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Associate Professor Michael McDevitt teaches
journalism, research methods, and theory courses in areas such as media
ethics and political communication. He joined the faculty in 2001
after teaching at the University of New Mexico. Prior to his teaching
career, he worked for eight years as a reporter and editorial writer
for newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area. His research interests
include political communication, political socialization, and
journalism sociology. He is the principal investigator for “Colors of
Socialization,” an externally funded project that explores the roles of
schools, media, and families in the cultivation of civic identity among
adolescents in red and blue states. He was the recipient of the International Communication Association’s Outstanding
Public Policy Research Award in 2006. He holds a BA in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, a MA in journalism and mass communication from San Jose State University, and a PhD in communication from Stanford University. |
