A member of the faculty at San Diego State University’s School of Communication in San Diego, California, Dr. Martha M. Lauzen conducts academic and industry research on the role of women in television and film. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Communication from the University of Maryland.

The findings of Dr. Lauzen’s annual studies on women and the media have been featured in prominent entertainment trade publications, including Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and MediaWeek, as well as published nationally in the popular press, including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Dallas Morning News, TV Guide and Working Mother.

Dr. Lauzen has authored numerous articles and papers on women and mass communication and mass communication and society. Her work has appeared in Television Quarterly, the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, the Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly and Mass Communication & Society.