Heather L. Hundley

Office Hours

Research and Creative Activity Interests

Dr. Hundley is an active researcher and currently studies topics regarding media and culture, rhetoric, sports, gender, critical/cultural studies, and visual communication.

Dr. Hundley has taught the following classes at other universities:

• Media and Culture
• History and Theory of Rhetoric
• Feminist Theories
• Media History & Institutions
• Media Law
• Qualitative/Interpretive Methods
• Digital Culture
• Visual Communication
• Introduction to Graduate Study
• Media Production
• Introduction to Masculinity Studies
• Public Speaking
• Introduction to Human Communication

Education

B.A. Communication Studies, California State University, Sacramento

M.A. Communication Studies, California State University, Sacramento

Ph.D. Communication Studies, University of Utah

Publications

Hundley, H. L., Chevrette, R., & Jones, H. (2020). Dangerous dames: Representations of powerful women in postfeminist media. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

Borchers, T., & Hundley, H. (2018). Rhetorical theory: An introduction. Long Grove, IL: Waveland. 

Hundley, H. L., & Hayden, S. (Eds.). (2016). Mediated moms: Contemporary challenges to the motherhood myth. New York, NY: Peter Lang. 

Hundley, H. L., & Grant, J. A. (2016). Sex and the Senior: An Analysis of Older Adults’ Sexual Activity Portrayed in Popular US Television. In A. Hetsroni (Ed.), Television and Romance: Studies, Observations and Interpretations. New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Hundley, H. L. (2013). Who’s Sorry Now?: Sportscasters Falling from Grace, Saving Face. In L. A. Wenner (Ed.), Fallen Sports Heroes, Media, and Celebrity Culture, (pp. 313-329). New York: Peter Lang. 

Hundley, H. L. (2013). Mediated Portrayals of Masculinities. In A. N. Valdivia (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Studies: Content and Representation, (pp. 240-262). Oxford, UK: Blackwell. 

Hundley, H. L., & Billings, A. C. (Eds.). (2010). Examining identity in sports media. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. 

Hundley, H. L., & Billings, A. C. (2010). Views from the Fairway: Media Explorations of Identity in Golf. Creskill, NJ: Hampton Press. 

Hundley, H. L., & Shyles, L. (2010). US Teenagers’ Perceptions and Awareness of Digital Technology: A Focus Group Approach. New Media & Society, 12(3), 1-17. 

Grant, J. A., & Hundley, H. L. (2009). Images of the War on Cancer in the Associated Press: Centering Survivors and Marginalizing Victims. American Communication Journal, 11(4), electronic journal.

Hundley, H. L., & Rodriguez, J. S. (2009). Transactivism & Postmodernity: An Agonistic Analysis of Transliterature. Communication Quarterly, 57(1), 35-50. 

Hundley, H. L., & Grant, J. A. (2008). Faces of Cancer: A Metaphoric Analysis of Associated Press Photos. Visual Communication Quarterly, 15(3), 157-169.  

Jandt, F., & Hundley, H. L. (2007). Communicating Intercultural Dimensions of Masculinity. Journal of Men’s Studies, 15, 216-231. 

Hundley, H. L., & Grant, J. A. (2006). Sex, Love and Romance in the Media: The Golden Girls Display the Myths and Discover the Prescriptions. In M. L. Galician, & D. Merskin (Eds.), Critical thinking about sex, love, and romance in the mass media: Media literacy applications (pp. 121-139). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Hundley, H. L. (2005). Sex, Society and Double Standards in Cheers. J. E. Winn, & S. Brinson (Eds.), Transmitting the past: Historical and cultural perspectives on broadcasting (pp. 205-222). Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.

Hundley, H. L. (2004). The Naturalization of Beer in Cheers. Reprinted with permission in L. R. Vande Berg, L. Wenner, & B. Gronbeck (Eds.) Critical Approaches to Television 2^nd Ed. (pp. 412-420). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin. 

Hundley, H. L. (2004). Historical and Racial Politics: A Semiotic Investigation of the Georgia State Flag. The Journal of Intergroup Relations, 31(2), 3-24. 

Hundley, H. L. (2004). A College Professor Teaches a Fourth Grade Media Literacy Unit on TV Commercials: Lessons Learned by the Students—and by the Teacher. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(1), 84-91. 

Hundley, H. L. (2004). Keeping Score: The Hegemonic Everyday Practices in Golf. Communication Reports, 17(1), 39-48. 

Hundley, H. L. (2002). The Evolution of Gendercasting: The Lifetime Television Network – ‘Television for Women.’ Journal of Popular Film and Television, 29(4), 174-181. 

Communication Studies 298: Cruz, P., Hodgkinson, G., Hundley, H., Ligtenberg, A., Livingston, R., Obenaus, D., & Trujillo, N. (2000). A Night with Skinner, Birdman, and the Nasty Boys: Interpreting the World Wrestling Federation. Qualitative Inquiry, 6(4), 526-545.

Hundley, H. L. (1998). The Naturalization of Beer in Cheers. Reprinted with permission in L. R. Vande Berg, & L. Wenner (Eds.) Critical Approaches to Television (pp. 261-271). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

Hundley, H. L. (1997). The Signification of the American Flag: A Semiotic Analysis of Texas v. Johnson. The Free Speech Yearbook, 35, 45-55. 

Hundley, H. (1995). The Naturalization of Beer in Cheers. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 39, 350-359.