Julianna Kirschner teaches a broad range of courses, including small group communication, argumentation, sports communication, research methods, and strategic communication. She is an associate editor for Visual Communication Quarterly. At USC, she has developed Visions & Voices programming to highlight marginalized athletes and their stories and created multiple conference programs for the Annenberg Institute of Sports, Media, and Society. She has served on Annenberg’s faculty council and held numerous roles on academic senate committees, most recently as co-chair of the Senate Faculty Affairs Committee. Her disciplinary service includes planning programs for the Language and Social Interaction Division of the Western States Communication Association and the Visual Communication Division of the National Communication Association.
Kirschner received her BA and MA in communication studies from California State University, Northridge and her PhD in cultural studies from Claremont Graduate University. Her dissertation critically assessed social media posts that contributed to trending topics on Twitter, including public discourse surrounding the photo collection “Yolocaust” and activist engagement in the No DAPL protest. The project received the Kathy Merlock Jackson Dissertation Award from the Popular Culture Association and the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the National Communication Association. Her thesis was awarded the Outstanding Thesis Award by the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. Kirschner has also published work in performance communication, including an award-winning book chapter on memory preservation. She is a recipient of the Early Career Award from the International Association of Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry for her publication record and service to the field.
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