Dr. Janice Radway

Professor

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Biography

Janice Radway is Professor Emerita at Northwestern University, where she has made significant contributions to Communication Studies and is also involved in American Studies and Gender Studies within the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. She directs the Rhetoric Public Culture Program and is globally recognized for her scholarship on readers, reading practices, and the history of middlebrow culture. Radway has served as editor of the American Quarterly, the official journal of the American Studies Association. Her notable works include 'Reading Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature', which received the Fellows Book Award for a 'classic' in the field from the International Communication Association, and 'Feeling Books: The Book-of-the-Month Club, Literary Taste, and Middle-Class Desire'. In addition to her writing, Radway has co-edited 'American Studies: An Anthology' and has researched the impact of underground publishing in the 1990s. She has received various grants and is a past president of the American Studies Association, demonstrating her influence in the field across decades. Radway has taught at Duke University for twenty years and has held a significant administrative position as chair of the Literature Program, showcasing her commitment to education and mentoring.

Research Interests

Awards

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Fellows Book Award

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Clarence Simon Award Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring

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Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Outstanding Lifetime Contributions

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Open Field Award Impact Field Communication Studies

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Honorary Doctor of Philosophy

Requirements for Northwestern University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
U.S. Bachelor's degree or equivalent
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Specialization Notes

Standard PhD requirements for TGS departments including Chemistry, Physics, and Sociology.