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Joy’s research and teaching interests include media history and theory; race, ethnicity and the media; history of broadcasting in the US and Mexico; community media; and docudrama studies.

She is a former Fulbright Scholar to Mexico and author or co-author of three books: New Deal radio: The Educational Radio Project (2022, Rutgers University Press); War of the Worlds to social media: Mediated communication in times of crisis (2013, Peter Lang); and Radio nation: Communication, popular culture and nationalism in Mexico (2020 [2000] University of Arizona Press). She publishes regularly in journals such as Media, Culture and Society, Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, and Television and New Media. In addition, she attends international conferences including the International Communication Association and the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

Joy’s current research is focused on the historical development of docudrama as a unique media format that combines truth claims with emotional excess and melodrama. She is also working on a range of ongoing projects, including a history of family planning communication in Kenya, and an investigation of the communication strategies of conservative populist Martin Dies and the US House Committee on Un-American Activities.

Awards

• Professional Development Award for “New Media in Historical Perspective”, awarded by University of Iowa, 2014
• Stanley-Obermann Research Award for “Community Radio and Media Reform in Mexico”, awarded by Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, 2009
• Senior Fulbright Scholar, Research and Teaching Award to Monterrey, Mexico, awarded by Fulbright Scholar Program, University of Iowa, 2000

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