Polinsky, Heather

Biography

Before pursuing academia, I worked as an audio engineer at SoundTrax Recording Studios in Raleigh, North Carolina. After the studio hit some hard economic times, I left to pursue my master's degree researching the economic realities of the media and further pursued media economics and policy in doctoral education.

I joined the faculty of Central Michigan University in 1997. Over the years, I helped students begin Moore Media Records and advised WMHW-FM. I designed and taught courses in the audio post-production for video, music production, field audio recording, and the music industry. I enjoy teaching students at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I produce radio segments for CMU Public Radio, podcasts for the College of Medicine and put most of my research efforts into studying media economics and policy.

Selected Scholarly and Creative Endeavors

2022 Communicator Award of Excellence for Podcast Series in Science and Medicine for Shifting Mindsets for Better Health, Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts (May 2022). Segments aired on WCMU-FM https://radio.wcmu.org/show/shifting-mindsets
-for-better-health

Sindik, A., Polinsky, H. (2020). Federal Communications Commission Reverse Incentive Spectrum Auction: Outcomes and Impact on the Broadcast Industry. Journal of Media Business Studies (ROMB).https://doi.org/10.1080
/16522354.2020.1739365

Williamson, P. A., Stohlman, T. A., Polinsky, H. (2017). Me, my “selfie” and I: A survey of self-disclosure motivations on social media. The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) Journal of Cultural Studies, 2(2), 71-85. https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-cultural-
studies/volume-2-issue-2/article-5/

Communicator Award of Distinction in Audio for the “Michigan Soapbox,” International Academy of the Visual Arts (May 2013). Segments aired on WCMU-FM from June 2012 – December 2014.