Debra Merskin

Debra Merskin is Professor Emerit of Media Studies in the School of Journalism & Communication at the University of Oregon. Her research is concerned with stereotyping of vulnerable populations in media and popular culture particularly animals other than humans and the natural world. Her Ph.D. is from Syracuse University and her additional graduate studies work in depth/ecological psychology were taken at Pacifica Graduate Institute. She lives outside of Bend, Oregon. She is co-creator, with Dr. Carrie Freeman, of the media style guide animalsandmedia.org.