Alyssa Appelman

Alyssa Appelman is an associate professor in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. She conducts social-science research on journalism practices and their effects on audiences. Her work focuses mostly on perceptions of news accuracy and credibility. She has conducted projects on the effects and significance of grammatical errors, stylistic errors and factual errors in news articles. She also examines message effects and information processing in digital and social media. Her most recent work looks at journalistic transparency, as well as perceptions of journalists’ use of AI.  Alyssa began working with the Jewish Studies program in 2026 through KU’s Keeler Family Intra-University Professorship program.