Lisa D. Lenoir

Lisa D. Lenoir serves as Assistant Professor at Indiana University Bloomington's Media School, teaching in the Fashion Media program while leveraging her 17-year career as a journalist at publications including The Marietta Times, The Peoria Journal Star, The Indianapolis Star, and Chicago Sun-Times.

Her academic credentials comprise:

• Ph.D. in Media Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
• M.S. in International Public Service, DePaul University
• B.A. in Journalism (minor in Graphic Design), Indiana University Bloomington

Dr. Lenoir employs critical/cultural frameworks to analyze media discourses on race, gender, and class, with research interests spanning journalism studies, activism, identity/consumer culture, media sociology, and fashion communication. Her dissertation examined "woke culture" narratives in Essence, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Teen Vogue, reflecting her focus on contemporary cultural phenomena.

Recognition includes:

• Lillian Kopenhaver Center Fellowship (2017)
• IU Presidential Arts and Humanities Fellowship

Lenoir directs a research lab investigating how pop culture and entertainment mirror societal structures, contributing to interdisciplinary understandings of media's role in cultural representation.