Rate My Professor Madeleine Liseblad

Dr. Madeleine Liseblad is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Public Relations at California State University, Long Beach. She holds a Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from Arizona State University, an M.A. in communication studies from California State University, Sacramento, and a B.A. in journalism from Point Loma Nazarene University. Prior to her appointment at CSULB, she taught at Middle Tennessee State University and Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Dr. Liseblad brings extensive professional experience in journalism and public relations, including broadcasting positions at KCRA-TV, KGTV, KSBY-TV, and KFBK News Radio; work for daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, and online media in the U.S. and abroad; and roles as corporate spokesperson for Volvo Cars at its world headquarters in Sweden and media events manager for Volvo Cars of North America.

An award-winning educator and journalism historian, Dr. Liseblad teaches primarily media history, media literacy, and global media courses. Her research has appeared in journals such as Journalism History, American Journalism, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Journalism Practice, Media Studies / Mediální Studia, and Journal of the Music and Entertainment Industry Educators Association. She authored the book American Consultants and the Marketization of Television News in the United Kingdom (Peter Lang, 2020) and contributed several book chapters and encyclopedia entries. A co-authored article titled “A Good Honest Journeyman Newspapering: Billboard’s Lee Zhito Exposes Editorializing at George A. Richards’s ‘Station of the Stars’” was named a finalist for American Journalism’s 2024 Best Article Award. Her accolades include the Rising Scholar Award from American Journalism, top paper awards from the American Journalism Historians Association, Broadcast Education Association, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and Kappa Tau Alpha; Teaching Excellence and Continuing Excellence in Teaching Awards from Arizona State University; the 2025 Pam Parry Award for Service from AEJMC’s History Division; and a Fulbright Specialist award for teaching at Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca in Romania. Dr. Liseblad serves on CSULB’s University Panel on Professional Responsibility and University International Education Committee, and has chaired the journal Journalism History and AEJMC’s History Division.