Faculty

Susan McMahon Wiesinger, Ph.D.

Professor

Contact

Email: swiesinger@csuchico.edu
Office: THMA 343

Office Hours:
         Mondays and Wednesdays: 1-2 p.m.
         Tuesdays and Thursdays: 2-3 p.m.
Personal website(opens in new window)
Twitter: @SusanWiesinger

Course Specialties

JOUR 211, Gender & Sexuality in Media
JOUR 255, Digital Literacy & Civic Engagement
JOUR 260W, Writing for Mass Media
JOUR 355, Online Presentation of News & PR
JOUR 411, Race & Diversity in Media

Education

Ph.D. in Media, Culture & Technology, Purdue University
MA in Public Affairs and Issues Management, Purdue University
BA in Sociology, Southern Oregon University

Professional Experience

Newspaper reporter and editor for 12 years in Montana, Nevada and Indiana.
Social media team extern, The Oregonian

Research Interests

Media, technology and culture; corporate media ownership; digital information literacy; community journalism; representations of race, diversity, gender and sexuality in media

Recent Publications

Digital Literacy: A Primer on Media, Identity and the Evolution of Technology(opens in new window) (Peter Lang, 2016)
Media Smackdown: Deconstructing the News and the Future of Journalism(opens in new window) (Peter Lang, 2013)
Editor, children's book – The Adventures of Terrible Tribble Ted(opens in new window) by Greg Tribble (2013)

Professional Growth & Achievement

• Global digital literacy fellow, Département Information Communication at Université de Haute Alsace in Mulhouse, France, 2015
• Scripps Howard Academic Leadership Academy fellow, 2013
• AEJMC-Scripps Social Media Fellowship at The Oregonian, 2012
• The Poynter Institute, "A New Curriculum for a New Journalism," 2011
• Indiana University Teaching Fellow, 2008

Professional Outreach

• AMP Business podcast(opens in new window) on the intersections of education, media and technology, 2020.
• Coordinator and presenter, “AP Style Refresher Course(opens in new window)” webinar for the California Association of Public Information Officials, 2019.
• C-SPAN BookTV interview(opens in new window) on state of contemporary news media and digital
  media, 2017.
• Coordinator and presenter, “Nurturing and Negotiating Free Speech in a Digital World(opens in new window),” Conversations on Diversity & Inclusion, Chico State, 2017.