Event Details
Date & Time
Wednesday, Feb 21, 2018 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Department
Communications
Cost
Free
Location
Hemmingson Ballroom
Event Type & Tags
About This Event
Dr. Khadijah White is an Assistant Professor in Rutgers’ School of Communication and Information in the Department of Journalism & Media Studies. Previously, she served as a White House intern on President Obama’s Broadcast Media team. She was also a 2008 National Association of Black Journalists and United Nations Fellow.
Dr. White researches race, gender, and politics in media. Her forthcoming book, Raising the Volume: How the News Media Created the Tea Party, is a multi-platform study that examines the rise of the Tea Party in online, print, broadcast, and cable news. White has published her work in books, academic journals, professional blogs, and presented her research at conferences around the world. White's writing and commentary on topics such as race, social movements, news, and politics have appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Root, Huffington Post, BBC, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Los Angeles Times, Quartz, Gizmodo, Buzzfeed, and others.