Wendy Weinhold, PhD
Associate Professor - Communication, Media, & Culture
"We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” - Joan Didion
Biography
Dr. Wendy Weinhold's work focuses on the changing definition of U.S. journalists in the digital age. Her interests include critical theory and feminist criticism. She is a qualitative researcher, and her articles have been published in Feminist Media Studies and Journalism Studies. Her research has been recognized with Top Paper awards from the International Communication Association and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Dr. Weinhold has more than a decade of experience as a journalist, serving as a reporter for newspapers and public radio stations in Nebraska, Illinois, and South Carolina. She worked as a mentor and writing coach at the Daily Egyptian at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She and her husband, David Miller, have a daughter, Thea, a son, Samuel, and too many pets.
Education
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
B.A., Hastings College
Program Affiliations
Women's and Gender Studies; Graduate Studies
Interesting Facts
Dr. Weinhold is The Chanticleer student newspaper adviser and the Communication/Rhetoric Book Review Editor for Presidential Studies Quarterly.
Teaching Areas
Journalism, communication studies, women's and gender studies
Research Areas
Journalism, critical media analysis, women's and gender studies.
