Emilie Zaslow

Faculty Bio

My research focuses on the connection between identities and mediated communication. I am interested in the ways in which we come to understand ourselves, and our worlds, through our relationships with media texts and technologies. Specifically, my research has explored how media impacts gendered identities and our perceptions of the feminine.



For more information see: emiliezaslow.com

Awards and Honors

• 2014, Kenan Faculty Development Grant
• Pace University, 2014, Scholarly Research Award
• Verizon Thinkfinity Initiative Grant, 2013, Developing an Interdisciplinary Digital Media Studies Minor and a Digital Cinema and Television Production Course
• 2012, Pace Pawscar for Best Professor

PhD, New York University, New York, NY, 2006
Media, Culture, and Communication

MA, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 1997
American Studies

BA, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 1993
Women's Studies

Research Interest

Gender identity and media
Parenting communities online

Past Courses

CMS 111: Introduction to Communication
CMS 113: Media, Culture, and Society
CMS 213: Intercultural Communication
CMS 235: Advertising & Consumer Culture
CMS 292: Hip-Hop Feminism and the Media
CMS 309: Girls' Media Stdy:Thry & Rsrch
CMS 335: Media and Gender
CMS 338: Media Criticism
CMS 393: Internship Program I
CMS 394: Internship Program II
CMS 481: Language and Power
COM 113: Media, Culture, and Society
COM 119: Organizational Communication
COM 200: Public Speaking
COM 210: Intro. to Mass Media - A.D.P.
COM 235: Advertising & Consumer Culture
COM 244: Digital Cultures
COM 245: Commctn and Popular Culture
COM 260: Communication Fundamentals
COM 260: Pragmatic Communication
COM 297: Advertising & Consumer Culture
COM 297: Topic: Conflictr Management
COM 297: Topic: Media and Gender
COM 297: Topic:Digital Culture
COM 297: Youth, Media and Democracy
COM 312: Intro to Cultural Studies
COM 335: Media and Gender
COM 336: Propaganda
COM 393: Intern Program I
COM 393: Internship Program I
COM 393: Internship Program l
COM 394: Internship Program II
COM 395: Independent Study in Comm.
COM 397: Girls' Media Stdy:Thry & Rsrch
COM 499: Seminar in Communications
COS 113: Media, Culture, and Society
COS 296: Topic: Current Media in NY
COS 335: Media and Gender
COS 393: Internship Program l
COS 394: Internship Program II
DMS 393: Intern in Digital Media Stds
INT 296: Children in Urban Society
INT 299: Disability Stories thru Film
INT 299: Disability Stories Thru Film
INT 299: Narrative Medicine
SPE 203: Persuasive Speaking
UNV 101: First-Year Smnr Unvrsty Cmmnty

Publications

Unpacking Logan: The Construction of Masculinity in the American Girl Boy Doll
Zaslow, E. & Griffith, J. (2021). Springer International Publishing. , pages 243-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62881-9_13

Playing With America's Doll: Cultural Analysis of the American Girl Collection
Zaslow, E. (2017). Playing With America's Doll: Cultural Analysis of the American Girl Collection.New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan. , pages 204. https://www.amazon.com/Playing-Americas-Doll-Cultural-Collection/dp/1137566485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508606617&sr=8-1&keywords=Playing+with+America%27s+doll+%3A+a+cultural+analysis+of+the+American+Girl+Collection

#iammorethanadistraction:
 Connecting local body politics to a digital feminist movement
Zaslow, E. & , . Jessalyn Keller and Maureen Ryan (Eds.), New York, NY :Routledge.

Pink Toenails and Princess Boys: Contemporary News Discourses of Boys’ Gender-Fluidity
Zaslow, E. Journal of Children and Media.

Media Contributions

International Business Times [Internet], November62014
Quoted in a story: "Lena Dunham Controversy: Is 'Hipster Sexism' What Has Everyone Up In Arms?"

Central Time, Wisconsin Public Radio [Radio], October32014
Interviewed for story, "UN Women Launches He For She Campaign To Get Men Involved In Feminism"

The Kathleen Dunn Show, Wisconsin Public Radio [Radio], April222013
Contributor to conversation about the meaning of feminism in the 21st century.

Associated Press [Newspaper], March32012
Interview/Quotations, "You Tube Phenomenon Has Girls Asking: Am I Pretty?" by Leanne Italie

New York Times [Newspaper], October212011
Interview/quotations in "In Japan, A Trend to Make Straight Teeth Crooked" by Austin Considine

Medill Reports [Newspaper], March42011
Interview/Quotations, “True-Life Teen Moms, Experts Say MTV’s ‘Reality’ Off The Mark” by Jessica Isner, Annie Koval, and Lisa Paul

Current Health Teens [Magazine], February2011
Interview/Quotations, “Gazing at the Stars: Celebrity Worship is a Big Part of Our Culture, But Is it a Good Thing?”

Drake Magazine [Magazine], 2010
Interview/Quotations, “F-Word, Feminism is in Style and More Needed Than Ever” by Eric Strecker

Scholastic Choices [Magazine], November2010
Interview/Quotations, “Body Blow” by Karen Fanning

mtv.com [Internet], April222010
Interview/Quotations, “Does Having Low Self-Esteem Put Teen Girls At Risk For Pregnancy” by Rebecca Brown