Linda Steiner | |
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Born |
Linda Claire Steiner January 3, 1950 |
Occupation | Educator, academic |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign |
Academic work | |
Institutions |
Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland |
Linda Claire Steiner (born January 3, 1950) is a professor at Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland. She is also the editor-in-chief of the journal Journalism & Communication Monographs, and sits on the editorial board of Critical Studies in Media Communication.
Steiner earned her degree from Smith College, and her Ph.D. (1979) from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Her 1979 doctoral thesis, The women's suffrage press, 1850-1900: a cultural analysis can be found here.
Steiner was previously professor and department chair at Rutgers University. She was also the president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2011-2012.