Kristin Eckert

Faculty Profile

Associate Professor
fq0936@wayne.edu

Honorific

Prof. Dr.

Biography

 

Stine Eckert, Ph.D. is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University in Detroit. After studying journalism studies and American studies at the Universität Leipzig and Ohio University, she completed her Ph.D. at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland. She also completed a Certificate in Graduate Women's Studies at the Harriert Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland.

 

Her research and teaching focus on journalism studies, gender media studies, new media, marginalized groups, public spheres and democracy, and online harassment. She is editor of the bilingual open access journal Journalism Research/Journalistik and Co-PI on the NSF ADVANCE grant WSU-GEARS (Gender Equity Advances Retention in STEM, 2020-2024). She also serves as Chair of the Helen Award Committee for Emerging Feminist Scholarship of the Feminist Scholarship Division (FSD) of the International Communication Association (ICA).

 

 

Area of Expertise

Journalism Studies, Journalism and News Media; Gender and Media; Democracy, Public Spheres and Counterpublics; Online Hate and Harassment

Degrees and Certifications

Ph.D. Journalism Studies (University of Maryland)

M.S. Journalism (Ohio University)

Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies (University of Maryland)

Bachelor-Equivalent Journalism, Communication and Media Studies, American Studies (University of Leipzig)

Primary Research Interest

Journalism Studies, Journalism and News Media; Gender and Media; Democracy, Public Spheres and Counterpublics; Online Hate and Harassment

Recent Publications

See an up-to-date list of current and recent publications and conference presentations on stineeckert.com.

Office Location

571 Manoogian

Homepage description

You can find more information about ongoing and recent studies, projects, conference presentations and publications on my homepage stineeckert.com. To learn more about our Wikid GRRLs projects and its launch in Detroit, check out our website and blog

Homepage URL

http://stineeckert.com/

Primary E-mail

fq0936@wayne.edu

Twitter Link

@stineeckert

Research Description

Biography
Stine Eckert (Ph.D., University of Maryland) joined the Wayne State journalism faculty in 2014. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and her Master’s of Science from Ohio University after studying journalism studies, communication and media studies and American studies at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She earned a Certificate in Graduate Studies from the Women’s Studies Department of the University of Maryland. Her research interests include international, comparative work and the intersection of social media, minorities and gender as well as the democratic potential of social media. She has published articles in International Journal of Communication; Media, Culture & Society; Journal of Communication Inquiry and Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism. She co-authored the chapter “Wikipedia’s Gender Gap” in Cory Armstrong’s (Ed.) Media Disparity: A Gender Battleground (2013). Eckert also co-founded the Wikid GRRLS project to teach middle and high school girls how to create content on knowledge sharing sites such as Wikipedia. More information about her work and projects is available on stineeckert.com and on Twitter via @stineeckert.

View Prof. Eckert's curriculum vitae at stineeckert.com.

Area of Expertise
gender and social media, minorities and social media, international (comparative) research, feminist media

Primary Research Interest
gender and social media, minorities and social media, intersnational (comparative) research, feminist media

Affiliated Departments