Academic Books
Hatfield, E.F. (2017).
Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections Across Identities, Genders, and Cultures. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Academic Research Articles
Hatfield, E.F. (2020). Opting Out or Pushed Out? Making Sense of Television Mothers’ Decisions About Work.
Media Report to Women, 48(4), p. 6-11, 20-21.
Hatfield, E.F. (2019). Soft masculinity as the new norm: An examination of gender in
Paddington 2. Journal of Communications Media Studies, 19(11), p. 59-75.
Hatfield, E.F. (2018). [Invited Article] eTools: Using webs.com in the Classroom. National Communication Association. Available online at:
https://www.natcom.org/sites/default/files/pages/eTools_Using_Webs-com_in_the_Classroom_June_2018.pdf. (pdf)
Hatfield, E.F. (2018). Fatherhood stereotypes and cultural expectations: Examining modern fatherhood through coverage of the Women’s March.
The Florida Communication Journal, 46(1).
Hatfield, E.F. (2017). Narrative learning using podcasts in interpersonal communication.
Communication Teacher, DOI: 10.1080/17404622.2017.1372790.
Hatfield, E. (2016). Lessons from celebrity parents: Unintended audience learning from celebrity news stories.
Media Report to Women, 44(2).
Hatfield, E. (2010). What it means to be a man”: Examining hegemonic masculinity in
Two and a Half Men. Communication, Culture & Critique, 3, p. 526-548.
Hatfield, E. (2009). Protecting ‘signal bleed’ as freedom of speech: An analysis of
United States et al v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. Communication Law Review, 9(2), p. 46-62.
Book Chapters Hatfield E.F. (2021). Grandparent-grandchild communication during the transition to personal media. In C. Liberman & K. Wright (Eds.)
Casing media communication. Dubuque: IA: Kendall Hunt.
Hatfield, E. (2018). Celebrity parents' experiences with work-life balance. In K. Vaidya (Ed.)
Celebrity for the curious: Why study celebrity, music, and film studies? Queensland, AU: The Curious Academic Publishing.
Hatfield, E.F. (2017). Critical Skills: Interviewing. In G. Golson (Ed.)
Research Starters. Ipswich, MA: EBSCO.
Hatfield, E.F. (2017). ‘There’s a thousand things I do around here’: Examining mothers’ roles in the gendered division of labor on sitcoms. In E. Hatfield (Ed.)
Communication and the Work-Life Balancing Act: Intersections Across Identities, Genders, and Cultures. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Hatfield, E.F. and Hampsten, K. (2017). Tracing the daddy wars: The emergence of dad culture and the prioritization of work-life balance. In E. Hatfield (Ed.)
Communication and the work-life balancing act: Intersections across identities, genders, and cultures. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Hatfield, E.F. (2016). The Influence of Celebrity Persona on Audience Member’s Consumption Practices as Parents. In S. Nandy and J. Raphael (Eds.)
Building bridges in celebrity studies. Kingston: Waterhill Publishing.
Hatfield, E.F. (2015). Motherhood and mental health: Exploring Carrie Mathison’s Homeland Pregnancy. In S. Hayden and H. Huntley (Eds.),
Mediated Moms: Contemporary Challenges to the Motherhood Myth. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
Hatfield, E.F. (2014). Valuing family, valuing work: A comparison of ‘balance’ discourse targeting mothers and fathers. In A. Martinez and L. Miller (Eds.), Gender in a Transitional Era: Changes and Challenges. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Hatfield, E. (2012). The Checkout Line Perspective: Presidential Politics as Celebrity Popular Culture in People. In J. Vaughn and L. Goren (Eds.) Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture and Presidential Politics. University of Kentucky Press. [Book awards include the Susan Koppelman Award for Best Anthology and the Peter C. Rollins Award for Popular Culture]
Book Reviews
Hatfield, E.F. (2019). The Oxford handbook on advice (E.L. MacGeorge & L.M. Van Swol).
Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 1-3.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0261927X19854486 Hatfield, E.F. (2018).
(Not) getting paid to do what you love (B.E. Duffy). Critical Studies in Media Communication, 35(3), 315-317.
https://doi.org/10.1080/15295036.2018.1433310 Hatfield, E.F. (2017). Sylvia Plath and the language of affective states (Z. Demjen).
Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 36(4), 494-499.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0261927X17706133
Conference Presentations Hatfield, E.F. “Negotiating ‘family first’ as a gendered concept.” [Winner Top Panel Award]. Central States Communication Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. April 14-19, 2020.
Hatfield, E.F. “The back-to-work decision making process: How sitcom moms frame the experience.” National Communication Association 105th Annual Convention. Baltimore, MD, November 14-17, 2019.
Hatfield, E.F. “Using Broadway musicals as a high impact learning experience.” Popular Culture Association Annual 2019 Conference. Washington, DC, April 17-20, 2019.
Hampsten, K. and Hatfield, E.F. “Fonda, Ginsburg, and Williams: Depictions of the anti-supermom in popular culture.” Popular Culture Association Annual 2019 Conference. Washington, DC, April 17-20, 2019.
Hatfield, E.F. “Plenary speaker: Analyzing gender in the movie
Bad Moms.” Texas A & M University’s Communicating Diversity Conference, College Station, TX, March 28-29, 2019.
Hatfield, E.F. “Soft masculinity as the new norm: Upending hegemonic notions as typical in
Paddington 2.” National Communication Association 104th Annual Convention. Salt Lake City, Utah, November 8-11, 2018.
Hatfield, E.F. “‘Time to change that conversation’: Celebrity cultural criticism, gender roles, and work-life balance in popular media.” Central States Communication Association’s 2018 Annual Conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 4-7, 2018.
Hatfield, E.F. “Work-life balance as a celebrity issue: Exploring the gendered and classed nature of popular press coverage.” National Communication Association’s 103rd Annual Convention. Dallas, Texas, November 17-19, 2017.
Hatfield, E.F. “Montclair and the Women’s March: Examining the media impact of Bondy's New York Times Article.” Center for Media Studies and Celebrity 5th International Conference, New York, NY, August 31 - September 1, 2017.
Hatfield, E.F. “Gender roles in interpersonal communication: Exploring stages of relationships with
Modern Romance.” Eastern Communication Association 108th Annual Convention, Boston, MA, March 29th – April 2nd, 2017.
Hatfield, E.F. “Communicating work/life challenges within the family.” Work Family Researchers Network 2016 Conference. Washington, DC, June 23-25, 2016.
Hatfield, E.F. “Implementing high impact practices through core curriculum, teaching circles, and innovative assignments.” Southern States Communication Association’s 16th Annual Convention, Austin, TX, April 6-10, 2016.
Hatfield, E.F. “
Picturing celebrity parenthood: A semiotic analysis of gendered parenting in People Magazine.” National Communication Association’s 96th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 14-17, 2010.
Hatfield, E.F. “
Valuing work, valuing family: A comparison of 'balance' discourse targeting mothers and fathers.” National Communication Association’s 96th Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA, November 14-17, 2010.
Hatfield, E.F. “More than moms: Assessing celebrity magazines’ coverage of parenthood.” Southern States Communication Association Annual Conference, Memphis, TN, April 7-11, 2010 [TOP STUDENT PAPER – Gender Studies Division].
Hatfield, E.F. "Women's positive experiences using dating websites: Cultural influences, community and empowerment online." Southern States Communication Association Annual Convention, Memphis, TN, April 7-11, 2010.
Hatfield, E.F. “Framing the Olympic opening ceremony: NBC’s use of selectivity, partiality, and structure in presenting the Beijing Olympics.” National Communication Association 95th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, November 12-15, 2009.
Hatfield, E.F. “What it is to be a man: A narrative analysis of masculinity in Two and a Half Men.” National Communication Association 95th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL, November 12-15, 2009.
Hatfield, E.F. "Facebook as speech code: Considering its application in the college classroom." National Communication Association 94th Annual Convention, San Diego, CA, November 21-24, 2008.
Hatfield, E.F. “Protecting America’s indecent speech: An analysis of
United States et al v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc.” Midwestern Popular Culture Association Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH, October 3-5, 2008.
Fish, E. “Revenue all-stars: The corporate takeover of the modern stadium.” Media Ecology Association Fourth Annual Conference, Hofstra University, June 6-8, 2003.