The 7th annual Northeast Media Literacy Conference
Workshop Leaders

Me and My BMI: Media Literacy Strategies for Promoting a Healthy Body Image

Bobbie Eisenstock

Including Financial Literacy in School, Community and Home Environments

Faye Griffiths-Smith

Education, Training or Train Wreck?

Bob McCannon

Pediatricians' Perspectives on the Impact of Today's Mass Media on Young Children

Dr. Kathleen Clarke-Pearson & Dr. Jack Fong

Teaching Inclusive Media Literacy in Print Advertising

Mary Ball Howkins

The International Media Literacy Scene - The African Initiative!

Chido Onumah

Multiple Literacies for the Age of the Internet

Julie Frechette

A Supermarket of Ideas: Strategies for K-12 Media Literacy in a Changing Information Age

Carol Fortuna

Them’re Fightin’ Words: From Clashing Theoretical Concepts to Pedagogical Practicalities That Inspire Citizenship

Mike Gange

Disney's Product is People

Sheryl Rivera

Just Stop Doing That!! Why We Still Smoke, Drink Too Much and Have Unsafe Sex and What Communities Can Do About It

Roberta Kowald

Diffusion of E-Learning Technology: The Role of Gatekeepers, Immersion, and Receptivity

Miller, Jallette, Fu

Media Literacy is Medium Literacy: Exploring the Power of Media Forms with Middle and High School Students

Katherine Fry

Get the Message? Teaching Nutrition Education through Youth Created Media Health Messages!

Heather Pease & Angela Caldera

Go to, Select, Click: Critical Inquiry on the Internet

Heather Mullin

Music Manipulates the Mind: How to Harness and Embrace Pop Culture in the Classroom

Andrea Falkner & Marge Tiner

Academic Dishonesty and Mass Media: The Epidemic of Cheating among Adolescents and How the Problem is Portrayed in the Media

Jason Stephens

“Feast or Famine: A Fork in the Road – How Media Literacy Can Take Us Down
the Sustainable Path”

Melissa Hemmelgarn
Keynote Speaker

“Financial Responsibility Starts in Kindergarten: A Media Literacy Priority”

Lou Golden
Keynote Speaker