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Marcia
Alesan
Dawkins,
Ph.D.
**************@*****.***
www.marciadawkins.com
SUMMARY
Dr. Dawkins is an award-winning writer, speaker, and educator. She promotes full color thought and
conversation about race, religion, media, and politics through her books, blogs, research, lectures, and online
and on-the-ground teaching.
EDUCATION
2003 2009 Ph.D. Communication, University of Southern California
2003 2006 M. A. Communication, University of Southern California
1998 2000 M.A. Humanities and Social Thought, New York University
1994 1998 B.A. Communication Arts / Honors, Villanova University
RESEARCH & PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
2010 present Visiting Scholar
Brown University, Providence, RI
Research and publish on issues of diversity, religion, popular culture, politics,
and communication.
2010 present Columnist and Blogger
Truthdig; Huffington Post; Cultural Weekly; The Root
Report on race, culture, religion, and politics. Review current films and books.
Provide social and cultural commentary in areas of expertise. Syndicated
worldwide.
2006 2010 Principal Investigator!
Social Science Research Council, New Orleans, LA; Los Angeles, CA!
Studied media coverage and advocacy. Conducted interviews with displaced
Katrina victims and their families. Contributed to Katrina Social Science
Database and Hub.
AWARDS (selected)
2010 Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Dissertation Award, NCA
2009 Outstanding Dissertation Award, AACC Division of NCA
2009 New Faculty Research Award, $6,500!
2007 Top Paper Award, Eastern Communication Association
2007 2008 Stark Popular Culture and Media Fellowship, $10,000!
2005 2008 All-University Predoctoral Diversity Fellowship, USC
2003 2005 Irvine Foundation Fellowship, University of Southern California!
1999 Alumnae Fellowship for Academic Excellence, New York University!
1998 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan (declined)
1998 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation!
1994 1998 Presidential Scholarship, Villanova University
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
1. Eminem: The Real Slim Shady. (Santa Barbara: Praeger Press, 2013).
2. Clearly Invisible: Racial Passing and the Color of Cultural Identity. (Waco: Baylor University Press,
2012).
3. Racial Passing and The Real Mitt Romney (11 April 2012). Huffington Post. The Root.
4. TIME to Think in Full Color About Race & Ethnicity (27 February 2012). Huffington Post.
5. Race & Racism in the News Coverage of Religion, in Oxford s Religion and News Media
Handbook, ed. Diane Winston (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012).
6. NYC s Million Hoodie March: It s About a Right-and-Wrong Thing, (22 March 2012). Truthdig.
7. Devils Doppelgangers and Darkness from Eminem, (1 July 2011). Huffington Post.
8. What Scattered Ashes Leave Behind: Understanding Miguel Pi ero s A Lower East Side Poem,
Cross-Cultural Communication 7 no. 2 (2011): 1-15.
9. A Different Kind of Professor, in Still Searching For Our Mothers' Gardens: Experiences of New,
Tenure-Track Women of Color at 'Majority Institutions eds. Marnel N. Niles and Nikesia S. Gordon
(Lanham: University Press of America, 2011): 63-78.
10. How it s Done: Using Hitch as a Guide to Uncertainty Reduction Theory, Communication
Teacher 24 no. 3 (2010): 136-141.
11. Michael Awkward's Burying Don Imus: Anatomy of a Scapegoat, International Journal of
Communication 4 (2010): 1006-1008.
12. A Judge with A View, (5 August 2009). Truthdig.
MEDIA APPEARANCES (selected)
1. Blog Talk Radio s Bruce Hurwitz Presents Show. Color and Cultural Identity. 12 January 2012.
2. WCVB Boston s CityLine. Loving Day and Interracial Relationships. 19 June 2011.
3. National Public Radio. Beauty Shop. 23 March 2011.
4. TIME Magazine Mixed-Race Celebrities on Race, In Their Own Words. 15 February 2011.
PUBLIC LECTURES (selected)
1. Racial Passing and the Color of Success. Brown University. 2012.
2. Racial Passing and the Color of Public Policy. University of Kansas. 2012.
3. A Brief History of Hacktivism. Belmont University. 2012.
Culture Speak: 21st Century Identity Politics. University of Southern California. 2010.
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TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008 2010 Assistant Professor!, Human Communication, CSU Fullerton
2007 2008 Lecturer!, Annenberg School, University of Southern California
2003 2010 Instructional Specialist!, Long Beach City College
2000 2003 Manager of Internal Communication!,The FutureBrand Company, Inc.
1998 1999 Assistant Director of Educational Programming, Interfaith Neighbors
SERVICE (selected)
2012 present Advisory Board, Tennessee State University, Communication Department
2011 2012 Guest Reviewer, Critical Studies in Media and Communication
2009 2010 Reviewer, National Communication Association Conference
2009 2011 Reviewer, Corporation for National and Community Service Grants
2009 2010 Reviewer, AmeriCorps State and National Peer Review!
2006 2008 Adult Literacy Instructor, REACH Literacy Program. San Pedro, CA
Marcia
Alesan
Dawkins,
Ph.D.
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