Dr. Elizabeth Crisp Crawford

Assistant Professor

I received my Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee's College of Communication and Information in 2007, and joined NDSU's Department of Communication in the fall of 2009. Before finishing my Ph.D., I earned my M.A. in Communication from Marquette University and my B.A. in Communication, Media, and Theatre from St. Norbert College.

My primary research areas include visual storytelling, advertising message strategy, and advertising education. My dissertation examined how government regulation influenced advertising creative strategy and tactics employed in cigarette advertisements published in college student newspapers from the 1920s to the early 1960s.

I taught courses in Communication, Advertising, and Public Relations at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, the University of Tennessee, Northern Michigan University, Marquette University and Harley-Davidson Motor Co. I also worked in Consumer Marketing at The Post-Crescent in Appleton, WI.

Although I have taught courses in a variety of areas, my teaching interests focus on teaching advertising message strategy, copywriting, and creative. This semester, I am teaching COMM 375: Principles of Advertising and COMM 376: Advertising Creative Strategies. In Spring 2010, I will be teaching COMM 377: Media Planning and COMM 476: Advertising Campaign Practicum.