Emilie Zaslow

Emilie Zaslow is a Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Pace University in New York City. She is the author of Playing with America’s Doll: A Cultural Analysis of the American Girl Collection and Feminism, Inc.: Coming of Age in Girl Power Media Culture. Zaslow’s research focuses on media and the construction of gender identity. She has published essays in various scholarly anthologies and peer-reviewed journals, including Women and Language, Girlhood Studies, Information, Communication, and Society, The Public Historian and The APA Handbook on the Psychology of Women.

Emilie's research focuses on the connection between identity and mediated communication. She is interested in the ways in which we come to understand ourselves, and our worlds, through our relationships with media texts and technologies. Specifically, her research has explored how media impacts gendered identities and our perceptions of the feminine. She graduated from Oberlin College with a B.A. in Women's Studies. She received her M.A. in American Studies (concentration in Women's Studies) from SUNY at Buffalo and my Ph.D. in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University.