Susan Keith, Ph.D.

Assistant professor
Department of Journalism and Media Studies, School of Communication, Information and Library Studies
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
4 Huntington Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
E-mail: susank@scils.rutgers.edu   Phone: (732) 932-7500, ext. 8235
Office: CILS 106
Susan Keith

Education

Ph.D., School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2003
M.A., School of Mass Communciations, University of South Florida, 1999
B.A. (English), University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Ala. 1982


Research areas
Journalistic practice, particularly media ethics and the processes and products of editing

Media law, especially the intersection of copyright and First Amendment concerns in new media environments

Courses taught at Rutgers
Undergraduate: Media Ethics and Law (fall 2005, spring 2006), Copy Editing and Layout (fall 2005), Global News (fall 2004)
Graduate: Current Research Issues (spring 2005, 2006)

Courses taught at other universities
Mass communication law, media ethics, introduction to editing, advanced editing, media and sports, independent studies in advanced print design and doing research on sports media

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