Linda Berdayes, Ph.D.

Dr. Linda Berdayes, Associate Professor of Communication, earned a BS, MA, and Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. Dr. Berdayes brings an interdisciplinary understanding to contemporary uses of communication technologies. She teaches courses on research methods, critical issues in mass communication, communication and new media, as well as mass media law. She has published in the Journal of Communication, presented her work at numerous national and international conferences, and has been an invited reviewer for the journal Communication, Culture, and Critique. Her most recent work focuses on the forming of community through all-night talk radio and the ways in which mobile devices influence daily communication practices.