Florida Atlantic University Professor Selected for Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowship

Dr. Danyelle M. Greene, an assistant professor at Florida Atlantic University in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, was selected for an Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowship by the Television Academy Foundation in Hollywood. She is one of 18 professors selected from colleges and universities nationwide for the 2026 fellowship program.

Since 2021, the Foundation has offered Alex Trebek Legacy Fellowships, established by the Harry & Judy Friedman Family Foundation, in honor of the late television icon and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, which provide financial support for educators from community colleges and minority-serving institutions to attend its annual Media Educators Conference. The three-day conference, held at the Television Academy’s North Hollywood campus in California, Oct. 21-23, connects college classrooms with the television industry by providing media professors with curriculum-enhancing seminars on the latest in the art, science and business of television with prominent leaders in entertainment.

Greene is a scholar-practitioner whose work combines film and media scholarship with creative production. She teaches media studies and production courses, such as Women and Film and Nonprofit Documentary Production at Florida Atlantic University. Her teaching emphasizes the core relationship between cultural studies, media literacy, creative practice and purposeful storytelling.