Andrea M. Quenette, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Director of Public Speaking and the Communication Center
Department of Communication Studies
Springwood Hall 225
(765) 973-8549
aquenett@iu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. – Ohio State University, 2013
• M.S. – North Dakota State University, 2007
• B.S. – Mass Communication & Psychology, 2004 

Teaching Interests

• Political Communication, Media and Terrorism, Persuasion, Public Opinion, Media as Social Institutions, Communication Theories, and more!
  For more on my upcoming course offerings, visit my website.

Current Research Interests

• Political Communication: News media effects, social media political engagement, political cynicism and skepticism, emotional responses to politics, and facilitating political engagement among Latinos.
  Scholarship of Teaching and Learning:  Using problem-based learning in online and on-campus courses, the impact of gradeless feedback on student success, and how student perceptions of their courses influence their experiences. For more on my research interests, visit my website.

Recent Publications

• Quenette, A.M. & Velasquez, A. (2018). Shifting demographics:  Understanding how ethnically diverse networks influence Latinos(as)’ political uses of social media and offline political engagement. International Journal of Communication.
• Velasquez, A. & Quenette, A. M. (2018). Facilitating social media and offline political engagement during electoral cycles: Using social cognitive theory to explain political action among Hispanics and Latinos. Mass Communication and Society.
• Pingree, R.J., Quenette, A.M., Tchernev, J. & Dickinson, T. (2013). Effects of media criticism on gatekeeping trust and implications for agenda-setting. Journal of Communication, 63(2), 351 – 372.
• Pingree, R. J., Scholl, R. M. & Quenette, A. M. (2012). Effects of post-debate coverage on spontaneous policy reasoning. Journal of Communication, 62(4), 643 – 658.

Recent Conference Presentations

• New Views on grading and assessment: Innovative Approaches to Evaluating Student Work. (2019, May). Panel chair and discussion participant.  Presented at the 2019 ICA Annual Conference.
• Velasquez, A., Quenette, A.M., & Rojas, H. (2019, May). WhatsApp political expression and political participation: An expression self-effects mediated moderation model. Presented at the 2019 ICA Annual Conference.
• Problem-based learning in the social science classroom: Encourage collaboration, problem-solving and critical thinking.  Interactive session held at the 2019 FACET Retreat.
• Quenette, A.M. (2018, October). Answering the “whys”: Incorporating indirect measures of student outcomes into course and program assessment.  To be presented at the 2018 IU Assessment Institute.

Grants and Awards

• Primary Source Immersion Program Grant (2019). IU Bloomington
• IU East Faculty Research Support Grant (2019).  Water of Flint: Understanding how media framed and covered the Flint Water Crisis.
• IU Bicentennial Course Development Grant (2018). Investigation history: IU East through the lens of the student newspaper.
• University of Kansas General Research Fund Grant (2016).  Political snacking: How high and low involvement political behaviors online influence offline political engagement, political attitudes and affect.