Dr. Chad R. Tew, PhD

Dr. Chad Tew is an Associate Professor of Journalism at the University of Southern Indiana. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Communication & Media at USI since 2004. His research interests are in journalism, media ethics and communication technologies. He has served on Faculty Senate, as well as on Curriculum and Core 39 committees at USI.

Proudest moment in faculty governance: He led a successful effort from Faculty Senate to provide same sex couples with the employee health benefits provided to heterosexual couples before the Supreme Court decision on same sex marriage. 

Point of pride in teaching: In support of service-learning, he has for years guided students in an undergraduate first-year course through the research process on the subject of journalists killed while reporting around the world, which were then published as a community service in Wikipedia.

Fun fact: He is the only faculty member at USI to have ever taught a semester-length course in avatar from within a virtual world. His graduate students, who had their own avatars in the virtual world, did research in world guided by him on various issues related to virtual identities.

Selected research that reflect his collaboration with others:

Tew, Chad. "The Contextualization of the Palestinian Experience in Joe Sacco's Comics Journalism." Performativity, Cultural Construction, and the Graphic Narrative, edited by Leigh Anne Howard and Susanna Hoeness-Krupsaw, Routledge, 2020, pp. 236-252.

Tew, Chad, Angela Ackerman, and Sarah Harlin. "Second to None: Voluntary Family Ties in Second Life." In the Conference Proceedings  of the International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology & Design, 2013, pp. 207-212.

Borden, Sandra and Chad Tew. “Fake News as Media Criticism (Seriously).” Journal of Mass Media Ethics, 22 (4), 2007, 300-314.

Marambio, John L. and Chad Tew. "Clash in Paradise: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of 'A Day Without a Mexican'." Journal of American Culture, 29 (4), 2006, 475-492.