Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Alabama
M.A., University of Alabama
B.A., Northern Arizona University

Dr. Dillman Carpentier came from Arizona State University to join the School's faculty in 2005. Her teaching interests include television production, telecommunication management and policy, and media effects. Her research questions focus on how we process mass-mediated messages, with additional focus on understanding what motivates us to select certain media offerings over others.

Francesca’s academic work has been published in a number of journals inside and outside of the communication discipline, for example Media Psychology, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, International Journal on Media Management, Journal of School Violence, and Personality and Individual Differences. She has also written television scripts for children’s and educational videos.