Dr. Ashton Gerding Speno
Assistant ProfessorOffice Phone: (618) 650-3110
Email: aspeno@siue.edu
Ph.D. in Communication, University of Missouri
M.A. University of Delaware
B.A. in Communication, University of Missouri
Dr. Speno joins SIUE after completing a Preparing Future Faculty Fellowship at the University of Missouri. Her research primarily focuses on issues of gender and sexualization in the media, adolescents’ experiences with new media technologies, and media effects on attitudes, behaviors, health outcomes, and self-concept. Ashton has presented competitively selected papers at the National Communication Association, International Communication Association, Central States Communication Association, and Eastern States Communication Association conferences, and her work has been has published in journals such as Sex Roles, The Journal of Media Psychology, Communication Monographs, and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. She loves teaching classes related to media and culture, media effects, and new media.
