Teaching and research interests: Public scholarship, movies and television programs.
Jennifer Walton earned her B.S and M.A. at Indiana State University, and Ph.D. at
Bowling Green State University. Most recently, she served as a professor and department
chair at Ohio Northern University and an associate faculty member in the Master of
Humanities program at Tiffin University. Her research focuses on public scholarship
and has been featured inUSA Today, The Columbus Dispatch,The Tennesseanamong many others. She published a scholarly book entitledA rhetorical analysis of six Hollywood Films about Politics: Presenting the Candidate
as a Movie Starand had two book chapters appear inTeaching Communication Creatively: Practical Ideas to Enhance Student Learning.She is currently working on a book highlighting the health and social issues portrayed
in soap operas.