Kajsa Dalrymple is a teaching faculty member in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is also an honorary fellow of the Center for Journalism Ethics and serves as Coordinator of the Social Impact Storytelling Institute.
Dalrymple’s teaching and program development center on ethical storytelling, media literacy and the social impact of communication. She brings more than a decade of university teaching, research and administrative experience, having previously served as Associate Professor at the University of Iowa, where her research focused on media effects, persuasion and environmental communication.
At UW–Madison, she teaches J175 Digital Media Fluency, J203 Information for Communication, J415 Science and Environmental Journalism, and J658 Communication Research Methods, integrating social scientific theories with applied media practice to prepare students for thoughtful, impactful careers in communication. Through the Social Impact Storytelling Institute, she designs hands-on, community-engaged learning experiences in partnership with local media organizations and alumni.
Outside the classroom, Dalrymple is the founder of Dalrymple Advising, LLC, a consulting firm focused on curriculum design, program strategy, and storytelling initiatives for higher education and nonprofit organizations. She holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.