Education
University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | May 2024
Doctor of Philosophy in Mass Communication
Dissertation Title: The Role of Political Identity in Information Seeking and Sharing
Chair: Myiah Hutchens
Committee: Jay Hmielowski, Jieun Shin, Michael Martinez (External Member)
University of Florida | Gainesville, FL | May 2020
Master of Arts in Mass Communication
Thesis Title: Framing Gender During the 2016 Election: A Content Analysis of the Coverage of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
Chair: Myiah Hutchens
Committee: Kim Walsh-Childers, Ronald Rodgers
Graduated with Distinction
Florida State University | Tallahassee, FL | May 2018
Bachelor of Arts in English
Concentration: Editing, Writing, Media
Minor: Religion
Magna Cum Laude
Academic Positions
Auburn University | August 2024 – Present
College of Liberal Arts
School of Communication and Journalism
Assistant Professor of Public Relations
University of Florida | August 2020 – June 2024
College of Journalism and Communications
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
Adjunct Instructor of Public Relations (June – August 2021, 2022, 2023; May – June 2024)
To learn more about my teaching philosophy, view sample syllabi, and sample assignment rubrics, please visit my teaching page.
Awards and Honors
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Second Place Top Faculty Paper in the Political Communication Division (August 2024)
Third Place Top Faculty Paper in the Communication Technology Division (August 2024)
Third Place in the Mass Communication and Society Division Promising Professors Student Competition (August 2024)
Top Conference Paper Reviewer for the Communication Theory and Methodology Division (August 2024)
The University of Florida | Gainesville, FL
Julie Dodd Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award (April 2024)
Dissertation Research Funding Award ($500; November 2023)
Additional Awards and Honors
Finalist for Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly’s Outstanding Article of the Year (2023)
Florida Medallion Scholars, Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program ($9,828; August 2014-2019)
Selected Peer-Reviewed Publications
Shaughnessy, B., DuBosar, E., Hutchens, M.J., & Pittet-Gonzalez, L. (Accepted). (I don’t know why) I go to extremes: Examining left- and right-wing American alternative media use, the role of populism, and extremist attitudes. The Social Science Journal.
Hmielowski, J.D., DuBosar, E., Beam, M.A., & Hutchens, M.J. (2024). Effects or use?: Examining the over-time effects of media use and racial resentment. Communication Quarterly, 72(5), 461-479. https://doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2024.2383431
DuBosar, E. & Hutchens, M.J. (2024). Looking beyond the punchline: The effect of political entertainment on evaluations of political candidates. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 32(4), 512-525. https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2023.2207700
DuBosar, E., Shaughnessy, B., & Hutchens, M.J. (2024). Seeing red (and blue): Partisan identity, emotion, and selective exposure. Media Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2024.2347237
Shaughnessy, B., Hutchens, M.J., & DuBosar, E. (2024). That is so mainstream: The impact of hyper-partisan media use and right-, left-wing alternative media repertoires on consumers’ belief in political misperceptions in the United States. International Journal of Communication, 18, 1-21
DuBosar, E., Hmielowski, J.D., Hutchens, M.J., & Beam, M.A. (2024). Celebrating wins, lamenting losses in the aftermath of presidential elections: Examining BIRGing, CORFing, information utility, and identity repair. Journal of Media Psychology: Theories, Methods, and Applications, 36(3), 145-156. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000394
Hmielowski, J.D., & DuBosar, E. (2023). Country roads and cityscapes: Examining the relationship between place-based identity and feelings toward journalists. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 100(3), 595-618.https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990231162093
To learn more about my research agenda and access a full list of publications and conference presentations, please visit my research page.
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