Bill Yousman, Ph.D., is Professor and Director of the Media Literacy and Digital Culture graduate program at Sacred Heart University. He joined the School of Communication & Media Arts in 2015. He is the former Managing Director of the Media Education Foundation.

Dr. Yousman teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in media literacy. These courses stress critical analysis of media industries, content, and social impact.He is the Director of Media Literacy and Digital Culture for the graduate program here at SHU, as well as being on the following committees: IDEAL Commitee, Women's Studies Committee, Digital Communications Major Committee and the CM 101 Committee.

Recent Courses Taught: Foundations of Media Literacy, Race and Representation, Media Ethics.

Dr. Yousman’s research focuses on media and the construction of ideology, the role media representations play in shaping perceptions of race, and the relationship between media and democracy. His scholarship includes critical analyses of media images of the prison industrial complex, ideology in the films of Spike Lee, the social impact of rap music and hip-hop culture.

Dr. Yousman’s monographs include Prime Time Prisons on U.S. TV: Representation of Incarceration and The Spike Lee Enigma: Challenge and Incorporation in Media Culture. He has published research in several media and communication journals and edited anthologies and has presented at regional, national, and international conferences.