Journalist.
Professor.
Researcher.
Danielle K. Brown, Ph.D. is the 1855 Community and Urban Journalism Professor and an associate professor at Michigan State University’s School of Journalism. Her interdisciplinary and community-engaged scholarship utilizes the cross-sections of journalism, political science, and sociology. She specializes in media representations and narrative change; reconciliation and reparative solutions; and identity and political psychology. Brown has published dozens of articles in top-tier journals, and her work also appears in popular media outlets like the Washington Post, Nieman Lab, Columbia Journalism Review and The Conversation. She has received multiple awards and recognitions for her research and service record as an early-career scholar and her pioneering public engagement work. She previously served on the faculty at the University of Minnesota and Indiana University. Prior to joining the academy, she worked injournalism and nonprofit public relations.
Quick Credentials
PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Journalism
Dissertation: Black, White, and Blue: Media and Audience Frames from Visual News Coverage of Police Use of Force and Unrest
Recognition: Association for the Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's Mass Communication and Society Top Dissertation Award.
M.A., BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
B.A., BAYLOR UNIVERSITY
Major: Journalism, Public Relations & New Media
Minor: Sociology
Journalism, Public Relations & New Media
Industry Experience
Danielle has a decade of experience in creative and strategic communications for news organizations, as well as non-profit and corporate communications. During her time in industry, she specialized in visual communication (photography, web and print design, and magazine editing and production) and column writing. She continues to write about her research, produce creative work, and provide commentary for various publications around the globe.
