curator-at-Large for Film at the
@AnnenbergCenter
and Mediamaker-in-Residence at the Annenberg School. Read more:
Congratulations to
@KGirginova
, Ph.D. on successfully defending her dissertation this morning. It wins for shortest title of the year: "Social Media Events." Good job, Dr. Girginova!
We are thrilled to announce that alum
@ppopiel
will be the 2021-2023 George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow at Annenberg! Read a little bit about his work here:
🚨 NEW PHD ALERT! 🚨 Today, Natacha Yazbeck virtually — and successfully — defended her dissertation entitled "What We Talk About When We Talk About Journalism." Congrats, Dr. Yazbeck!
This summer,
@ylelkes
co-founded the Polarization Research Lab, a three-year, $3.9 million initiative to study polarization, social trust, and political violence in America.
Read about the lab here:
Today,
@sustaintheconvo
defended her dissertation, entitled “Apocalyptic Authoritarianism in the United States: Power, Media, and Climate Crisis.” Congrats, Dr. Morris!