Karlene Ferrante

Faculty

Liz Fakazis
Assistant Professor
- Media Studies -

lfakazis@uwsp.edu
Phone: 715.346.2238
Office: CAC 319

Focus
  • B.A. Degree: Biology/English Literature, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
  • M.A. Degree: Journalism, University of Missouri - Columbia
  • Ph.D. Degree: Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Ph.D. Dissertation: Janet Malcolm: Constructing a Journalist's Identity
Courses Taught
  • Comm 192: Constructing Media Narratives
  • Comm 221: Basic Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting
  • Comm 321: Intermediate Journalism: Newswriting and Reporting II
  • Comm 323: Journalism Writing Laboratory
    • Food & Travel Writing
    • Feature Writing
  • Comm 329: Topics in Journalism
    • The New Journalism and the 1960s
  • Comm 374: The Art of Criticism
  • Comm 720: Seminar in Mass Communication
    • Media & Cultural Studies
Research

Elizabeth Fakazis's research focuses broadly on what it means to be a journalist and on the discursive practices that are used to construct the boundaries of that professional identity. Currently, her work is exploring the historical development of food journalism and the place of food writers in the world of professional journalism.