Dr. Frauke I. Schnell

  • Professor
  • Office: Anderson Hall, Room 318 B
  • Email: FSchnell@wcupa.edu
  • Phone: 610-436-2954

Biography (Academic)

Frauke Schnell has received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Her undergraduate studies have been completed at the Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet in Tuebingen, Germany. Dr. Schnell’s research interests center on the field of political communication, especially the role the media plays in framing issues, policies, and social movements. Her research is published in various books, book chapters, and journals in the fields of political communication, women in politics and psychology

Education

  • Ph.D: Political Science, December 1993; State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • M.A: Political Science, September 1989; State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • B.A: Political Science and Linguistics (Double Major with Minor in Law), December 1986, Eberhard-Karls Universitaet, Tuebingen, Germany

Community and Other Service

Dr. Schnell is active across the University on a number of committees.

Publications/Activites

Tahmaseb McConatha, J. & Schnell, F. (2020) “Ageism in the Workplace: The Plight of Older Immigrant Women.” In Lisa Hollis Sawyer & Ellen Cole (Eds.). Grey and Grit: Older women who Work. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association

Schnell, F. & K. Callaghan. (2009). “Who Says What to Whom: Why Messengers and Citizen Beliefs Matter in Social Policy Framing.” Social Science Journal 46: 12-28.

Terkildsen, N., Schnell, F. & C. Ling. (2007). “Interest Groups, the Media, and Policy Debate Formation: An Analysis of Message Structure, Rhetoric, and Source Cues.” In Philip Seib (Ed.). Political Communication. London, UK: Sage Publications.

Callaghan, K. & F. Schnell. (2008). The Politics of Issue Debates: An Examination of an Immigration Reform Initiative. National Social Science Journal. 30(2): 9-25.

Terkildsen, N., Schnell, F. & C. Ling. (2007). “Interest Groups, the Media, and Policy Debate Formation: An Analysis of Message Structure, Rhetoric, and Source Cues.” In Philip Seib (Ed.). Political Communication. London, UK: Sage Publications.

Callaghan, K. & F. Schnell (eds.). (2006). The Framing of American Politics. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Schnell, F. & K. Callaghan. (2005). “Terrorism, Media Frames and Gun Control: Disentangling the Role of Affect and Cognition in the Aftermath of 9/11.” In Karen Callaghan & Frauke Schnell (Eds.). The Framing of American Politics. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Callaghan, K. & F. Schnell. (2005). “The Framing of American Politics: A Research Paradigm.” In Karen Callaghan & Frauke Schnell (Eds.). The Framing of American Politics. Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Tahmaseb McConatha, J., F. Schnell, K. Volkwein, L. Riley & E. Leach. (2003). "Attitudes Toward Aging: A Comparative Analysis of Young Adults from the United States and Germany. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 57(2): 205-217.

Volkwein, K., F. Schnell, S. Devlin, M. Olson & J. Sutera. (2003). "Sexual Harassment of Women in Sports versus Academia." Journal of Sexual Aggression, 8 (2):69-82.

Callaghan, K. & F. Schnell (2002). “Understanding the Consequences of Group Labeling for the Women’s Movement: An Experimental Investigation.” Women and Politics 23(4): 31-60.

Callaghan, K. & F. Schnell. (2001). “Assessing the Democratic Debate: How the News Media Frame Elite Policy Discourse.” Political Communication 18(2): 183-213.

Terkildsen, N., F. Schnell, & C. Ling. (2000). “Interest Groups, the Media, and Policy Debate Formation: An Analysis of Message Structure, Rhetoric, and Source Cues.” In Doris Graber (Ed.) Media Power in Politics. Congressional Quarterly, Inc.

Schnell, F., N. Terkildsen, & K. Callaghan. (2000). "Symbolism and Social Movements: How U.S, Political Debates are Shaped and Citizens' Attitudes Influenced by Symbolic Communiqués." In Christ'l de Landtsheer & Ofer Feldman (Eds.). Beyond Public Speech and Symbols: Explorations in the Rhetoric of Politicians and the Media. Westport, CT: Praeger Publications.

Classes Regularly Taught

  • PSC 100 Introduction to American Government
  • PSC 101 Politics of Diversity in the United States
  • PSC 301 Women and Politics
  • PSC 322 Public Opinion
  • PSC 401 Senior Seminar