Natalia Mielczarek

Natalia Mielczarek is an associate professor in the School of Communication. She teaches in the multimedia journalism division and is also on the graduate faculty. Her research interests include visual rhetoric, iconicity, Internet memes and appropriation of images in digital culture. Before returning to academia in 2010, Mielczarek spent 10 years working as a newspaper reporter. She teaches a variety of courses at Virginia Tech, including Media Writing, Multimedia Storytelling, Media and Society and graduate seminars.