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Faculty Focus: Christopher Joseph Westgate

Christopher Joseph Westgate, Ph.D.

Media & Communication Studies | Assistant Professor

Westgate is an assistant professor in 花椒直播’s College of Arts and Sciences. His research program includes communication history, digital culture, Latin identities, media industries, and popular music.

Westgate's articles and reviews have been published in Media, Culture & Society; Communication, Culture & Critique; the Journal of Communication; and the Journal of Popular Music Studies.

He has spent more than a decade working in the radio industry as an on-air personality, production director, and news reporter.

Degrees
BS, Cornell University
MA, Columbia University
PhD, Texas A & M University