Associate Professor Janice Peck
Armory 102C
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Colorado at Boulder
1511 University Ave.
478 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309
Janice.Peck@Colorado.edu
303-492-2047 phone
303-492-0969 fax

Associate Professor Janice Peck conducts research and teaches in the areas of Critical Theory, communication history, television studies, the social meanings and political implications of popular culture, the sociology of news, media representations of class, race and gender, and U.S. political and cultural history. Peck is the author of two books, ”The Age of Oprah: Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era“ (Paradigm, 2008) and “The Gods of Televangelism: The Crisis of Meaning and the Appeal of Religious Television” (Hampton, 1993). She has published articles and chapters on media theory, television and the family, cultural studies, TV talk shows, Oprah’s Book Club, mediated religion and representations of race in media. Her current research projects include the cultural and political significance of celebrity philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and "charity TV;" the future of journalism and news; and the centrality of historical knowledge for critical media research. Peck has worked as a journalist, editor and free-lance writer for newspapers, magazines and radio.  She holds a BA in journalism from the University of Utah, an MA in communication from the University of Washington, and a PhD in communications from Simon Fraser University in Canada.