Roslyn Satchel, Ph.D.
Roslyn Satchel, Ph.D. is the lead researcher for the Radow Institute for Social Equity (RISE) and a professor in the School of Communication and Media. Dr. Satchel is a faculty associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, where she has co-led the Race-Tech-Media working group since her fellowship year. Teaching law, ethics, and communication courses, Dr. Satchel formerly served as an endowed, tenured professor at Pepperdine University and as an Itinerant Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Her book, What Movies Teach about Race: Exceptionalism, Erasure and Entitlement, brings Dr. Satchel’s media, legal, and religion background together to examine political economy and representation in the most influential films of all time.
Dr. Satchel earned degrees from Louisiana State (PhD), Emory (JD and MDiv), and Howard (BA) universities. Her scholarship scrutinizes the cultural intersections of legal, media, and religious discourse with a particular interest in issues of race, gender, class, ability, age, ethnicity, status, sexual orientation, religion, and citizenship. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Satchel was a successful policy advocate and pioneer in using citizen journalism and social media for community organizing. She developed educational resources and opportunities in academic, religious, and community settings in countries including Italy, Kenya, Thailand, Ghana, India, South Africa, and the U.S. in human rights, interfaith coalition building, child advocacy, and indigent defense. Her work influenced several national, state, and international grassroots initiatives resulting in policy change—for which she received numerous awards and significant national media coverage.
Her current research partners with violence against women experts to develop online interventions that improve access, resources and outcomes for intimate partner violence victims/survivors.
