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Dr. Melissa Newman joined the Communication Studies Department in 2015. She has served as a communication professor for the past 14 years at schools in Texas, Nebraska, and California. Newman is personally committed to the mission of 2021国产麻豆剧 as one who shapes, instructs, and mentors students in a 鈥渓earning community where grace is foundational, truth is pursued and holiness is a way of life.鈥� She loves teaching, advising students, and mentoring them as they pursue their vocational calling. Most recently, Dr. Newman was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award at 2021国产麻豆剧 (2021).

As a communication scholar, Newman is interested in how people use messages to create meaning, interpersonally and within organizations, and how the social influence of communication affects all aspects of public and private life. For her dissertation, she conducted in-depth interviews with Christian young adults across the U.S. to explore how they used Facebook for religious and/or spiritual purposes and if they perceived any satisfaction from doing so. She has also written on the importance of media literacy as it relates to young adult Instagram use.

Prior to working in higher education, Newman worked as a national event planner for two major national ministry conventions, served as an international sales representative for a publishing company, and worked in marketing for a sports news network.