Little
About: Alexia (Lexie) Little is a first-year PhD student specializing in journalism. Her research interests center around media history, specifically how media have constructed conceptions of collective memory, culture, and celebrity. Broadly, she is interested in cultural and critical studies using primarily qualitative methods. Her published work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals like Journalism History and American Journalism.
Lexie is a past recipient of the Robert Lance Memorial Award for Outstanding Student Paper and Wally Eberhard Award for the Outstanding Paper on Media and War presented by the American Journalism Historians Association, Top Student Paper (second place) issued by the AEJMC History Division, and William Randolph Hearst Foundation Journalism Award for Personality/Profile Writing. She was named a McGill Fellow in 2021.
Prior to her doctoral studies, Lexie worked as a magazine feature writer and sports columnist before joining the staff at Vanderbilt University, where she ran strategic communications for the Top 5-ranked School of Medicine.
Education
M.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia
B.S. in Journalism and Electronic Media, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Refereed Journal Publications
Little, A. (Fall 2022). “Cementing Their Heroes: Historical Newspaper Coverage of Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Confederate Monuments,” Journalism History 48(3): pp. 199-221 [Finalist, 2023 Sweeney Award for the Most Outstanding Article published in Journalism History].
Little, A. (Spring 2022). “The Flag Unfurled: The Negotiation of Civil War Memory in Confederate Displays,” American Journalism 39(2): pp. 169-195. [Finalist, 2022 American Journalism Best Article Award].
Invited Journal Essays
Lanosga, G., Little, A.., Fears, L. Carter-Olson, C. (Winter 2022). “Identifying Research Gaps and Opportunities as Journal’s Fiftieth Anniversary Nears,” Journalism History 48(4): pp. 269-282.
Lanosga, G. and Little, L. (Fall 2022). “Journalism History Analyzes Diversity Coverage as 50th Year Approaches,” Journalism History 48(3): pp. 181-183.
Refereed Conference Papers & Presentations
Little, A. “Unconquering the Banner: The Negotiation of Civil War Memory in Confederate Displays,” American Journalism Historians Association, Virtual, October 2021, Refereed Paper. [The study earned both the Robert Lance Memorial Award for Outstanding Student Paper and the Wally Eberhard Award for the Outstanding Paper on Media and War].
Little, A. “Cementing Their Heroes: Historical Newspaper Coverage of Confederate Monuments,” Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Virtual, August 2021, Refereed Paper. [The study earned second place honors in the History Division’s top student paper competition].
Conference Panel Presentations
“The State of Diversity in Journalism History,” Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 2022, Refereed Panel Presentation, History Division. [with Gerry Lanosga].
