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Elanie Steyn

Elanie Steyn

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Gaylord Family Professor

Elanie Steyn

Office: Gaylord Hall 3000A
Email: elanie@ou.edu

Education:
PhD
, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus
MA, Potchefstroom
MA, City University, London

Areas of Specialization

  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Women in Leadership
  • Empowerment of Minority Communities

Scholarly Highlights

  • State Department partnerships in South Asia
  • OU Diplomacy Lab

Steyn teaches in journalism, media management and business of media. Her research interests focus on women in media leadership, international media studies and media management. She has taught on these topics internationally and is the PI for several U.S. State Department and other grants on media and small business with South Asian countries.

Prior to joining OU, Steyn conducted research for media and private sector businesses, government departments, universities and investment corporations in Africa and Europe. Steyn has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and/or chapters in textbooks, has read more than 50 conference papers and serves on review and editorial boards of academic journals. 

Before joining OU, she was a senior lecturer in the School of Communication Studies at the North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus in South Africa.