Associate Professor
Associate Director of Schieffer Media Insights Lab
Communication Studies
MOUS 355
l.meeks@tcu.edu | 817-257-6669
Ph.D., University of Washington
M.A., University of Washington
B.S., University of Texas at Austin
COMM 40313 – Media Literacy
Political communication; gender and race; elections; news media; social and digital media
The (vice) presidential pivot? Examining Kamala Harris’s messaging before and after the 2022 midterms. Presidential Studies Quarterly
Sheriffs, school boards, and the necessity of pro-democracy news in local elections. In Johnson, T., & Veenstra, A. (Eds.), The press and democratic backsliding: How journalism has failed the public and how it can revive democracy.
#politicalcommunicationsowhite: A call for considering race in the undergraduate political communication course. Journal of Communication Pedagogy
Promising a greener Paris: Anne Hidalgo’s framing of environmental issues in her mayoral campaigns. Environmental Communication
“Mask up. Pony up. Vote.” Examining university e-mails surrounding the 2020 U.S. elections. Communication and Democracy
When two become one? Examining Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s campaign themes from primary to general election. Presidential Studies Quarterly
Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
