Melanie Wilderman is an associate professor of journalism at the Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma where she joined the faculty in 2013. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in journalism from OU and a Doctorate of Education from Oklahoma State University. She has worked in various capacities with OIDJ for six years.
She has taught journalism at the university level for 15 years and was honored state-wide in 2012 as the Society of Professional Journalists Oklahoma Chapter Teacher of the Year. Her areas of academic research include journalism education, service learning, and community journalism.
Previous to teaching, Wilderman worked in newspapers as both a reporter and designer. She has published two books in a young-adult series, “The Ghost Glimpser” and continues to stay active as a freelance magazine writer for Oklahoma Living and Luxiere Oklahoma.
Additionally, she has won awards for short film scripts including the Judges’ Choice Award at GO Independent Film Festival in 2017, Best Comedy Short at Austin Revolution Film Festival in 2015, and Best Screenplay at deadCENTER Film Festival in 2013.
Wilderman and her husband, Ted Satterfield, co-authored the stage play “Alcoholidays”, which has been produced three times in Oklahoma City theaters, and as a solo author she penned a second play, “Faithiest,” that premiered in July 2018.