Melissa Meade
Associate Professor, Humanities
(603) 526-3798 | mmeade@colby-sawyer.edu
Dr. Meade joined the faculty in 2004 and her teaching areas include media theory, history and law, and gender studies. Her research interests include media and cultural history, women's media, and feminist media studies. | faculty profile
Areas of Expertise
- Media history and theory
- Gender and media
- Feminism
- Communication technology
Recent Presentations / Publications
“More Than a Supporting Role: Gender in Radio History.” International Communication Association. Montreal, Canada. May 2008.
"Meet Pretty Kitty Kelley: Marion Keisker's Negotiation of Gender in 1940s Memphis Radio." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. San Francisco, CA. August 2006.
"Women in Music and Radio: Exploring the Legacies of Mid-Century 'All-Girl' Culture." International Communication Association. New York, NY. May 2005.
"The Feminist in the Feminine: WHER-AM Radio and 1950s Proto-feminism.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Toronto, ON, Canada. August 2004.
“Broadcasting Femininity.” Presented at the annual convention of the International Communication Association. Winner, Top Paper in Feminist Scholarship Division. New Orleans, LA. May 2004.
"The Sound of Women in the 1950s." National Communication Association. Miami Beach, FL. November 2003.
“Making Room for Cultural History: A Historiographic Exploration of U.S. Radio.” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Kansas City, MO. August 2003.
Skirting the Airwaves: The 'All-Girl' Radio of WHER-AM." The Radio Conference - A Transnational Forum. Madison, WI. July 2003.
“Community Radio: Champion of Unsung Music, Arbiter of Taste, or What?” with Peter Monoghan. International Association for the Study of Popular Music. Montreal, QC, Canada. July 2003.
“Displacing Women in the Abortion Debate: News Frames in the Coverage of the 'Partial-Birth Abortion Act of 1995'.” International Communication Association, Seoul, Korea. July 2002.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Washington
- M.A., University of Washington
- B.A., Purdue University
