Christopher Cimaglio

As a faculty member in the Communication Department at Denison, I teach and do research in the area of media studies. I teach introductory media studies courses, including Media Structures and Media Theory; our required introductory communication theory course, Theorizing Communication; and upper-level courses dealing with media, politics, history, and law, including Media Historiography, Communication Law, and Explorations in U.S. Media & Politics. I am passionate about sharing the richness of the communication discipline with students. My research draws on historical and critical/cultural approaches to media studies to engage the role of U.S. news media as a site for political discourse and contestation. One primary research thread, represented in my book project, traces the politics of representation surrounding the white working class in U.S. media and politics since the 1930s. A second looks at the history and impact of prominent critiques from across the political spectrum alleging bias in news media. I earned my Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.