Susan R. Baran
Susan Baran spent 20 years in television and radio broadcasting before she began teaching. She worked in numerous markets including Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York as a producer, writer, reporter, and anchor. Susan focused her graduate studies in the growing field of Media Literacy. She developed the media literacy curriculum at Bryant and is an active member of the National Association of Media Literacy Education. Susan also instructs on media literacy topics for external programs such as OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) at the University of Rhode Island. She is the co-author of Introduction to Human Communication: Perception, Meaning, and Identity, Oxford University Press. Susan received the Excellence in Teaching Award, 2017-2018.
MA, Norwich University
BA, Rhode Island College
Baran, S. R., Introduction to Human Communication: Perception, Meaning, and Identity, SAGE Publishing, 2023.
Beauchamp, S., Baby Boomerang, Substack.com, 2022.
Baran, S.,Baran, S.,, ., Introduction to Human Communication: Perception, Meaning, and Identity, Oxford University Press, 2019.
Beauchamp, S. R.,Baran, S. J.,, .,, ., Introduction to Human Communication: Perception, Meaning & Identity, Oxford University Press, 2016.
Baran, S.,Baran, S., Introduction to Human Communication: Perception, Meaning, and Identity, Oxford University Press, 2016.
Honors Program Service Award, 2021
Excellence in Teaching Award, 2018
Senior Lecturer, 2017
Merit Award, 2015
Merit Award , 2012
Mass Communication, Media Literacy, Public Speaking, Film, Communication Ethics, Communication Theory, Media Effects
Media Coverage of Politics, Media Literacy & Children, Media Education, Service Learning, Mass Communication, Instructional Communication, Critical Theory, Media Literacy & Children.
NAMLE 2001-Present
National Association for Media Literacy Education