Biography

Lauren Kogen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at the Klein College of Media and Communication at Temple University. Her research focuses on communication for social change (how media and communication can promote positive social change for marginalized or underserved communities) and communication about social change (how information about social change work is communicated to policy makers and the public). She also conducts evaluations of media and communication interventions.

Research Interests

• communication for social change
• communication about social change
• intimate partner violence
• trauma
• project evaluation
• community-based research

Courses Taught

Education

Personal website: laurenkogen.com

Recent publications

Kogen, L., Cai, D.A., Pitts, C., Imms, P., Perkins, M., & Reeves, K. (2025). Are people hesitating – or just postponing – to get the Covid-19 vaccine? Vaccine outreach in marginalized urban communities. American Behavioral Scientist 69(1), 55-70. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642221138279

Kogen, L. (2025) (First edition published in 2019). Evaluations and impact assessments in communication for development. In J. Servaes (Ed.) Handbook of communication for development and social change. Springer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7035-8_131-1

Kogen, L. (2024). Participatory data analysis in social change research: Empowering, practical, or both? Qualitative Research. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14687941241288207

Kogen, L. (2024). Qualitative thematic analysis of transcripts in social change research: Reflections on common misconceptions and recommendations for reporting results. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069231225919

Kogen, L. (2022, July 22). Using data to support social movements: What the research says. RankingDigitalRights.org.

Kogen, L. (2022). Communicating for social change: A model of communicative power. The International Communication Gazette 84(7–8), 591–612. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485221104003

Kogen, L. (2022). From statistics to stories: Indices and indicators as communication tools for social change. The International Journal of Press/Politics 29(4), 1090-1108. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612221094246

Kogen, L. (2022). Better safe than sorry: Examining trauma as an obstacle to empowerment and social change in a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention. Journal of Applied Communication Research 50(2), 189-207.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521

Pitts, C. & Kogen, L. (2021, Nov 18). Philly’s unvaccinated aren’t all conspiracy theorists or anti-vaxxers. They’ve just got bigger problems than COVID. Philadelphia Inquirer.

Kogen, L. (2019). News you can use or news that moves? Journalists’ rationales for coverage of distant suffering. Journalism Practice 13(1), 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2017.1400395

PRESS COVERAGE:

Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine (2024, Feb 26). A Unique Collaboration: Lewis Katz School of Medicine Works With Temple Health and Klein College of Media and Communication to Encourage Lung Cancer Screenings in North Philadelphia. Lewis Katz School of Medicine.

Akman, T. (2023, Nov 3). Temple program aims to get more people screened for lung cancer. Philadelphia Inquirer.

Hallowell, A. (2023, May 20). Temple  Health boosts lung health testing with campaign that addressed barriers to care. Becker’s Hospital Review.

Hornick, I. (2023, May 20). Recognizing lung cancer screening barriers can increase number of eligible patients screened. Healio.

Merrefield, C. (2022, June 28). Should news outlets show graphic images of mass shooting victims? Researchers and other experts weigh in. The Journalist’s Resource.

Braxton, A. (2021, December 17). Solutions with Amadee Braxton: Episode on Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy in Philadelphia [Radio broadcast interview]. WURD Radio.

Menapace, B. (2021). Skate videos and unhoused people. Secret Magazine.

Parkhill, M. (2017, December 3). Absence of solutions-based journalism deemed problematic in reports of war and mass atrocity. Medium.com.

Journalism Research News (2017, November 27). US journalists avoid suggesting solutions to crises. JournalismResearchNews.org.

Culver, S.H. (Producer). (2017, October 3). Media Inside Out. Episode: “The media and tragedy.” TUTV