Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Arizona State University
Associate Professor Marianne Barrett,
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Marianne Barrett, as associate dean, assists and advises the dean in a variety of ways, including matching teaching assignments of full-time faculty with instructional resources, space and student needs, mentoring junior faculty, evaluating, motivating and determining merit compensation for members of the faculty and serving on a variety of school and university committees.
Barrett previously served the school as the associate director for academic affairs. She joined the faculty of the Cronkite School as an assistant professor in 1994. She received her doctorate in mass media from Michigan State University in 1993, and her Master of Professional Studies in media administration from Syracuse University in 1988.
Prior to beginning her graduate studies, Barrett worked for almost 15 years in the television industry, primarily as a programming executive. She was director of program scheduling for ESPN in New York, and director of programming for WVIA-TV in Scranton, Penn.
In March 2002, Barrett was named the Frank Stanton Fellow by the International Radio and Television Society (IRTS). The award recognizes "outstanding contributions to electronic media education" and was presented at the IRTS’s annual Faculty-Industry Seminar in New York.
Her work has appeared in The Journal of Media Economics, Communication Law and Policy, The Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and The Broadcast Cable Financial Management Journal.
She is on the editorial boards of The Journal of Media Economics and the International Journal on Media Management and has held leadership positions in the Broadcast Education Association and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Barrett has taught MCO 510 research methodology, JMC 472 media management and JMC 332 electronic media programming.
Barrett’s research focuses on media economics topics.
