Barbara Mueller is Professor of Advertising in the School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University. She received her Ph.D. in communications from the University of Washington. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals, she is the author of Dynamics of International Advertising: Theoretical and Practical Perspectives (Peter Lang, 2004), and co-author (with Katherine Toland Frith) of Advertising and Societies: Global Issues (Peter Lang, 2003).