She holds a Ph.D. from Temple University’s School of Media and Communication. Her work on race, celebrity culture, and representation in the Black press has appeared in American Journalism, and her current research on race and the politics of memory will soon appear in both the Journal of Black Studies and Howard Journal of Communication. Her research and teaching interests include the Black press, memory studies, celebrity culture, and race and representation. Dr. Teresa was awarded the American Journalism Historians Association’s 2015 Margaret A. Blanchard Prize for her doctoral dissertation, “Looking At The Stars: The Black Press, African American Celebrity Culture, And Critical Citizenship in Early Twentieth Century America, 1895-1935.”