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Shana Heinricy

Shana Heinricy is the Communications and Marketing Director at Media Literacy Project. She came to MLP with a background as a communication scholar and public relations practitioner. She was faculty at University of New Mexico and Xavier University of Louisiana in communication. She has 12 scholarly publications and 22 academic conference presentations critically analyzing television, ranging in topics from reality television to science fiction. From 2008 to 2009, she was an Andrew W. Mellon Fellow for her work globalizing college core curricula and creating innovative service learning projects. She has won ten additional scholarships, grants, or fellowships. She served as an executive board officer of a division of the National Communication Association and as an executive board member of the faculty association at Xavier University. Shana has almost completed her doctorate in Communication & Culture from Indiana University, with a doctoral minor in Feminist Critical Theory. She has a bachelor’s degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota in Classical Studies and Philosophy, as well as a master’s degree from San Diego State University in Communication. She volunteers at a local animal shelter.

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