Lauren D Furey

Lauren Furey (Ph.D., University of Florida) is an Associate Professor of Communication in the Communication Department. She teaches in the multimedia journalism option, advises The Poly Post student newspaper and The Poly Pulse magazine, as well as co-leads a Media and Politics Research Team with undergraduate students. Outside of teaching, she researches the portrayal of women, particularly in politics, by the news media and in popular culture and co-hosts a podcast featuring interviews with women politicians called The Pink State.

Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. Furey worked as a journalist and has published in newspapers like the Jacksonville Business Journal, The Florida Times-Union, Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Daily News Egypt, Daily Star Egypt, and Pakistan Christian Post. She also wrote for New York Times and Wall Street Journal editors and columnists while completing her master's in journalism from Columbia Journalism School. She received her B.A. in communications, with a concentration in journalism, from the University of North Florida.

Furey, L. D., & Hall, A. E. (2025). She’s no “lady president”: Exploring the evolution of women presidents in TV and movies. In T. Everbach, G. Nisbett, & P. Newly (Eds.), Women’s leadership in popular culture. Lexington Books.

Hall, A. E., & Furey, L. D. (2025). I’m with her: Exploring Barbie for President campaign narratives with young women and moms. In R. Hains & E. Aguilo-Perez (Eds.), #Barbie and social media: Digital discourses and Mattel’s celebrity doll. Palgrave Macmillan.

Horowitz, N., Peterson, H., & Furey, L. D. (2024). Exploring the media discourse of Neurodiversity and Neurodivergent individuals: A step toward discovering possibilities for all people. Western Journal of Communication, 89(4), 654-674. https://doi.org/10.1080/10570314.2024.2395314 *This paper features a Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate student co-author.

Furey, L. D., Turcotte, J., Sorrell, J., Urbina, N., Frisan, E., & Corrales, N. (2023). Miss(ing) representation: Examining how race shaped news coverage of missing women surrounding Gabby Petito's disappearance. Journalism Practice, 19(7), 1538-1555. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2259378 *This paper features four Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate student co-authors.

Hall, A. E., Furey, L. D., & Muttram, L. (2023). The rise of #GirlDad in a #BoyMom world: Exploring Instagram's role in influencing performative parenthood. Journal of Social Media in Society, 12(1), 235-256. *This paper features a Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate student co-author.

Turcotte, J., Furey, L. D., Garcia-Ortega, J. M., Hernandez, N., Siccion, C., & Stephenson, E. (2021). The novelty news narrative: How social identity influences policy attention of minority political candidates. Newspaper Research Journal, 41(1), 95-110. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739532921990146 *This paper features four Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate student co-authors and won best article of the issue by Newspaper Research Journal.

Furey, L .D., Cho, M., & Mohr, T. (2019). Is business news starting to bark? How business news covers corporate social responsibility post the economic crisis. Journalism, 20(2), 256-273. https://doi.org/10.1177/1464884917731180 

Mohr, T. L., & Furey, L. D. (2018). Advancing agenda-building: Exploring causal relationships. The Agenda Setting Journal, 2(1), 84-103. https://doi.org/10.1075/asj.17008moh

Cho, M., Furey, L. D., & Schweickart, T. L. (2016). Communicating CSR on social media: Strategies, stakeholders, and public engagement on corporate Facebook. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 80(1), 52-69. http://doi.org/10.1177/2329490616663708

Furey, L. D., & Hall, A. E. (Hosts). (2024). The Pink State, Season 2 [Audio podcast]. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/show/02KE9vSfDrnGLonB1kJV0l

*The episode titled “Making #herstory with Jennie Armstrong: Leading with love for the LGBTQ+ community” was a runner-up for the Moment of Visionary Leadership category of the International Women’s Podcast Awards in June 2025. 

Furey, L. D., & Hall, A. E. (Hosts). (2023). The Pink State, Season 1 [Audio podcast]. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/show/02KE9vSfDrnGLonB1kJV0l

*The episode titled “Making #herstory: Olivia Hill’s triumph as a trans woman in Tennessee” won an Award of Excellence from the Broadcast Education Association’s Media Arts Festival in April 2024.