Resume

• 2007

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  Communication and Media Studies

  Texas A&M University

• 2006

  Funding America LLC

  Funding America LLC

  Adjunct Professor

  University of Houston - Downtown

  Assistant Professor

  University of Houston-Downtown

  Doctoral Student/Graduate Assistant

  Focus area: Media Studies and Telecommunications\nResearch Interests: Media

  Culture and Social Interaction with particular interest on gender representations in entertainment media\nHave Taught:\n- Public Speaking\n- Communication Technology Skills

  Texas A&M University

• 2002

  M.A.

  Telecommunications and Media Studies

  Graduate Assistant

  McGannon Communication Research Center

• 1997

  B.S.

  Marketing

  Human Resources

• elizabethhatfieldphd

  An experienced researcher

  Dr. Hatfield's work addresses media depictions of family life and how those messages impact our understanding of the world. Since earning her Ph.D. in Communication and Media Studies at Texas A&M University in 2011

  she has worked at the University of Houston - Downtown while continuing to build her body of research.

  www.elizabethhatfieldphd.com

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  Social Media

  Higher Education

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  Protecting ‘Signal Bleed’ as Freedom of Speech: An Analysis of United States et al v. Playboy Entertainment Group

  Inc.

  Protecting ‘Signal Bleed’ as Freedom of Speech: An Analysis of United States et al v. Playboy Entertainment Group

  Inc.

  Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections across Identities

  Genders

  and Cultures offers scholarly research related to work-life balance in today’s environment

  with a particular focus on the fields of communication and gender studies. The chapters examine the choices

  challenges

  and gendered experiences that women and men face as they navigate structures of work

  domestic duties

  and childcare in search of balance. Underpinning this text is the notion that work-life balance affects everyone but is experienced differently through the intersections of sex

  age

  gender

  socioeconomic status

  and race. Recommended for scholars of communication

  gender studies

  organizational communication

  sociology

  and family communication.

  Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act

  Mental Health and Unintended Pregnancy: Exploring Carrie Mathison's Homeland Pregnancy

  The Checkout Line Perspective: Presidential Politics as Celebrity Popular Culture in People.

  Two and a Half Men chronicles the experiences of 2 brothers living together in Los Angeles. This television show provides the opportunity to compare alternative portrayals of modern masculinity. The current project studies the masculinity of the show's main characters by examining its first 5 seasons using narrative thematic analysis. Literature on gender and hegemonic masculinity frames this research project

  offering both a historical perspective and a critical understanding of media representations. I argue that the performances of hegemonic and subordinated masculinity on Two and a Half Men reconstruct and reinforce the dominance of hegemonic masculinity within our society as the only acceptable performance of manhood. Effeminate masculinity

  an alternative masculinity

  fails to find legitimate cultural articulation within the show.

  “What it Means to Be a Man”: Examining Hegemonic Masculinity in Two

  Valuing Work

  Valuing Family: A Comparison of “Balance” Discourse Targeting Mothers and Fathers

  Elizabeth

  Hatfield

  University of Houston - Downtown

  Texas A&M University

  University of Houston-Downtown