Erika Franklin Fowler is an American political scientist. She is a Professor of Government at Wesleyan University, having previously served as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Erika Franklin Fowler | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A., mathematics and political science, 2000, St. Olaf College M.A., political science, 2002, PhD., political science, 2007, University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Thesis | Missing messages? elections on local television news (2007) |
| Doctoral advisor | Barry Burden |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan School of Public Health Wesleyan University |
Early life and education
editFranklin Fowler was born to two public school teachers.[1] She earned her Bachelor of Arts from St. Olaf College and her Master's degree and PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2] Her thesis was titled Missing messages? elections on local television news and Barry Burden sat on her committee.[3] While earning her PhD, one of Franklin Fowler's faculty advisors directed the Wisconsin Advertising Project and, upon his retirement, Franklin Fowler and others took over.[4] She also co-authored a study titled Medical News for the Public to Use? What's on Local TV News[5] which used a representative sample of the top 50 news markets to conclude that 76% of all stories involved a medical condition.[6]
Career
editUpon earning her PhD, Franklin Fowler accepted a two year Robert Wood Johnson Scholarship in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.[7] In 2010, she became an Assistant professor of government at Wesleyan University and co-directed their newly launched Wesleyan Media Project (WMP). The aim of the project was to provide a non-partisan, neutral analysis of all political television advertising during the 2010 United States elections to the public.[8] They quantified data collected during the election and concluded that the tone of advertisements during the campaign were equal to those in 2008.[9] Following the same idea, in 2013 she co-published Negative, angry, and ubiquitous: Political advertising in 2012 with Travis N. Ridout. Together, they quantified the data of 3 million campaign ads during the 2012 United States elections and concluded that three-quarters of all ads in the presidential race were negative in tone.[10]
During the 2015–16 academic year, Franklin Fowler co-authored a book with Michael M. Franz and Travis N. Ridout titled Political Advertising in the United States. The book was a survey of how political advertising influenced voters.[11] She was subsequently granted tenure by the Wesleyan Board of Trustees.[12]
Following the 2018–19 academic year, Franklin Fowler received Wesleyan's Binswanger Prizes for Excellence in Teaching.[13] By the conclusion of the 2019–20 academic year, it was announced that she would be promoted to Full professor of government at Wesleyan on July 1, 2020.[7]
References
edit- ^ "2018-2019 Campus Teaching Award Winner: Erika Franklin Fowler". politicalsciencenow.org. February 28, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Erika Franklin Fowler - Member". centerforhealthjournalism.org. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "ERIKA FRANKLIN FOWLER CV" (PDF). efowler.faculty.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Palermo, Rachel (December 12, 2012). "Where math meets politics". stolaf.edu. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Pribble, James M.; Goldstein, Kenneth M.; Franklin Fowler, Erika; Greenberg, Matthew J.; Noel, Stacey K.; Howell, Joel D. (March 2006). "Medical News for the Public to Use? What's on Local TV News". The American Journal of Managed Care. 12 (3): 170–176. PMID 16524349. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Caffrey, Mary (March 21, 2020). "PAPER OF THE WEEK: By 2006, TV Was the Top Source of Medical News". ajmc.ca. The American Journal of Managed Care. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ a b Drake, Olivia (May 31, 2020). "5 Faculty Conferred Tenure, 4 Promoted". newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Wesleyan Media Project Launched". mediaproject.wesleyan.edu. September 23, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ "Negative Ads Prominent, Increasing in Number, but 2010 No More Negative than Previous Election Year" (PDF). mediaproject.wesleyan.edu. October 14, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Franklin Fowler, Erika (February 14, 2013). "2012 ELECTION CRUSHES RECORDS FOR CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING". knightfoundation.org. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Lilleker, Darren G. (December 2016). "Review of Political Advertising in the United States". Perspectives on Politics. 14 (4): 1217–1218. doi:10.1017/S1537592716003637. S2CID 151569297. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Rubenstein, Lauren (May 24, 2016). "7 Faculty Promoted, 4 Awarded Tenure". newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Drake, Olivia (May 26, 2019). "Fowler, Northrop, Siry Receive Binswanger Prizes for Excellence in Teaching". newsletter.blogs.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
External links
editErika Franklin Fowler publications indexed by Google Scholar