{"id":11152,"date":"2021-09-08T11:46:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/?post_type=staff-member&p=11152"},"modified":"2021-09-08T11:46:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:46:28","slug":"melissa-harris","status":"publish","type":"staff-member","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/staff-members\/melissa-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n \r\n
Assistant Professor<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t
Communication<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t
Dr. Melissa Harris grew up in Fresno, California after relocating with her family from White Plains, New York as a small child.\u00a0 Growing up in the Central Valley had a profound impact on her education and identity development.\u00a0 After receiving her Bachelor of Arts and Master\u2019s degrees in Communication Studies from California State University, Fresno she relocated to Washington, D.C. where she obtained her Ph.D. in Communication, Culture, and Media Studies from Howard University.\u00a0 Her research interests are located at the intersections of culture, media, and gender studies. Currently, Dr. Harris is conducting research on the cultural communication rite of passage known as \u201cThe Talk\u201d within Black families and the implications of such conversations on gender, media, and the public and private sphere.\u00a0 In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, reading, and above all else spending time with her family and loved ones.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"staff-member-category":[142],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n