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Faculty Member, Communication
Assistant Professor of Communication
About
DOCTORAL DEGREE: University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication
PhD Completed Spring 2008. Communication & Society Program.
Advisor: Dr. Debra Merskin. Dissertation: Struggling for Ideological Integrity in the Social Movement Framing Process: How U.S. Animal Rights Organizations Frame Values and Ethical Ideology in Food Advocacy Communication.
MASTER’S DEGREE: University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication
M.A. Completed Summer 2004. Concentration: Mass Media Studies. Advisor: Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru.
Thesis: Textual analysis of national news representations of farmed animals from 2000 – 2003.
Enrolled and active in UGA’s interdisciplinary Environmental Ethics Certification Program.
BACHELOR’S DEGREE: University of Florida College of Journalism & Communications
B.S. Degree Completed in 1993 with High Honors. Major: Advertising. Minor: Art.
Dr. Freeman is a critical/cultural studies researcher who studies media ethics, communication strategies for social justice movements, and the media's coverage of nonhuman animal and environmental issues, in particular, animal agribusiness and veganism.
In addition to a previous career in public relations and H.R./training, she’s been active in the animal rights and vegetarian movement for almost two decades and has served as a volunteer director for local grassroots groups in three states. She currently serves as a co-host on a weekly Atlanta-based community radio program on animal protection (Second Opinion Radio) and a monthly host of an environmental program (In Tune to Nature), both on WRFG 89.3FM.
Courses: At the undergraduate level she teaches Media Ethics & Society, Introduction to Theories of Mass Communication, and Environmental Communication. At the graduate level she teaches seminars on Strategic Communication for Social Change and Environmental Communication.
