Professor at @TCUComm. @commtheorybook co-author. Researching how we use technology to maintain relationships. Tweeting about higher ed, nerdy stuff, & TSwift.
Joined April 2009
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
3 Dec 2025
TCU professor (and Swiftie) Andrew Ledbetter analyzed Taylor Swift’s lyrics and fan conversations and found the “Taylorverse” is truly intertwined. “It is the connections between the songs. … that animates her art and fuels its success,” he writes.
📖: magazine.tcu.edu/winter-2025…
ALT TCU professor of communication studies Andrew Ledbetter sitting on a chair, smiling at the camera, in a room with a large "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" poster on the wall.
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20 Nov 2025
Honored to have my semantic network analysis of @taylorswift13 lyrics featured in @TCUMagazine ! magazine.tcu.edu/winter-2025…
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
9 Oct 2025
This TCU professor knows Taylor Swift’s music ‘all too well’ fortworthreport.org/2025/10/…
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8 Oct 2025
Honored to appear in this article!
8 Oct 2025
Wrote about Swifties' disillusionment with Taylor Swift's inability to read the room on "TLOAS."
“'I like my friends cancelled' is the most tone deaf lyric a white billionaire with MAGA friends could release in this climate,” one woman tweeted.
huffpost.com/entry/taylor-sw…
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
8 Oct 2025
Wrote about Swifties' disillusionment with Taylor Swift's inability to read the room on "TLOAS."
“'I like my friends cancelled' is the most tone deaf lyric a white billionaire with MAGA friends could release in this climate,” one woman tweeted.
huffpost.com/entry/taylor-sw…
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
8 Sep 2025
Opinion | Colleges Shouldn’t Hike Tuition After May 1
Increasing tuition and fees after National Decision Day is unfair to incoming students, Andrew M. Ledbetter and Jessica L. Ledbetter write. bit.ly/4mTMpbG
ALT A jar full of coins with a graduation cap complete with tassel on top.
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8 Sep 2025
Increasing tuition after the national decision deadline is a bait-and-switch practice that balances university budgets on the backs of 18-year-olds. And that's exactly what @UF did this summer. Our editorial in @insidehighered: insidehighered.com/opinion/v…
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
4 Aug 2025
How does parent involvement impact young adults' romantic relationships? After publishing research on this in a top-tier journal, Dr. Paul Schrodt shared his insights on @LastShowPizza. You can listen to their conversation about 11 minutes in!
open.spotify.com/episode/2tt…
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
12 Feb 2025
You can catch alumnus Stephen Bailey (M.S., 2012) on Wheel of Fortune tonight! Here's hoping the wheel was kind to you, Stephen!
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31 Jan 2025
Do you work with patients in healthcare? We have a master's student in our department who is doing survey research for her thesis project. If you'd interested in helping, feel free to send her an email!
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27 Jan 2025
My semantic network analysis of Taylor Swift's songs is now out in Comm Quarterly! And if you're curious to see how Taylor's songs rank by semantic centrality in the Taylorverse (including TTPD, which isn't in the main paper!), I've written that up here: andrewledbetter.com/2025/01/…
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16 Dec 2024
In this second post on my semantic network analysis of Taylor Swift's lyrics, I present evidence that the "Taylorverse" is real, and a real reason for the popularity of her music. andrewledbetter.com/2024/12/…
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11 Dec 2024
In my Taylor Swift study I wrote, "Swift's rhetorical vision may be... a [new] type of master analog, one of validation, that treats as important what society devalues or ignores." This article, which describes Swift as "validating" women's experiences, resonates with my claim.
10 Dec 2024
so long, #ErasTour
theeverygirl.com/end-of-tayl…
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9 Dec 2024
This past year, I've been combining my academic identity with my Swiftie identity, and that has now generated a peer-reviewed publication! /1
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9 Dec 2024
Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative/rhetorical methods, I identified four distinct types of Taylor Swift songs, and examined the association between lyrics and song popularity. The article is now out in Communication Quarterly. /2 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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9 Dec 2024
I've also written the first of two blog posts that translate the results for a broader audience. So, TSwift may not have dropped Rep TV at the close of #TSTheErasTour... but at least I can drop you this semantic network analysis of her work. andrewledbetter.com/2024/12/…
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27 Sep 2024
Carrie Moore's work with our students in our Media Insights Lab is a great example of how @tcucomm is engaging the crucial area of communication technology!
27 Sep 2024
Tech is changing so many things about communication, and we're here to understand it! In Carrie Moore's Nonverbal Comm class, students learn to use AI-powered in the Schieffer Media Insights Lab to probe the impact of body language & facial expressions. schieffercollege.tcu.edu/com…
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17 Sep 2024
We're hiring! Come join us for two years as a visiting lecturer!
17 Sep 2024
We posted a call for a new Visiting Lecturer, with the term of service running two years (start Spring 2025, end Fall 2026). The VL will teach 5 sections of COMM 10123 (public speaking) for each of those semesters. Review of applications begins 10/4. jobs.tcu.edu/jobs/visiting-l…
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
11 Sep 2024
Dr. Debi Iba on Fort Worth permitting drone deliveries: "While anyone might benefit from a reliable and convenient mechanism for delivery, for more vulnerable populations, drone delivery could be the difference between having a meal or going hungry."
tcu.edu/news/2024/fort-worth…
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Andrew Ledbetter retweeted
23 Jul 2024
👀Spotted @TCUComm's Tania Moreno! We can't wait to see her compete in Paris this summer.
Learn more about her journey: schieffercollege.tcu.edu/com…
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