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Christopher Joseph Westgate, Ph.D.

Media & Communication Studies | Assistant Professor

Westgate is an assistant professor in Johnson & ¶¶ÒõPro’s College of Arts and Sciences. His research program includes communication history, digital culture, Latin identities, media industries, and popular music.

Westgate's articles and reviews have been published in Media, Culture & Society; Communication, Culture & Critique; the Journal of Communication; and the Journal of Popular Music Studies.

He has spent more than a decade working in the radio industry as an on-air personality, production director, and news reporter.

Degrees
BS, Cornell University
MA, Columbia University
PhD, Texas A & M University