Rachel Grant

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, and colleagues Joy Jenkins and Ayleen Cabas-Mijares, are finalists for the Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly’s 2022 Outstanding Research Article Award for their article “Selling Breonna: Twitter Responses to Breonna Taylor on the Covers of O, The…

A new study has found that critical race parenting allows youth to comprehend and vocalize their racialized experiences. The findings by Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism assistant professor, and Tennessee State University Assistant Professor and CJC alumnus Diane Ezeh Aruah,  were included in “With…

Research Fridays features faculty and graduate students from the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications presenting current research to their colleagues. On Feb. 24, 2023, Journalism Assistant Professor Rachel Grant discussed the exploration of identity and culture within media platforms, and her work as research director for the…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (UFCJC) Journalism assistant professor and Narrative Justice Project research director, and Vanessa Wakeman, CEO of The Wakeman Agency and former UFCJC Professional in Residence, are the co-authors of “’City by City:’ Reclaiming People of Color Voices Through the Narrative Justice Project”…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, was quoted in “How WA’s Worst Mass Shooting Isolated Seattle’s Chinese Americans” published in Crosscut on Feb. 15. The article chronicles the 1983 Wah Mee gambling club massacre, where both the perpetrators and victims were Chinese Americans. Journalists…

By Michelle Holder, B.S. Journalism 2022 Two University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) students, Rebeka Smolka, senior Public Relations and Political Science major, and Augustus Hoff, sophomore Journalism major and Geography minor, spent their summers interning in South Africa. From social media campaigns to wildlife photography, Smolka…

Define American released a new body of research on immigration and local news – “Reimagining Immigration News: North Carolina’s Case for the Nation” – that gives journalists in every state a road map for inclusive coverage of immigrant communities and policies. The organization collaborated with the Center for Public Interest…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, is the author of a chapter in the book “Gendered Defenders: Marvel’s Heroines in Transmedia Spaces” published by The Ohio State University Press in October 2022. Grant’s chapter, “Don’t Scare Me Like That, Colonizer!” focuses on “Black Panther’s”…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications  Journalism assistant professor, was elected to the position of secretary for the International Communication Association (ICA) Communication History Division. Her two-year term will begin on May 29, 2023. ICA aims to advance the scholarly study of communication by encouraging and…

Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications  Journalism assistant professor, will be part of a round-table discussion at the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA) National Convention in Memphis, Tennessee on Oct. 1. Grant will be one of six academic scholars participating in “Meet Us at the Corner…

In September 2020, several magazines, including O, The Oprah Magazine and Vanity Fair, included a picture of Breonna Taylor on their covers. Taylor was killed by police in March 2020. Her death highlighted the lack of media coverage when a Black woman is fatally wounded by police. According to the…

A new study by Rachel Grant, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Journalism assistant professor, and colleagues has revealed the paradoxical nature of social justice awareness and the use of Black media representation as a form of racial commodification. “Selling Breona: Twitter Responses to Breonna Taylor on the…