Sue Ellen Christian

Sue Ellen Christian is a professor of communication with a joint appointment in Gender and Women's Studies at Western Michigan University. Christian was a staff writer for 10 years at the Chicago Tribune. She has received the 2016 Michigan Professor of the Year, Michigan Association of State Universities, 2014 WMU Distinguished Teaching Award, and the 2009 College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award.

• Current and recent work: 1) Christian, S.E. (2020, expected). Overcoming Bias: A Journalist's Guide to Culture and Context, Second edition. New York and London: Routledge. 2) Christian, S.E. (2019). Everyday Media Literacy: An Analog Guide to Your Digital Life. New York and London: Routledge.
• Book Chapter: Christian, S.E. (2019, invited). "Avoiding Stereotypes and Stigma," In: S. Lehman & V. Wagner, (Eds.). Reporting Inequality: Tools and Methods for Covering Race and Ethnicity. New York: Routledge.
• Student Projects: Christian, S.E., Editor. (May, 2017). Encore Magazine, "Student Take Over" edition. Edited and produced an edition written by students in the JRN 4100 capstone reporting course.
• A member of the Kellogg Foundation grant work entitled "Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation" (2017-18).
• College of Arts and Sciences Women's Caucus, co-chair
• Broncos FIRST, Faculty Fellow