Alan M. Rubin, Ph.D.
Alan M. Rubin, Ph.D.
Director & Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign
M.A., Queens College of the City University of New York
B.A., Queens College of the City University of New York
Alan M. Rubin studies and teaches media uses and effects, political communication, communication in an information society, and research methods and measurement. His work has focused on media news and entertainment, and personal involvement and parasocial interaction with media and media personalities, audience aggression and newer communication technologies. Besides authoring/editing books on communication research, he has published more than 70 chapters and journal articles, and has been identified as a prolific researcher in communication and mass communication. He is past editor of the Journal of Communication and Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.