Allison J. Steinke

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• Ph.D.: Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, 2022
• M.S.: Journalism, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, 2012
• B.A. : Communication (Media Studies), Wheaton College, 2011

Specialties

• Solutions journalism
• Social media
• Institutional theory
• Strategic communication
• Social justice
• Brand communication
• Brand thinking

Publications

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Publications

• Steinke, A. J. (2022). The Institutionalization of Solutions Journalism [University of Minnesota]. https://hdl.handle.net/11299/241318

• Steinke, A. J., & Bélair-Gagnon, V. (2020). “I Know It When I See It”: Constructing Emotion and Emotional Labor in Social Justice News. Mass Communication and Society, 23(5), 608–627. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2020.1772309

• Bélair-Gagnon, V., & Steinke, A. J. (2020). Capturing Digital News Innovation Research in Organizations, 1990–2018. Journalism Studies, 21(12), 1724–1743. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2020.1789496

• Steinke, A. J., Bélair-Gagnon, V. (2019). Mobile Applications and Journalistic Work. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication.

• Steinke, A. J. (2021, November). Public Life Starts Here. University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts. https://cla.umn.edu/magazine/news-events/story/public-life-starts-here

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• Faculty Adviser, University of Minnesota Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) 2022-23
• Member, Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2022-23

Research

• Member, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
• Member, International Communication Association (ICA)

Awards

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Awards

• International Communication Association (ICA) Journalism Studies Division Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2023
• University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, 2021-22
• Ralph D. Casey Dissertation Research Award, 2022

Courses

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Courses

• JOUR 4243: Digital Content and Production for Brand Communications
• JOUR 3761: Social Media Management
• JOUR 1501: Digital Games and Society
• JOUR 3751: Digital Media and Culture
• JOUR 4999: Capstone