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First Year Graduate Students
Farah Alsakhita
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication Wake Forest University
Research Interests:
multimedia project, rhetorical studies, place-based theory, qualitative method, and specifically storytelling method.
Gina Giorgio
Graduate Student
B.S., Psychology High Point University
Research Interests:
Health Communications, Media, and Political Communications with an emphasis on drug stigma and drug policy.
Nadia Marie Johnson
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication Arts Johnson C. Smith University
Research Interests:
Black women representation in media (broadcast and internet) – agenda-setting theory, classical rhetorical theory, cultivation theory, and media logic theory.
Jada Miller
Graduate Student
B.S., Journalism West Virginia University
Research Interests:
Communication within technology, popular culture, intercultural communication, media studies and also open to acquiring more research interests!
Marge Strong
Graduate Student
B.S., Mathematics Michigan State University
Research Interests:
Representations of race, gender, and disability in pop culture
Shuruq Alsafari
Graduate Student
B.A., Public Relations King Abdulaziz University
Research Interests:
Children’s communication, international relations theory
and problems, and social media impact.
Eliza Buckner
Graduate Student
B.A., Sociology George Mason University
Research Interests:
archives, rhetoric, disability justice, decolonial theory, and political economy.
Noah Graham
Graduate Student
B.S., Public Administration George Mason University
Research Interests:
Disability, international relations, political rhetoric
Sam Shear
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication & Political Science Christopher Newport University
Research Interests:
political rhetoric, media, and controversy.
C Wal
Graduate Student
B.S., Psychology University of Michigan
Research Interests:
Political communication, argumentation theory
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Second Year Graduate Students
Jurabek Karimov
Graduate Student
B.A., Coaching University of Physical Culture of Tashkent
Interests:
Communication in Sport
Ryan King
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication Wake Forest University
Interests:
Interpersonal Communication, Relational Communication, Conflict Management
Catherine Marple
Graduate Student
B.A., University Scholar: Philosophy, English, Communication, Film & Digital Media Baylor University
Interests:
Positive Media Effects, Narrative Structure, Character Development, Persuasion
Emilia Migliaccio
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication Wake Forest University
Interests:
Gender Inequality/Stereotypes in the Sports Industry as diversity issues within the workforce in the sports industry
Jakob Schnaitter
Graduate Student
B.A., Business Management Azusa Pacific University
Interests:
Impact of Social Media and Press on Athlete’s Mental Health; Sports Media; Intercultural Communication
Jackie Bumgarner
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication and Social Influence Temple University
Interests:
Conflict Communication, Hostage Negotiation, Violent Extremism
Mara Busch
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication and Political Science University of Missouri
Interests:
Social Movement Studies, Race and
Representation in the Media, Sexual Health
Halle Campbell
Graduate Student
B.A., Strategic Communication and Art & Architecture History Miami University
Interests:
Political Communication, Advocacy and Activism, and the Impact of Social Media
Alex Marban
Graduate Student
B.A., Communication & French Studies Wake Forest University
Interests:
Debate, Rhetoric, Political Communication
Tajha Na’il
Graduate Student
B.A., Mass Communication Winston-Salem State University
Interests:
Intercultural Communication
Pratiti Shah
Graduate Student
B.A., Human Resource Management Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar
Interests:
Media Effects, Narrative Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Persuasion Theory