Travis Dixon

Travis L. Dixon
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (B.A., 1992)
University of California, Santa Barbara (M.A., 1994; Ph.D., 1998)
Known forWork on racial bias in criminal news in the United States
AwardsNational Communication Association top article award . & First Black Inductee, International Communication Association Fellows [1]
Scientific career
FieldsCommunication studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ThesisOverrepresentation and underrepresentation of African Americans and Latinos as lawbreakers on television news (1998)

Travis Lemar Dixon is an American media studies scholar and Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is known for researching racial and religious stereotyping in television news in the United States,[1][2] as well as audiences' reception of rap music.[3] In 2025, Dixon received an endowed position, named to the "David L Swanson Professor of Communications" position at the University of Illinois.[4][5]


References

  1. ^ Wurth, Julie (2015-06-23). "Study: Media quicker to label Muslims than whites as terrorists". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  2. ^ "News can affect stereotyping, study says". UPI. 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  3. ^ Dreisinger, Baz (2005-07-17). "Insight vs. incite". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  4. ^ "Faculty members receive named positions". The Quadrangle. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Spring 2025. p. 1.
  5. ^ De La Guerra, Felipe (18 Oct 2024). "Travis Dixon named David L. Swanson Professor of Communication". LAS News. Retrieved 30 May 2025.


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