Jennifer Rauch
Jennifer Rauch Professor
Renshaw Hall 102A
Jennifer Rauch teaches courses in media writing, journalism, PR principles and more. She also advises Linfield’s student newspaper, The Linfield Review.
Her research on alternative media, news audiences, public trust in journalism, media abstention and zines has been widely published. She is the author of Resisting the News: Engaged Audiences, Alternative Media & Popular Critique of Journalism (Routledge) and Slow Media: Why Slow is Satisfying, Sustainable & Smart (Oxford University Press), which won a Silver Nautilus Award.
Before joining Linfield in 2020, Rauch worked for seven years as a journalist, editor and PR writer with clients ranging from news outlets like the Philadelphia City Paper to nonprofit organizations such as the American Red Cross, to universities including Lehigh and Temple, and to Fortune 500 companies such as Air Products. She has also taught at Indiana University, Ursinus College, Long Island University Brooklyn and other institutions.
Education
- B.A., Mass Communication and French, Pennsylvania State University
- Master of Journalism, Temple University
- Ph.D., Mass Communication, Indiana University Bloomington
Publications
“Slow Media Practices and Lifeworld Perceptions: The Eco-Cultural Effects of Mindful Experiences with and without Media,” chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Ecomedia Studies, edited by Antonio Lopez, Kiu-Wai Chu, Alanda Chang, Adrian Ivakhiv, Stephen Rust, and Miriam Tola. Forthcoming in 2023.
“Zines and Communication,” entry in Oxford Bibliographies in Communication, edited by Patricia Moy. Oxford University Press, 2021.
“Right-Wing Audiences for Alternative Media: Comparing progressive and conservative attitudes towards journalism,” chapter in Alternative Media Meets Mainstream Politics: Activist Nation Rising, Joshua Atkinson and Linda Jean Kenix (eds.), Rowman & Littlefield, 2019.