Nancy Worthington is a Professor of Communications who teaches courses about media research methods, global communication, crime in the media, and media audiences and users. Her research examines media's contribution to culturally constructed identity categories such as gender, race, class, and nation, and their intersections. Professor Worthington's recent examinations of how news constructs gender violence appear in Communication, Culture & Critique; Journalism Studies; and Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism. She received the School of Communications Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award in 2013, and chaired the Department of Media Studies 2006-2013.