Shane M. Graber, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Department of Communication
Courses Taught
Media & Society; News Writing; Feature Writing
Education
Ph.D.: University of Texas-Austin, 2019
MFA: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2010
Research Interests
- Critical / cultural issues in media
- Race, gender, class, and sexuality in mainstream news
Publications and Media Placements
Graber, S. M., Figueroa, E., & Vasudevan, K. (2019). Oh, Say, Can You Kneel: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Colin Kaepernick's Racial Protest. Howard Journal of Communications, 0(0), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2019.1670295
Graber, S. M., & Whipple, K. N. (2019). Yes to bezique, no to aqueduct: A critical discourse analysis of how U.S. news covers sororities. Feminist Media Studies, 0(0), 1–16.
Graber, S. M. (2019). A puzzling problem: Symbolic annihilation in The New York Times crossword puzzle. Journalism Practice, 13(3), 383–395.
Graber, S. M. (2018). The Bathroom Boogeyman: A qualitative analysis of how the Houston Chronicle framed the Equal Rights Ordinance. Journalism Practice, 12(7), 870–887.
Graber, S. M. (2017). War of perception: A Habermasian discourse analysis of human shield newspaper reporting during the 2014 Gaza War. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 34(3), 293–307.
Professional Organizations and Associations
- Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
- International Communication Association (ICA)