Dafna Lemish

Dafna Lemish
Lemish in July 2022
Born (1951-09-26) September 26, 1951 (age 73)
Haifa, Israel
Alma materTel Aviv University (BA)
Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA)
Ohio State University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsMedia studies
Social science
InstitutionsSouthern Illinois University Carbondale
Thesis Viewing television in public places : an ethnography[1]  (1982)

Dafna Lemish is an Israeli media researcher in the fields of children, youth and leisure culture; as well as construction of gender identity in the media.

She is the Interim Dean and Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Media Studies at the Rutgers School of Communication and Information in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[2] She is also the founding editor of the Journal of Children and Media.[3] Lemish is a fellow of the International Communication Association (ICA).[4]

  1. ^ "OSU Library Catalog". osu.edu. Ohio State University. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  2. ^ https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/news/dafna-lemish-lead-school-communication-and-information-interim-dean
  3. ^ "Jordan Named Co-Editor of Journal of Children and Media | Annenberg School for Communication". www.asc.upenn.edu. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. ^ https://www.icahdq.org/page/Fellows