Erin Meyers, Ph.D.

Professor
Office: 308A Wilson Hall
Phone: (248) 370-2507
Email: emeyers@oakland.edu

Dr. Meyers is a professor in the Department of Communication, Journalism and Public Relations and the assistant director of the Women and Gender Studies Program. She has published articles on the intersections of celebrity, new media, and audience cultures in Celebrity Studies, The Journal of Popular Culture, New Media & Society and Flow. She is currently the co-editor of Celebrity Studies. Her book exploring the rise of celebrity gossip blogs, Dishing Dirt in the Digital Age: Celebrity Gossip Blogs and Participatory Media Culture, was published by Peter Lang in 2013. Her recent book, Extraordinarily Ordinary: The Rise of Reality Television Celebrity (2020, Rutgers University Press), explores the role of Us Weekly magazine in the construction and circulation of reality television cast members as a distinct form of celebrity and the broader impact of “just being yourself” on celebrity culture.

Selected Publications:

• Meyers, Erin. “Scandal and Infamy.” A Cultural History of Fame, Volume 6 (1917-present). London: Bloomsbury (forthcoming in 2023).
• Meyers, Erin. “Only in Us!: Celebrity Gossip as Ephemeral Media.” Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, vol. 60. no. 4, 2021, pp. 181-186.
• Meyers, Erin, A. Extraordinarily Ordinary: Us Weekly and the Rise of Reality Television Celebrity. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, 2020.
• Meyers, Erin. "Don't Cry Because It's Over: Smile Because It Was:" American Soap Operas and Convergence Culture. Critical Studies in Media Communication, vol. 32. no. 5, 2015, pp. 333-346.
• Meyers, Erin. Dishing Dirt in the Digital Age: Celebrity Gossip Blogs and Participatory Media Culture. New York: Peter Lang, 2013.
• Meyers, Erin. "'Blogs Give Regular People the Chance to Talk Back': Rethinking 'Professional' Media Hierarchies in New Media." New Media & Society, vol. 14, no. 6, 2012, pp. 1022-1038.
• Meyers, Erin. "Gossip Blogs and 'Baby Bumps': The New Visual Spectacle of Female Celebrity in Gossip Media." The Handbook of Gender, Sex, and Media, edited by Karen Ross, Wiley, 2011, pp. 53-70.
• Meyers, Erin. "'Can You Handle My Truth?': Authenticity and the Celebrity Star Image." Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 42, no. 5, 2009, pp. 890-907.

If you would like a full listing of Dr. Meyers' publications and other work, feel free to email her at [email protected].