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Marie Hardin
Associate Professor
Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Graduate Education
Associate Director for Research, John Curley Center for Sports Journalism
222 Carnegie BuildingUniversity Park , PA 16802
Education:
- Ph.D.: University of Georgia
- Master's degree: Georgia State University
- Bachelor's degree: Ambassador University
Biography:
Story: Journalists frame Title IX as a loss for men
Story: Compared to bloggers, journalists go deeper to cover sports
Story: College crafts record presence at AEJMC conference
Story: Hardin appointed associate dean
Story: Hardin earns Atherton Award for teaching
Story: Center creates award for youth sports
Story: The great ponytail pull
Study: Coverage of Williams outburst reinforced stereoytypes
Report: Reporters who gamble admit objectivity suffers
Blog: http://www.sports-media-society.com/
Video: In My Own Words
Podcast: Student Athletes, from "Take Note" on WPSU-FM
Marie Hardin, associate professor and associate director of the Curley Center for Sports Journalism, teaches classes that focus on sports and society at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Her research concentrates on diversity, ethics and professional practices in mediated sports. Her work has been published in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Sociology of Sport Journal, Sex Roles, Newspaper Research Journal, Mass Communication & Society, Journalism, Journal of Sports Management and The Howard Journal of Communications, among others. Recent research has focused on social attitudes and values of sports journalists and bloggers and on the experiences and career paths of women in sports journalism.
In 2010, she was a finalist for the Scripps Howard Foundation Journalism Teacher of the Year.
Hardin received her Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Georgia. Before completing her Ph.D., she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor; she has also worked as a freelance magazine writer.
