University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Student, Institute of Communications Research
Research Assistant, University Fellow
College of Media
Thesis Title: The Media Dependence Model: An Analysis of the Performance and Structure of U.S. News
About
Andrew Kennis is a PhD candidate, an investigative journalist, an adjunct professor and a researcher specializing in Political Communication, Digital Journalism Studies, Political Economy and International Communications. He is defending his dissertation this semester and will be receiving his doctoral degree from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
As a researcher, Andrew has investigated, written and published in peer review journals ranging across three different disciplines (communications, political science and technology studies). He works with internationally renown scholars, such as John Nerone and Noam Chomsky.
As a Professor, Andrew has designed and taught his own courses at the TEC de Monterrey (Campus Ciudad de México), Cal State University (Hayward, East Bay), William Paterson University (NJ), Dominican University (Chicago) and at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign). Most recently, he taught an undergrad seminar this summer entitled, “Global Media and Online Journalism,” at Dominican University. Previously taught courses have included “Digital Journalism and Critical Media Analysis,” “Politics and the Media,” and "Media and Democracy."
As a journalist, he has practiced online-based / convergence reporting, investigative and print reporting, citizen journalism, online-based and traditional radio throughout the last decade. Andrew was a part of the early inception of digital journalism as one of the first reporters from the Independent Media Center in New York City. Since that time, Andrew has practiced online-based journalism from locations based in four continents across the globe, including on-the-scene reporting from Chiapas, Israel, Venezuela, Taiwan, Guatemala, Quebec, Palestine and Mexico City. He has published in a variety of news sources, including daily newspapers, newsweeklies and monthly periodicals based both in the States and abroad. For a sampling of Andrew's journalistic work, click on the 'homepage' link located below.
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In addition to reporting and conducting research from abroad, Andrew also taught, lived in and reported from Mexico City and Chiapas for four years, during which time he obtained a level of spoken and written fluency in Spanish.
Contact Information
http://www.google.com/profiles/andrew.kennis
561.676.0237
