Andrea McDonnell
Professor & Director of Communication at Providence College
- Role
- Professor & Founding Director of Communication at Providence College
- Location
- Providence, RI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Andrea McDonnell
Media scholar and educator studying the intersection of gossip, media discourse, and contemporary politics.Founding Director of Communication at Providence College.Author of Gossip, The Essential Knowledge Series (MIT Press, forthcoming).Author of Celebrity Rhetoric and Sexual Misconduct Cases (Routledge, 2024)Co-editor, with Adam Silver, of A Gossip Politic (Palgrave, 2023)Co-author, with Susan Douglas, of Celebrity: A History of Fame (NYU, 2019)Author of Reading Celebrity Gossip Magazines (Polity, 2014)
Experience
Professor & Founding Director of Communication
Jul 2025 — Present
Establishing, building, and leading the Communication major and minor.Developing curriculum and interdisciplinary collaboration across the Arts and Sciences.Teaching Introduction to Communication, Politics of Visual Culture, Documentary Storytelling, Internship, and Senior Seminar in Communication.Advising Senior-level research projects with Communication students.Publishing in Journalism, Psychology of Popular Media Culture, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Celebrity Studies, Men & Masculinities, the Journal of Language and Politics, and Body Image.Author at MIT, Polity, NYU, Palgrave, & Routledge
Education
University of Michigan
Graduate Certificate, Museology/Museum Studies
2008 — 2010
University of Michigan
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Communication and Media
2007 — 2012
University of Sussex
Communication and Media Studies
2003 — 2003
Vassar College
Bachelor's degree, American Culture
2001 — 2005
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