Susan Eddington, Ph.D.

Program: Media Psychology

Project: “Blacks on Primetime: Media Representations vs. the Real Deal”

BIO:

Dr. Susan J. Eddington, a Media Psychologist, is President of IMAGES-IMAGES, Inc., an award-winning communications and management consulting firm with a specialization in evidence-based communications strategy and execution, strategies to improve inter-group relations, including diversity, equity and inclusion; corporate social responsibility, leadership development, employee well-being, and sustainability. She is Chief Visionary of Ecocuriean, Inc., a media and marketing firm focused on sustainable tourism and publisher of Ecocuriean Traveler, a digital publication about global sustainable tourism. Past President of the Society for Media Psychology and Technology, Division 46 of the American Psychological Association, she is also Founder of the Center for the Study of Media, Technology & More.

Dr. Eddington’s research and practice include: Inter-group relations, media representations, media effects, media literacy, corporate social responsibility, gender empowerment, identity formation, and adoption of a socially conscious lifestyle that supports sustainability.