Barbara Ley
Associate Professor
University of Delaware
34 W. Delaware Ave
Newark, DE 19711
302-824-4186
Biography
​Barbara Ley joined the Department of Communication
in 2011. She also holds a joint position in the Department of Women’s
Studies. Her research and teaching focus on public understandings of and
engagements with science, technology, and medicine. Her current
research projects relate to digital technology, culture, and women’s
health; environmental health science, politics and prevention; and
science, media and public opinion. Her 2009 book, From Pink to Green:
Disease Prevention and the Environment Breast Cancer Movement, presents a
cultural history of activists’ efforts over the past two decades to
push for increased scientific and public attention to environmental
causes of breast cancer and disease prevention more generally . She has
also published articles in journals such as Science Communication,
Public Understanding of Science, Journal of Computer-Mediated
Communication, and Chinese Journal of Communication. Ley received her
Ph.D. from the Department of History of Consciousness at the University
of California at Santa Cruz, and she spent several years during graduate
school working for environmental health policy organizations in
Washington, DC.
Courses Taught:
Communication 200: Health Communication
Women’s Studies 267/Communication 267: Gender and Digital Culture
Communication 408: New Media Project Design
Communication 418/618: Internet Communities and Cultures
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