Charlton McIlwain | |
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Born | 1971 (age 53–54) |
Spouse | Raechel Lee Adams (m. 2007) |
Academic background | |
Education | Oklahoma Baptist University (BA) University of Oklahoma (MA),(PhD) |
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Institutions | New York University |
Website | charltonmcilwain |
Charlton Deron McIlwain (born 1971) is an American academic and author whose expertise includes the role of race and media in politics and social life. [1] McIlwain is Professor of media,culture,and communication and is the Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development at New York University. [2]
Charlton Deron McIlwain was born in 1971 to Annie and Ronald McIlwain of Charlotte. [3]
McIlwain completed a bachelor of arts in family psychology at Oklahoma Baptist University in 1994. He earned a Master of Human Relations from University of Oklahoma. In 2001,he earned a doctor of philosophy in communication from the same institution. [4]
McIlwain joined the faculty of NYU in 2001,where he is now Professor of Media,Culture,and Communication and Vice Provost for Faculty Engagement and Development. [5]
He is the author of multiple books,including Black Software:The Internet and Racial Justice,From the Afronet to Black Lives Matter, [6] and Race Appeal:How Candidates Invoke Race in U.S. Political Campaigns [7] from Temple Books (with Stephen M. Caliendo),and editor of The Routledge Companion to Race &Ethnicity [8] in 2010,also with Caliendo. He is the author of multiple scholarly articles,and wrote both When Death Goes Pop:Death,Media and the Remaking of Community in 2005, [9] and Death in Black &White:Death,Ritual &Family Ecology in 2003. McIlwain is a Delphi Fellow at Big Think [10] and an Advisor to Data + Society. [11]
In 2007,McIlwain married trial lawyer,Raechel Lee Adams in Washington,D.C. The ceremony was led by officiant Ellen Dinerman of the Northern Virginia Ethical Society. [3]
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