Robin Hoecker is an Assistant Professor of Journalism at DePaul where she teaches photojournalism, journalism history, and mass communication classes. She recently co-edited Virus City, an anthology of Chicagoans’ stories about living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Before earning her PhD in Communication from Northwestern University, Robin worked as a multimedia editor at the Stars and Stripes military newspaper in Germany and Washington, D.C. She would rather be outside right now, either biking, skiing or kayaking. ​