Kathleen Tyner
Assistant Professor
E-mail: ktyner@mail.utexas.edu
Office: WWH 412
Phone: 512-471-3852
M.A. Communication Arts, San Francisco State University, 1986.
Kathleen Tyner is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film and teaches courses in new media literacy, children and media, and research methods. She is a researcher with significant experience in the research, evaluation and development of new media, media arts, and STEM programs. Professor Tyner’s recent projects include new media and policy initiatives with the Miami Museum of Science (FL); Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco), ListenUp! (New York), LinkTV (San Francisco), the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (CA); and the City of Portland Telecommunications Policy Board (OR). Her international work includes collaborative projects and speaking engagements with media scholars from Universidad Nacionales Educaciones Distancia (Madrid), The United Nation's Alliance of Civilizations-Media Literacy Clearinghouse, Universidade do Lisboa (Portugal), Universidade do Sao Paolo (Brazil). British Film Institute (London), the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), and the Australian Teachers of Media (Brisbane). Professor Tyner is author, co-author and editor of numerous books, articles and curricular materials related to new media, including Media Literacy (Routledge, 2009) and Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and Learning in the Age of Information (Erlbaum, 1998). She is a member of the editorial boards and scientific committees for publications such as Rizoma (Spain), Communicar (Spain), English Teaching and Practice (New Zealand), and the International Journal of Learning and Media (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
