Katrina Bell-Jordan
College of Arts and Sciences, Communication, Media and Theatre
President of the University; Professor
Office:
BBH 158
Phone:
(773) 442-5700
Email:
k-bell1@neiu.edu
Fax:
(773) 442-5710
Office Hours:
TBA
Country:
United States
Expertise
Dr. Katrina Bell-Jordan’s teaching has emphasized media history and media literacy; studies in journalism and news writing; communication theory and mass communication theory; rhetorical theory and criticism; public address; and persuasion. She has additional teaching interests in cultural studies, gender studies, political communication, and popular culture.
CMTM 465: Mass Communication Theory
CMTC 414: Seminar in Organizational Communication
CMTC 404: Communication Theory
CMTC 367: News Writing
CMTM 365: Contemporary Issues in Mass Media
CMTC 322: Rhetorical Theory & Criticism
CMTC 310: Persuasion
CMTM 265: Mass Media and Society
CMTM 165: Broadcasting and New Media
CMTM 105: Introduction to Journalism
CMTC 101: Public Speaking
CMTC 100: Introduction to Communication
Expertise
Dr. Katrina Bell-Jordan’s teaching has emphasized media history and media literacy; studies in journalism and news writing; communication theory and mass communication theory; rhetorical theory and criticism; public address; and persuasion. She has additional teaching interests in cultural studies, gender studies, political communication, and popular culture.
Research Interests
Dr. Katrina Bell-Jordan’s research falls within the areas of cultural studies, media studies, and rhetorical studies. More specific emphasis is on race and representation in the media; intersections of gender and race; Black feminist thought and African-American women’s communicative experiences; identity and performance in media; and the rhetoric of popular culture. Specific attention has been given to humor in stand-up comedy, political cartooning and film/television parody.
Education
Ph.D. Ohio University, School of Interpersonal Communication (Rhetorical Studies & Media Studies)
M.A. Ohio University, School of Interpersonal Communication (Rhetorical Studies)
B.S.J. Ohio University, E. W. Scripps School of Journalism (News Editorial Journalism)
Selected Publications
Bell-Jordan, K. E. (2011). Still subscribing to stereotypes: Constructions of black masculinity in popular magazines. In M. P. Hopson, & R. L. Jackson (Eds.), Masculinity in the Black imagination: Politics of communicating race and manhood. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.
Bell-Jordan, K. E. (2010). Forward. In J. Tischauser, Anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias in American newspapers: How they reported the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah and Israeli-Hamas wars (pp. i-iv). Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press.
Bell-Jordan, K. E. (October, 2008). Black.White and a Survivor of The Real World: Constructions of race on reality TV. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25(4), 353-372.
Bell-Jordan, K. E. (December, 2007). Speaking fluent “joke”: Pushing the racial envelope through comedic performance on Chappelle’s Show. Performance Research, 12(3),74-90.
Bell, K.E., Orbe, M.P., Drummond, D.K., & Camara, S.K. (Winter, 2000). Accepting the challenge of centralizing without essentializing: Black Feminist Thought and African American women’s communicative experiences. Women’s Studies in Communication, 23 (1), 41-62.
Bell, K. E. (1998). The more they change, the more they remain the Same: Representations of African American womanhood on Living Single. In T. McDonald, & T. Ford-Ahmed (Eds.), Nature of a sistuh: Black women’s lived experiences in contemporary culture (pp. 197-222). Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press.