Jill Edy

Jill Edy received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in 1998. She does research on political communication, public opinion, collective memory, and political culture. Some of her work on the role of journalism in the development of collective memory was published in the Journal of Communication in spring 1999. Her current projects include studies of the political legacies of the Watts riots and the 1968 Democratic National Convention and a history of public perceptions of poverty and anti-poverty policy.

Dr. Edy has also contributed chapters on American democratic culture and on current trends in American opinion to a textbook on public opinion and co-authored an article in Political Communication on the way that journalists frame foreign policy debates.

Here at Middle Tennessee State University, Dr. Edy teaches classes in public opinion, media and society, research methods, and free expression. She also serves as planning manager of the Middle Tennessee Poll.

Before coming to MTSU, Dr. Edy spent two years as a research associate at Cornell University and one year as a visiting professor at the University of Michigan.