Dr. Jennifer Brubaker is the host of the podcast “Reframing Me,” as well as an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where she has taught since 2006. Her primary teaching areas are family communication, integrated marketing communication and political communication. In addition, she serves as the coordinator of the journalism minor program. Jennifer authored the 2020 book “Celebrity and the American Political Process,” which takes a look at the intersection between media and politics through the lens of celebrity involvement in the political process. After 20 years in academia, Jen has recently brought her scholarly research in family communication out of the classroom and into the podcast “Reframing Me,” which discusses both the evolution of parenting and family communication and the rediscovery of a woman’s self, as her children become teenagers. Dr. Brubaker earned a Ph.D. in communication studies at Kent State University, an M.A. in journalism & mass communication and a B.A. in business marketing & economics at The Ohio State University. Prior to UNCW, she taught at The Ohio State University, Kent State University and the University of Toledo. Originally from Ohio, Jen lives in Wilmington, NC, with her husband, three teenage children, three dogs, cat and a menagerie of small animals. She loves spending time with her family, traveling and all things fitness, sports and wellness.
