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Marina Hendricks

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Title

Assistant Professor; Graduate Program Coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication

Office Building

Yeager Hall

Office

211

Mailing Address

Yeager Hall 211
School of Communication & Journalism-Box 2235
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Dr. Marina Hendricks teaches Social Media Strategies, Public Relations Writing, Integrated Marketing Communication and Campaign Studio and Writing for Media Audiences. She is the graduate coordinator for the online Master of Mass Communication program. In a previous life, she was communications director at the Newspaper Association of America (now News Media Alliance). A West Virginia native, she served as the founding editor of the FlipSide teen journalism program at The Charleston Gazette-Mail and also worked for an advertising and public relations agency. Her research focuses on youth journalism, student journalists, issues in journalism and social media.

Education

  • Ph.D. in journalism | University of Missouri-Columbia
  • M.A. in journalism and mass communication | Kent State University
  • B.A. in journalism | Marshall University

Academic Interests

  • Online education
  • Journalism
  • Public relations
  • Social media

Academic Responsibilities

  • Graduate coordinator, Online Master of Mass Communication
  • Faculty adviser, SDSU chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America
  • Coordinator, South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã High School Press Association

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication - Scholastic Journalism Division Head, 2021-2023
  • Journalism Education Association - State Director/South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã
  • Public Relations Society of America
  • Online News Association
  • International Communication Association

à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs and Honors

  1. 2021 Excellence in Online Teaching à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã - South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University
  2. 2020 Volunteer of the Year (with Fall 2020 Public Relations Writing students) - Visit Brookings
  3. 2018 Certified Journalism Educator (renewal) - Journalism Education Association
  4. 2018 Top Faculty Paper, Scholastic Journalism Division - Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Grants

  1. Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Anderson, J. (2021). Changing needs in tobacco cessation: Exploring coaching preferences among people of low socioeconomic status. South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  2. Anderson, J., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2021). College students and vaping. South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  3. Hendricks, M. A., Lucchesi, R. and Weaver, S. M. (2020). Young adults self-report on use of e-cigarettes/vaping devices. South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  4. Lucchesi, R., Hendricks, M. A. and Koehler, K. (2020). Technical and university student study on changing attitudes and behaviors related to e-cigarettes. South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.
  5. Domonoske, D., Hendricks, M. A. and Lucchesi, R. (2019). Investigation of educators’ needs on e-cigarette curriculum. South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health Tobacco Control Program. $10,000.

Work Experience

  • Director of communications/senior manager of communications, Newspaper Association of America, Arlington, Virginia 
  • Manager, Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 
  • Editor/special projects editor, Newspaper Association of America/NAA Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 
  • Adjunct instructor, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia 
  • FlipSide editor, Reporter and Special Projects Coordinator, The Charleston Gazette/Charleston Newspapers, Charleston, West Virginia 
  • Accounts coordinator, Perry Productions, Charleston, West Virginia 

Areas of Research

  • Youth journalism
  • Student journalists
  • Issues in journalism
  • Social media
  • Health communication

Publications

  1. Finneman, T, Hendricks, M. A. and Bobkowski, P. S. (2021). . Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. DOI:10.1177/10776958211062683.
  2. Thomas, R. J. and Hendricks, M. A. (2019). Making class matter: Journalism and social class. In E. L. Perry and M. Len-Rios (Eds.), Cross-cultural journalism: Communicating strategically about diversity (2nd ed., pp. 77-99). Routledge.
  3. Hendricks, M. A. and Thomas, R. J. (2018). Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 73(4), 454–468. DOI:10.1177/1077695817736688.
  4. Russell, F. M., Hendricks, M. A., Choi, H. and Stephens, E. C. (2015). . Digital Journalism, 3(6), 925-943. DOI:10.1080/21670811.2014.995918.

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