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Laura
Lindenfeld
Assistant
Research Professor
Margaret
Chase
Smith
Policy
Center
Department of Communication and Journalism
Fields
of Interest
Dr.
Lindenfeld’s research focuses on media studies and cultural studies.
She is particularly interested in the relationship between
multiculturalism, media literacy, civic
engagement, and education.
Her current research project is an examination of the discourses and
policies of food in the
United States
and their relationship to the proliferation of “food films” from the
early 1990s to the present. Dr.
Lindenfeld also directs a Title III U.S. Department of Education
Professional Development grant, Project Opportunity, that trains Teachers
and Teaching Personnel who work with English Language Learners in public
schools throughout
Maine
.
Education
Ph.D.
Cultural Studies,
University
of
California
, Davis, 2001,
Jay Mechling, dissertation advisor
M.A.
German and Scandinavian Studies, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilmhelms-Universität
Bonn
,
Germany
, 1992
Contact Information
Office Location: 432 Dunn Hall
Telephone: (207) 581-1843
Fax: (207) 581-1266
E-mail: laura.lindenfeld@umit.maine.edu
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