Erica Austin
(Ph.D., 1989, Stanford University)
- Professor, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University.
- Director, Consortium for the Study of Communication and Decision Making, 2002-present.
- Research focus:
- Media literacy, family communication and health campaigns. She has advised a number of organizations nationwide as well as the federal government on the development and evaluation of media literacy curricula.
- Media in decision making and social development. In particular, she studies the interplay of media and parental influences in children's decisions about health, politics and social reality.
- Political decision making and disaffection among adults.
- Recipient of the 2001 Krieghbaum Under-40 Award from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Public Relations Educator of the year, 2004, Greater Spokane Area Public Relations Association. Recipient of the 2009 Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award from Washington State University. Many of her publications and projects include student as coauthors and collaborators.
- B.A. in Journalism with an emphasis in the arts from the George Washington University, Washington D.C., and her masters and doctoral degrees, in communication research, from Stanford University. She teaches public relations management and campaign design, health communication and social development, and other courses in communication theory and communication science.
Links College of Communication | Washington State University
Questions / Comments |Erica Austin| eaustin@wsu.edu
Office | Room 212 Communication Addition
Phone | Phone: 509-335-8840| Fax: 335-1555
Mailing Address | Erica W. Austin | Professor | Edward R. Murrow College of Communication | P.O.Box 642520, 212 Communication Addition| Washington State University | Pullman WA 99164-2520
Last Update: July 9, 2009