Education
PhD, Media and Communication, Texas Tech University
MA, Mass Communications, Texas Tech University
BA, Theatre and Dance, The University of Texas
Courses Taught
Public Relations
Writing for Public Relations
Research and Statistics for Strategic Communication
Public Relations Lab
Research
Blumell, L.E., & Huemmer, J. (2022). Objectively silencing survivors during #MeToo 2.0: The case of the US news media and Donald Trump. In A. Baker & U. Rodrigues (Eds.), Reporting on Sexual Violence in the #MeToo Era. New York: Routledge.
Rodriguez, N. S.,Huemmer, J., & Brooks, M.L. (2022). Trans, white, and privileged: The public framing of Caitlyn Jenner on Twitter.In L. Elias & R. Tiffe (Eds.), Transmedia and Public Representation: Transgender Representation in Television. New York: Peter Lang.
Blumell, L. E., Huemmer, J., & Sternadori, M. (2019). Protecting the ladies: Benevolent sexism, heteronormativity, and partisanship in online discussions of gender-neutral bathrooms.Mass Communication and Society,22(3), 365-388. doi: 10.1080/15205436.2018.1547833
Blumell, L. E., & Huemmer, J. (2019). Reassessing balance: News coverage of Donald Trump’s Access Hollywood scandal before and during #metoo.Journalism, 1-19. doi: 10.1177/1464884918821522
Gearhart, S., Adegbola, O., & Huemmer, J. (2019). Where's the fracking bias?: Contested media frames and news reporting on shale gas in the United States.Energy Research & Social Science,51, 168-175. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2019.01.010
Huemmer, J., McLaughlin, B., & Blumell, L. E. (2018). Leaving the past (self) behind: Non-reporting rape survivors’ narratives of self and action. Sociology, 1-30. doi: 10.1177/0038038518773926
Rodriguez, N. S., & Huemmer, J. (2018). Pedagogy of the depressed: An examination of critical pedagogy in higher ed’s diversity-centered classrooms post-Trump. Pedagogy, Culture & Society, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/14681366.2018.1446041
Shafer, A., Ortiz, R. R., Thompson, B., & Huemmer, J. (2018). The role of hypermasculinity, token resistance, rape myth, and assertive sexual consent communication among college men. Journal of Adolescent Health, 62(3), S44-S50. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.10.015
Blumell, L. E., & Huemmer, J. (2017). Silencing survivors: how news coverage neglects the women accusing Donald Trump of sexual misconduct. Feminist Media Studies, 17(3), 506-509. doi: 10.1080/14680777.2017.1304714
Rodriguez, N. S., Huemmer, J., & Blumell, L. E. (2016). Mobile masculinities: An investigation of networked masculinities in gay dating apps. Masculinities and Social Change, 5(3), 241-267. doi: 10.17583/MCS.2016.2047
Hellmueller, L., Mellado, C., Blumell, L. E., &Huemmer, J.(2016). The contextualization of the watchdog and civic journalistic roles: Reevaluating journalistic role performance in U.S. Newspapers. Palabra Clave, 19(4), 1072-1100. doi: 10.5294/pacla.2016.19.4.6
About Jen Huemmer
Dr. Jen Huemmer joined Ithaca College in 2017 after earning her Ph.D. in Media and Communication from Texas Tech University. She has taught a range of courses including Public Relations, Research and Statistics for Strategic Communication, and Writing for Public Relations.
In her research, Dr. Huemmer applies theoretical frameworks from sociology and critical media studies to explore media as a process of meaning-making that is interpreted, negotiated, and resisted through the communication, actions, and interactions of individuals and communities. Her research has been published in journals such as Mass Communication and Society, Journalism, and Feminist Media Studies. In 2020, Dr. Huemmer’s research on the experience of mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic won the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s Mary Ann Yodelis Smith Award for Feminist Scholarship.