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Sara Champlin serves as an Associate Professor of Advertising within the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas. Her academic work bridges advertising strategy, health communication, and social impact, with a focus on creating equitable media systems through user-centered design principles.
Education:
- PhD from University of Texas at Austin, specializing in applied statistical modeling
Dr. Champlin's research centers on diminishing barriers in health communications through the cultivation of health literacy, with particular emphasis on marginalized communities including the Deaf population. She investigates how brands can authentically address social issues to drive positive societal outcomes in health equity, stigma reduction, and underserved community support. As an internationally recognized eye-tracking expert with over a decade of experience, she employs advanced methodologies to analyze user interactions with health information and advertising content, developing community-based initiatives that tackle pressing societal challenges through media strategy innovations.
Her publication record reveals consistent thematic focus across health literacy, advertising ethics, and media accessibility. Recent work critically examines femvertising and postfeminist discourse in advertising, health communication for the Deaf community during crises like the pandemic, and the intersection of branding with social responsibility. Methodologically, her research demonstrates sophisticated integration of eye-tracking technology with qualitative approaches to understand cognitive and affective responses to health information and advertising messages, revealing how design elements influence comprehension and behavior.
Dr. Champlin has received national recognition for both her scholarly contributions and teaching excellence in the field of advertising and health communication.
Her research initiatives secure significant funding from premier institutions including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and National Geographic. Beyond grant-funded research, she actively collaborates with University of North Texas campus units to improve student and community health outcomes, provides health literacy recommendations to adult education centers, and serves as a reviewer for numerous academic journals and conferences, contributing substantially to scholarly discourse in her field.
Dr. Champlin leads interdisciplinary research teams that develop innovative communication strategies through community-based partnerships, focusing on creating accessible media solutions for health information dissemination and social issue advocacy, with particular attention to designing interventions that address systemic barriers in health communication.
