Alison Novak

 Alison Novak

Alison N. Novak

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  • School: Rowan University
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  • Department: Public Relations Advertising
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  • Location: 201 Mullica Hill Rd
    Glassboro, NJ - 08028
  • Dates at Rowan University: January 2017 - January 2017
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Biography

Rowan University - Public Relations Advertising

Assistant Professor at Rowan University
Public Relations
Alison
Novak
Greater Philadelphia Area
I'm a faculty member of Rowan University in the College of Communication and Creative Art. My research continues to look at the media's treatment and representation of the Millennial Generation.

Specialties:
Media Writing and PR
Communication Theory
Research Methods
Conference Planning
Generational Identity
Media Effects Research
Political Communication


Experience

  • Drexel University

    Instructor

    Courses taught include:

    Communication Principles
    Mass Media & Society
    Communication Theory
    Research Methods
    Qualitative Research Methods
    Public Relations Principles
    Public Relations Research
    Political Media
    Cultural Significance of Fame
    Theories of Persuasion (Graduate Level)

  • Drexel University

    Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Culture and Communication

    As a Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I study generational identity, mass media depictions of the millennial generation, and political engagement in the millennial generation. I have completed my dissertation exploring the way millennial civic and political engagement was depicted in online and television news media during the 2012 election.

  • The Huffington Post

    Contributer

    "The Name Game" (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-novak/the-name-game_2_b_3672056.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false)
    "The Commencement Speech They Should Have Given" (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alison-novak/the-commencement-speech-t_b_3927777.html)

  • Temple University

    Visiting Assistant Professor

    Courses taught include:
    Writing Workshop
    New Media Literacies
    Technology and Culture
    History of Electronic Media

  • Windsor Public Schools

    ABA and Special Education Paraprofessional

    Assist as a one-on-one student educator and helper to special needs public school children ages three to ten.

  • Windsor Public Schools

    Substitute Teacher

    Lead classroom activities while primary teachers were absent for grades K-8.

  • Rowan University

    Assistant Professor

    Faculty member in the College of Communications and the Arts. Courses taught include: Public Opinion, Intro to Public Relations/Advertising Research, PR Case Studies & PR Planning, and Graduate Strategic Communication Overview.

  • ASPCA

    Hyde Park, NY

Education

  • Drexel University

    Ph.D.

    Communication, Culture, and Media
    Completed a Ph.D. in communication focusing on media, audience analysis, and generational identity.

  • Drexel University

    Instructor


    Courses taught include: Communication Principles Mass Media & Society Communication Theory Research Methods Qualitative Research Methods Public Relations Principles Public Relations Research Political Media Cultural Significance of Fame Theories of Persuasion (Graduate Level)

  • Drexel University

    Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Culture and Communication


    As a Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I study generational identity, mass media depictions of the millennial generation, and political engagement in the millennial generation. I have completed my dissertation exploring the way millennial civic and political engagement was depicted in online and television news media during the 2012 election.

  • Marist College

    Public Relations

    Art History, Fashion Merchandising
    Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Publications

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • Book Review of New Directions in Media and Politics

    Critical Issues in Justice and Politics

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • Book Review of New Directions in Media and Politics

    Critical Issues in Justice and Politics

  • Book review of Ageing and Youth Cultures

    Age Culture Humanities, 1(1)

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • Book Review of New Directions in Media and Politics

    Critical Issues in Justice and Politics

  • Book review of Ageing and Youth Cultures

    Age Culture Humanities, 1(1)

  • The Stealthy Protester: Risk and the Female Body in Online Social Movements

    Feminist Media Studies

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • Book Review of New Directions in Media and Politics

    Critical Issues in Justice and Politics

  • Book review of Ageing and Youth Cultures

    Age Culture Humanities, 1(1)

  • The Stealthy Protester: Risk and the Female Body in Online Social Movements

    Feminist Media Studies

  • Exploring discourses of engagement in 2 Broke Girls

    The Millennials on Film and Television: Essays on the Politics of Pop Culture

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • Book Review of New Directions in Media and Politics

    Critical Issues in Justice and Politics

  • Book review of Ageing and Youth Cultures

    Age Culture Humanities, 1(1)

  • The Stealthy Protester: Risk and the Female Body in Online Social Movements

    Feminist Media Studies

  • Exploring discourses of engagement in 2 Broke Girls

    The Millennials on Film and Television: Essays on the Politics of Pop Culture

  • How not to caffeinate a political group: Parent post influence on conversational network structure

    Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • Book Review of New Directions in Media and Politics

    Critical Issues in Justice and Politics

  • Book review of Ageing and Youth Cultures

    Age Culture Humanities, 1(1)

  • The Stealthy Protester: Risk and the Female Body in Online Social Movements

    Feminist Media Studies

  • Exploring discourses of engagement in 2 Broke Girls

    The Millennials on Film and Television: Essays on the Politics of Pop Culture

  • How not to caffeinate a political group: Parent post influence on conversational network structure

    Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age

  • Anonymity, confidentiality, privacy and identity:The ties that bind and break in communication research

    Review of Communication, 14(1)

  • ’I’ll See You in Court:” The Collision of Legal Drama Frames and Public Policy

    Teen Pregnancy and MTV: Critical Essays on 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom

  • The Female Email: Examining the Leadership and Rhetoric of Female Representations of the 2012 Obama Campaign

    Political Women: Language and Leadership

  • Engagement Theory

    Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

  • Millennials, citizenship, and How I Met Your Mother

    Parasocial Politics: Audience Readings of Cultural Politics in Pop Culture

  • Book Review of New Directions in Media and Politics

    Critical Issues in Justice and Politics

  • Book review of Ageing and Youth Cultures

    Age Culture Humanities, 1(1)

  • The Stealthy Protester: Risk and the Female Body in Online Social Movements

    Feminist Media Studies

  • Exploring discourses of engagement in 2 Broke Girls

    The Millennials on Film and Television: Essays on the Politics of Pop Culture

  • How not to caffeinate a political group: Parent post influence on conversational network structure

    Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age

  • Anonymity, confidentiality, privacy and identity:The ties that bind and break in communication research

    Review of Communication, 14(1)

Positions

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)

  • National Communication Association

    Secretary of the Communication and the Future Division (CATF)

  • International Communication Association

    Member of Public Relations Division, Political Communication Division, and Mass Communication Division

  • Public Relations Student Society of America

    Adviser of Rowan University's AJF-PRSSA chapter

    urn:li:fs_position:(ACoAAAJ-NfsBmMGJveiCcFnzC-6MXHraS-cv714,698434638)