Bradley Gorham

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About Bradley Gorham

Brad Gorham works at the intersection of academic administration, international engagement, and research and pedagogy around diversity and inclusion. His research focuses on how media messages concerning diverse social groups get interpreted by audiences and what effects those interpretations may have on cognition, attitude and behavior. He has a Ph.D. in Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and has published his research in such journals as the Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Communication Research, and the Howard Journal of Communications. He teaches courses on Communication Theory; Race, Gender and the Media; Media Effects; and Communication and Society. Specialties: Media and diversity, media effects, media and cognition, mass communication theory He is currently the Chair of the Communications Department and the Director of the Center for Global Engagement at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.