Liz Patton
Chair and Associate Professor
Media and Communication Studies
Fine Arts 420
Education
Ph D New York University 2013
MA Drexel University 2005
BA New York University 1998
About
Elizabeth Patton is an Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies, affiliate faculty in the department of Language, Literacy and Culture and Gender, Women's, + Sexuality Studies. She received her PhD in 2013 from the Department of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University. Her book, Easy Living: The Rise of the Home Office (Rutgers University Press, 2020), examines how the idea of working within the home was constructed and disseminated in popular culture and by the communication and real estate industries through mass media during the 20th century. She has also published chapters in edited books and journal articles on media, space and identity and has served as co-managing editor of the Mediapolis: A Journal of Cities and Culture since March 2020.
Research Interests
Research interests include representations of gender, class, and race within mass media; the history of communication technology; and the impact of communication technology on space, social identity, leisure studies, and work-life balance.
Teaching Interests
Research methods; history of media and technology; media, space and social identity
Selected Classes
- Fall 2015 MCS 222 – Introduction to Media and Communication Studies
- MCS 222 – Introduction to Media and Communication Studies
Intellectual Contributions
Patton, Elizabeth A. (2015). Transforming Work Into Play within the Domestic Sphere: Hugh Hefner's Work/Play Revolution and the Making of the ‘Knowledge/Cultural’ Professional. 1. 21 Media History.