General Information
Biography
Andrea Mehlhaff Weare is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication. Her professional experience includes AmeriCorps; nonprofit programming and marketing; medical research coordination; PR and advertising firm work; and news and features reporting.
Teaching Interests
She teaches strategic communication, journalism, media history, media theory, and qualitative research methodology.
Research Interests
Her research focuses on digital media / strategic communication, gender, and the politics of the body. Areas of interest include health, philanthropy and entrepreneurial communication, and popular culture.
Education
Ph D, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, Mass Communication, 2016
MS, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, Journalism and Mass Communication, Women's Studies, 2008
BA, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, Iowa, Media Studies; English, 2006