Christy Mesaros-Winckles

Professor, Communication Arts and Sciences, Department Chair

Dr. Christy Mesaros-Winckles
Professor
Email: cmesaros_winckles@adrian.edu
Office: Rush-102
Office Ext.: 3921

Degrees
Bowling Green State University, Ph,D. in Communication
Spring Arbor University, M.A. in Communication

Dr. Christy Mesaros-Winckles teaches introduction to communication theory, interpersonal communication, persuasion, public relations campaign management and strategic planning (PR II), intercultural communication, organizational communication, mass media criticism and capstone.

She has a doctorate degree in communication studies, a graduate certificate in women's studies from Bowling Green State University and an MA in communication studies/professional writing from Spring Arbor University. Her dissertation “Only God Knows the Opposition We Face: The Rhetoric of Nineteenth Century Free Methodist Women’s Quest for Ordination” won the 2013 Dissertation of the Year Award from the Religious Communication Association and her research on gender representation in mediated culture has been published in The Journal of Religion and Popular Culture as well as The International Review of Qualitative Research. She has co-authored several book chapters on topics ranging from family communication, evangelical media and reality television. She also has been cited in Marie Claire, Salon and Good magazines as an academic commentator for gender representation in Christian patriarchy culture.

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