Mary Chayko

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Mary Chayko
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Born1960 (age 63–64)
Alma mater Seton Hall University, Rutgers University
Occupation Professor at Rutgers School of Communication and Information [1]

Mary Chayko is an American sociologist and Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. [2] She is the director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information and she was a six-year Faculty Fellow in Residence at the Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College (2017-2023). [3] She is an affiliated faculty member of the Sociology Department and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at Rutgers.

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Mary Chayko was one of the earliest social scientists to study the social implications of the internet and digital technologies. Her research focuses on the impact of the internet, digital technology, and social media on community, society, and the self. She is the author of multiple academic books and many articles on communication and sociology, exploring the impact of technology from the micro (self, relationships) to the macro (community, society). [4] With the Behavioral Informatics Lab at the School of Communication and Information, she conducts, publishes, and presents research examining the prevalence of gender bias and stereotypes on social media and in household “smart” devices. With the Rutgers Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship Academy and physicians at Robert Wood Johnson - Barnabas Hospital, she is exploring ways in which social media and digital technology can be used to help connect patients in need of organ transplants with prospective donors. She also shares her research with the general public, as in the NBC News article, “What is 50 Years Spend on the Internet Worth to Humanity?”

She was honored with the Rutgers University Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching (2019) [5] and as a Rutgers Faculty of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Contributor to Undergraduate Education (1994). She also created the first course to be honored with the Quality Matters (QM) “Seal of Approval” at Rutgers University, “Digital Technology and Disruptive Change,”” which was jointly designed and submitted for certification by instructional designer Denise Kreiger (2015).

Early life

Mary Chayko grew up in Woodbridge, NJ and went to Woodbridge High School. A musician, she played the flute and sang in school, state, and regional orchestras and choirs. Her interest in music led her to pursue a career as a radio announcer and disc jockey, beginning at Seton Hall University (WSOU-FM), and continuing at such local radio stations as WNNJ-AM (Newton, NJ), WMTR-AM (Morristown, NJ), WDHA-FM (Dover, NJ), WMGQ-FM (New Brunswick, NJ), and WNEW-AM (New York, NY). She has also worked extensively as a voice-over announcer.

Education

Mary Chayko graduated magna cum laude from Seton Hall University with a B.A., double majoring in Communication and Psychology. After receiving an Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology at Rutgers University, she completed an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from Rutgers. Her dissertation “Technology and Togetherness: How We Create and Live in a World of Mental Connections” focused on how people use technology to form social bonds and communities without ever having had face-to-face contact. [6]

Career

Saint Elizabeth University

Mary Chayko served as Chairperson of the Sociology Department at Saint Elizabeth University (then The College of Saint Elizabeth) from 2001 to 2013. She began at the college as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor, and was tenured and promoted to Professor of Sociology in 2008.

Rutgers University

She joined the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) at Rutgers University in 2014 as an Interdisciplinary Teaching Professor. She chaired the Social Media and Society Research Cluster at SC&I from 2014 to 2019. In 2017, she was appointed Faculty Fellow in Residence at the Rutgers-New Brunswick Honors College, where she has mentored dozens of honors students and teaches first-year Byrne seminars, entitled “Selfies and Digital Culture,” highlighting her research. [7]

As of 2021, she is the Distinguished Teaching Professor of Communication and Information and the director of Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Studies at Rutgers SC&I. She directs the Digital Communication, Information and Media (DCIM) Minor and the Gender and Media Minor at SC&I. The DCIM minor program provides undergraduate students across the Rutgers academic spectrum with the technical, analytical, interpersonal, and entrepreneurial skills to work and lead effectively in digital spaces. [8] The Gender and Media minor program, a partnership with the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, provides students with the ability to critically analyze and positively impact power imbalances in the media. [9]

Selected publications

Scholarly articles, reviews, and book chapters

Media contributions

Personal

Mary Chayko is married to sports broadcaster and former Rutgers Women's Soccer head coach Glenn Crooks. She has two children, Ryan and Morgan. In her spare time, she sings and plays the flute in a band with fellow sociologists and friends Corey Dolgon and Jim Pennell. The band recorded an album with Rambling Roots Records titled “Songs of Peace and Justice.”

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