Allissa V. Richardson, Ph.D. is an associate professor of journalism at USC Annenberg, specializing in how African Americans use mobile and social media to create innovative journalism, particularly during crises. She is the best-selling author of the award-winning book Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones, and the New Protest #Journalism (2020), which examines the role of mobile journalist-activists in the Black Lives Matter movement. Dr. Richardson has been recognized as the National Association of Black Journalists’ Journalism Educator of the Year and is an Apple Distinguished Educator. She has held prestigious fellowships at Harvard University's Nieman Foundation, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, and the Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights. She holds a PhD in journalism studies from the University of Maryland and degrees from Northwestern University and Xavier University of Louisiana. For more, visit https://allissavrichardson.com.
