Marianne Barrett

Marianne Barrett is currently the Louise Solheim Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication where she teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses and conducts research on television audience behavior. She served as the school’s Senior Associate Dean from 2011 to 2017 and as Associate Dean from 2005-2011.

Barrett brought her experiences as an ESPN programming executive to the Cronkite School when she joined the faculty in 1994. She received her doctorate in mass media from Michigan State University and her Master of Professional Studies in media administration from Syracuse University.

Barrett twice received a Faculty Development Grant from the National Association of Television Programming Executives (NATPE) and was the International Radio and Television Society’s (IRTS) 2002 Frank Stanton Fellow.

Her work has appeared in A Research Agenda for Media Economics, The Journal of Media Economics, Communication Law and Policy, The Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and The Broadcast Cable Financial Management Journal.

She was the book review editor of The Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media from 2018 to 2021 and serves on the editorial board of the International Journal on Media Management and Journalism Educator. She also has held leadership positions in the Broadcast Education Association, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and represented AEJMC on the Accrediting Council from 2011 to 2014.