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Megan Fletcher

faculty

Megan Fletcher, PhD she/her/hers

Assistant Professor

English & Communication

Contact

508-999-8274

mfletcher@umassd.edu

Balsam Hall 9167

Education

2022North Carolina State UniversityPhD
2016North Carolina State UniversityMS
2013Bridgewater State UniversityBA

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Introduction to digital and media literacy. Introduction to foundational literacy practices in digital media analysis and composition. Students learn core concepts in digital media studies while also developing foundational skills in composing texts across genres and modes¿written, visual, and aural. Students will also learn and employ various rhetorical tactics to develop skills in questioning and troubleshooting with technology.

Capstone study. The course focus will change with the instructor, but topics may include professional writing and communication, mass communication, strategic communication, technical communication, and others.

The course includes intensive research into funding sources, analysis and interpretation of guidelines and writing several drafts of grant proposals. This specialized rhetorical form involves analyzing complex audiences and learning persuasive techniques unique to grants writing.

Development of intermediate level of communication skills about health-related concerns. Students learn to communicate effectively with diverse professional and public audiences and to connect the development of communication strategies to social, cultural, and political context. The course is organized around a semester-specific theme pertaining to the social determinants of health, health disparities, and public health concerns.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Development of intermediate level of communication skills about health-related concerns. Students learn to communicate effectively with diverse professional and public audiences and to connect the development of communication strategies to social, cultural, and political context. The course is organized around a semester-specific theme pertaining to the social determinants of health, health disparities, and public health concerns.
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Research

Research interests

  • Strategic Communication
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Media & Technology
  • Autoethnography
  • Community-Based Research

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Dr. Megan Alyssa Fletcher is a communication scholar specializing in women’s health and media. Through community-engaged research, she employs narrative-driven and interdisciplinary approaches to examine how communication shapes access to care and support for survivors of violence. Her work investigates intake procedures across medical and public health sectors, exploring how these documents mediate access, determine service-worthiness, and impact patient outcomes. The aim of her research is to actively improve conditions for women who have experienced abuse, a goal rooted in effective strategic communication. Her first research project, “We to Me: An Autoethnographic Discovery of Self – In and Out of Domestic Abuse”, was published in Women’s Studies in Communication. For this manuscript, she received the Stephen E. Lucas Debut Publication Award from the National Communication Association (NCA) in 2019. Dr. Fletcher earned her PhD in Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media from North Carolina State University in 2022. Born in New Bedford, Dr. Fletcher is thrilled to partner with local organizations for research endeavors and student engagement opportunities. As a first-generation college student who attended UMass Dartmouth, Dr. Fletcher is keenly interested in supporting our students in their academic and professional pursuits.