Books by SC&I Faculty

Books by SC&I Faculty

A selection of informative books published and authored or edited by faculty members. 

Faculty Books - 2025

Faculty Books - 2024

Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed
Reflections on the Pandemic: COVID and Social Crises in the Year Everything Changed

Edited by Teresa Politano

What Leaders Need to Know and Do - Brent Ruben
What Leaders Need to Know & Do: A Leadership Competencies Scorecard (2nd ed.)
Distinguished Professor of Communication, Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Senior University Fellow, Rutgers Center for Organization Leadership
How to Conduct Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods.
How to Conduct Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methods.
Associate Professor of Communication

Written with Elizabeth Dorrance Hall

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Black Networks Matter: The Role of Interracial Contact and Social Media in the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests.
Associate Professor of Communication and Director of the Rutgers Computational Social Science Lab

Co-Authors: Matthew Simonson, Ray Block Jr., James Druckman & David Lazer

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Media and January 6th
Associate Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Co-Editors: Daniel Kreiss, Shannon C. McGregor, and Rebekah Tromble

Faculty Books - 2023

Faculty Books - 2022

Digital Age Resistence
Digital-Age Resistance: Journalism, Social Movements and the Media Dependence Model
Children and Media Worldwide in a Time of a Pandemic
Children and Media Worldwide in a Time of a Pandemic
Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Written with Maya Götz, the Director of the International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (IZI) and PRIX JEUNESSE International

The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media, Second Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Children, Adolescents, and Media, Second Edition
Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies

Editor

Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon revised 2nd edition
Day of the Dead in the USA: The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenomenon revised 2nd edition
Professor of Journalism and Media Studies
Implementing Sustainable Change in Higher Education: Principles and Practices of Collaborative Leadership
Implementing Sustainable Change in Higher Education: Principles and Practices of Collaborative Leadership
Distinguished Professor of Communication, Advisor for Strategy and Planning in the Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Senior University Fellow, Rutgers Center for Organization Leadership
Exploring Communication Theory: Making Sense of Us
Exploring Communication Theory: Making Sense of Us
Associate Professor of Communication
Interpersonal Communication: Putting Theory into Practice
Interpersonal Communication: Putting Theory into Practice
Professor of Communication

Written with Denise Solomon

Networks, Knowledge Brokers, and the Public Policymaking Process
Networks, Knowledge Brokers, and the Public Policymaking Process
Professor of Communication
Professor of Communication and Chair of the SC&I Health and Wellness Faculty Cluster