Annenberg Center for Advanced Study in Communication

Amy Jordan, Ph.D.

Director, Media & the Developing Child; Director, ACASC

 


The Annenberg Center for Advanced Study in Communication (ACASC) Fellowship Program was established in 2008 and is housed within the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania. Amy Jordan serves as director of ACASC.

The ACASC fellowship program aims to contribute to the professional training of communication scholars by providing opportunities to work with and publish from the extensive data available at APPC. Working with research area directors, fellows identify relevant research questions that may be addressed by APPC data sets. These include recent large-scale content analyses of media materials related to youth and health-risk behaviors and ongoing national surveys of parents and youth related to media use and political socialization. Fellows have access to extensive academic resources and training options available through the University of Pennsylvania. 

In addition, fellows are encouraged to develop new professional skills - such as preparing grant proposals or policy briefings - in a mentored, community-oriented environment. Fellowships run for one year with a possibility for a second-year renewal. Applicants should have received their Ph.D. within the last 5 years.
 

Latest Information

APPC and Ohio State researchers help understand the influence of maternal sexual communication on adolescent risky sexual behaviors

Monday, May 07, 2012

When mothers engage in frequent sexual discussions with their teenagers but fail to express clear disapproval of teenagers’ sexual involvement, their efforts are more likely to result in greater risky sexual involvement by their teen, according to a new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health. The study was conducted by Atika Khurana, postdoctoral fellow at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and Elizabeth C. Cooksey, Professor of Sociology and Associate Director of the Center for Human Resource Research at the Ohio State University.

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Former APPC Postdoctoral Fellow published in the Journal of Family Issues

Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Former APPC Postdoctoral Fellow Cortney Evans, Ph.D., is the lead author of a forthcoming article, “Only Two Hours? A Qualitative Study of the Challenges Parents Perceive in Restricting Child Television Time,” which will appear in the Journal of Family Issues (September 2011). Dr. Evans’ co-authors are APPC Media and Developing Child Area Director Amy Jordan, Ph.D., and Annenberg School for Communication alumna Jennifer Horner, Ph.D.

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