Joe Graf
Adjunct Assistant Professorial Lecturer

Phone: (202) 994-6227
Fax: (202) 994-5806
E-mail: jgraf@gwu.edu
Office: MPA 423

Expertise

Political communication, Journalism, Survey Research, New Media Technology

Courses Taught

JOUR 111, News Writing and Editing
SMPA 51, Research Methods

Selected Works

Joseph Graf and Sean Aday. "Involvement and Selective Attention to Political News." Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, D.C., August 2001.

Lars Willnat, Joseph Graf and Paul R. Brewer. "Priming Perceptions of International Affairs: How the Media Influence Evaluations of Foreign Countries." Paper presented at the annual convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Phoenix, August 2000.

Background

Joe Graf began his professional journalism career as a general assignment and police reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, Wis., from 1985 to 1988. He also worked as a summer intern at the Journal and The La Crosse (Wis.) Tribune. He worked at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pa., from 1988 to 1992, covering most local newspaper beats.

Graf is currently a doctoral candidate in the department of communication at Stanford University.

Education

M.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, The Ohio State University, 1994
B.A., Journalism, University of Wisconsin, 1987