Stephanie A. Martin
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Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin is a scholar of public address and political communication, with a particular interest in the public discourses of conservative social movements, especially evangelical voters. She has written or edited three books, most prominently Decoding the Digital Church: Evangelical Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump (University of Alabama Press, 2021). Her research has also been published in top journals including the Quarterly Journal of Speech, Rhetoric and Public Affairs and Visual Communication Quarterly. Martin frequently appears as an expert commentator and consultant for news stories, and has appeared in USA Today, NPR, NBC, the Boston Globe, the Texas Tribune, and The Dallas Morning News, among others.
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Education
Ph.D., Communication, University of California, San Diego | |
M.A., Journalism, Syracuse University (Newhouse School) | |
B.B.A., Production and Operations Management, Boise State University |
Recent Work
Representative Publications
Books
Decoding the Digital Church: Megachurch Storytelling and the Election of Donald J. Trump, (Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press), 2021. Named 2021 “Book of the Year” by Word & Way
https://religionnews.com/2021/10/07/evangelical-christians-turned-individual-freedom-into-vaccine-resistance/
Columns to Characters: The Presidency and the Press Enter the Digital Age – Texas A&M Press
Visual Ethics: A Guide for Photographers, Journalists and Filmmakers – Routledge, by Paul Martin Lester with Stephanie A. Martin and Martin Smith-Rodden
Journal Articles
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00335630.2020.1785634
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00335630.2021.1984432
Dada in the Public Square: Police, Protest, and Creative Dissent – 2017 Special Issue
Popular Media Appearances
Media Writing
Media Appearances
Have Evangelical Voting Patterns Changed? KERA’s Friday Conversation
Younger voters ‘don’t have same sense of achievement’ with Clinton
SMU professor on Tuesday election expectations
Reading Between The Tweets: Covering The White House In The Social Media Age
Course list
Free speech | |
First Amendment | |
Political communication |
