
Roslyn M. Satchel
Biography
Since joining Pepperdine's faculty in 2013, Roslyn Satchel has taught law, graduate,
and undergraduate students in ethics, communication, and law courses. Currently a
Berkman Klein Center Fellow at Harvard Law School, Dr. Satchel's research focuses
on social movements, gendered violence, and racialized gender issues in media, religion,
and law. Her book, What Movies Teach about Race: Exceptionalism, Erasure, and Entitlement, examines the highest-grossing films throughout history under a critical lens. Her
work as a scholar-activist has earned her multiple awards including Pepperdine's 2020
Howard A. White Teaching Award, the 2019 National Communication Association's Feminist
and Women's Studies Scholar-Activist Award, and Pepperdine's 2017 Distinction in Diversity
and Inclusive Excellence.
Education
- PhD Media & Public Affairs, Louisiana State University, 2013
- JD Law, Emory University, 2000
- MDiv Theology, Emory University, 2000
- BA Communication, Howard University, 1995
Areas of Expertise
- Cultural, Critical, and Historical Studies of Communication/Media, Religion, and Law
- Human Rights in Policy Advocacy and Community Organizing
- Ethics and Intercultural Media Literacy
- Public Relations Strategies and Tactics
Topics
- Communication, Culture & Human Rights
- Democracy & Media Diversity
- Intersectionality in Media, Religion, and Law
- Public Relations & Public Affairs
Courses
- Intercultural Media Literacy
- Media Law
- Ethics
- Social Action and Justice
- Antiracism / Cultural Competence
- Public Relations Strategies & Tactics
- Cultural, Critical, and Historical Studies of Communication/Media, Religion, and Law