Jennifer Jacobs Henderson

Jennifer Jacobs Henderson , Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Chair, Communication

Education		Subjects Taught
Ph.D. - University of Washington M.A. - University of Washington B.A. - Drake University		Media Law and Policy Media Ethics Media, Culture, and Technology Media Fandoms Race, Class, and Media

Education

Subjects Taught

Ph.D. - University of Washington

M.A. - University of Washington

B.A. - Drake University

Media Law and Policy

Media Ethics

Media, Culture, and Technology

Media Fandoms

Race, Class, and Media

Dr. Henderson's research focuses on issues of media law, the ethics of media, and the use of video games, social networks, and digital technology for political and social action. For more than a decade, she has been researching how voices outside of American mainstream discourse have pressured the government to expand free speech protections.

I would like to see Trinity students become engaged thinkers rather than quiet experts. Engaged citizens are much more important in efforts to make positive change in the world, and honestly, more fun.

Dr. Henderson has received several teaching and research awards including the Association for Journalism in Mass Communication's Promising Professor Award and Trinity University's Junior Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research.

Publications

Routledge Handbook of Participatory Cultures, with Dr. Aaron Delwiche, Routledge, 2011.

"Defending the Good News: The Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Plan to Expand the First Amendment," Marquette Books, 2010.

"Communication Law," Oxford Bibliographies Online, September 2010.

"Who Is a Journalist and Why Does it Matter? Disentangling the Legal and Ethical Arguments," with Erik Ugland, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Autumn 2007.

"Conditional Liberty: The Flag Salute before Gobitis and Barnette," Journal of Church and State, Autumn 2005, pp. 749-767.

"The Reykjavik Summit: A Case Study in Indexing," Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, Autumn 2004, pgs. 67-82.

"The Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Plan to Expand First Amendment Freedoms," Journal of Church and State, Autumn 2004, pgs. 811-832.

"Race, Advertising and Prime-Time Television," Howard Journal of Communications, with Gerald J. Baldasty, April-June 2003, pgs. 97-112.

Trinity Involvement

Chair, Department of Communication

Trinity University Commencement and Convocation Committee

Faculty Advisory Committee, The Trinity Review

Trinity University Pre-Law Advisory Committee

Board Member, KRTU-FM, Trinity University's radio station

Other Accomplishments

Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Drake University, April 2009

Media Ethics Fellow, Spring 2007

Best Practices in Teaching the First Amendment, Honorary Mention, August 2006

Distinguished Educator, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, October 2005

Trinity University Junior Faculty Award for Distinguished Teaching and Research, 2004

Contact Information
Department of Communication
Trinity University
One Trinity Place
San Antonio, TX 78212
210-999-8114
jennifer.henderson@trinity.edu