Morgan Ellithorpe

Morgan Ellithorpe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Delaware since 2020. Her research focuses on media psychology, investigating how media use impacts mental and physical health. She examines strategic media engagement for well-being, as well as problematic outcomes when such strategies fail. Key areas include media enjoyment, character involvement, and the role of media in health behaviors. Her work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in journals like Journal of Communication and Media Psychology.

Education: Ph.D. and M.A. from The Ohio State University, B.S. from Cornell University. Research interests emphasize media's dual roles in promoting health and causing harm, with recent studies on sleep patterns, social media addiction, and racial stereotypes in media. Awards: None explicitly listed. Grants: NIH-funded projects on media effects. Advising: No students listed. Professional activities: Active in qualitative content analysis methodologies and media health communication.