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Culture & Media
Culture is the rituals, practices, and artifacts that shape the behaviors of individuals, groups, and societies. Communication is central to the construction, maintenance, and transmission of culture, as well as to cultural resistance and change. Annenberg researchers explore the complex relationship between communication and cultural practices and its implications.
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Faculty
Moya Bailey, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Center for Media at RiskSarah Banet-Weiser, Ph.D.
Walter H. Annenberg DeanCarolyn Biltoft, Ph.D.
Visiting Faculty Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and SocietyPeter Decherney, Ph.D.
Professor of Cinema Studies and English, School of Arts and SciencesMichael X. Delli Carpini, Ph.D.
Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication & DemocracyOlivia González, Ph.D.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral FellowDavid Grazian, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, School of Arts and SciencesNelanthi Hewa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Collaborative CommunicationEmily Hund, Ph.D.
Research Affiliate, Center on Digital Culture and SocietyZehra Husain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationSarah J. Jackson, Ph.D.
Associate ProfessorBenjamin Todd Jealous
Professor of Practice, University of PennsylvaniaDeMarcus A. Jenkins, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Social Policy and PracticeEnnuri Jo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationJasmine E. Johnson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, School of Arts and SciencesMalav Kanuga, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Media, Inequality and Change CenterSima Kokotović, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationAviv Landau, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Co-Director, SAFELabJessa Lingel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of CommunicationJuan Llamas-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of CommunicationSophie Maddocks, Ph.D.
Research & Outreach Director, Center for Media at RiskLucy March, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Digital Culture and SocietyCarolyn Marvin, Ph.D.
Frances Yates Professor Emeritus of CommunicationSiva Mathiyazhagan, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Co-Director, SAFELabDanaë Metaxa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, School of Engineering and Applied ScienceCristina Monzer, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral FellowMatt Parker, Ph.D.
Gilbert Seldes Multimodal Postdoctoral FellowDesmond Upton Patton, M.S.W., Ph.D.
Brian and Randi Schwartz University ProfessorLitty Paxton, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Undergraduate StudiesJeff Pooley, Ph.D.
Research Associate & LecturerMonroe Price, J.D.
Retired Associated FacultyAswin Punathambekar, Ph.D.
Professor of CommunicationJulian Quiros, Ph.D.
Provost’s Postdoctoral FellowCerianne Robertson, Ph.D.
George Gerbner Postdoctoral FellowCarlin Romano, J.D.
Lecturer, Annenberg Undergraduate ProgramDan Romer, Ph.D.
Research Director, Annenberg Public Policy CenterDonovan Schaefer, Ph.D.
Secondary Faculty, Annenberg School for CommunicationMinjae Seo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Annenberg Public Policy Center and Social Action LabJulia Ticona, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of CommunicationJoseph Turow, Ph.D.
Robert Lewis Shayon Professor of Media Systems & IndustriesArthur Z. Wang, Ph.D.
Provost’s Postdoctoral FellowZhe Wang, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar, Center on Digital Culture and SocietyKim Woolf, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer, Academic Advisor, and Research Director, Undergraduate StudiesGuobin Yang, Ph.D.
Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication and SociologyBarbie Zelizer, Ph.D.
Raymond Williams Professor of Communication