Graduate Students
Lily Calvert
Graduate Student
Trinity University
Research Interests: Theater & Empathy Performance Studies
Rae Fournier
Graduate Student
Western Kentucky University
Research Interest: Political Rhetoric Foreign Policy Communication Agricultural & Food Policy Rhetoric
Candice Funderburk
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence in Crisis Response Crisis Management Predictive Crisis Communication
Emily Gregg
Graduate Student
Meredith College
Research Interests: Political Communication Visual Branding Political Marketing
Jesse Helton
Graduate Student
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Research Interests: Social Perception
Artie Monarque
Graduate Student
Cal Poly – Humboldt
Research Interests: Interpersonal Relationships Prison studies Reentry & Incarceration Communication
Jack Perez
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interests: Narrative Communication Rhetoric
Radhika Sen
Graduate Student
Yonsei University
Research Interests: Cross-Cultural Consumer Behavior Brand Perception Cultural Consumption – Music, Art, Fashion Creative Industries
Nik Stamenkovic-Diez
Graduate Student
Northwestern University (BA)
The University of Chicago (MA)
Research Interests: Rhetorical Criticism Iconography Affect Theory Immigration Law
Alyson Warneke
Graduate Student
Tennessee Technical University
Research Interests: Southern Appalachian Studies Regional Stereotypes Poverty Discourse Cultural Representation Socioeconomic Rhetoric
Maisie Wilmer
Graduate Student
Loughborough University, BA(UK)
Wake Forest University, MA
Research Interests: AI in Workplace Decision Making Organizational Communication Sports Industry Communication
Cole Wolfe
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interests: White Collar Crime Antitrust Monopoly Economic Competition Rhetoric
Brooklyn Chillemi
Graduate Student
George Fox University
Research Interest: Interpersonal Communication
Ashley Almanza
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interest: Rhetoric
Joni Batz
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interests: Communication through animation, film and media
Cesar Grisales
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interests: Business Communications Linguistics
Kat Macioce
Graduate Student
University of Pittsburgh
Research Interests: Feminist Rhetoric Argumentation
Yulduz Mamedova
Graduate Student
Selcuk University – Turkey
Research Interests: Strategic Communication
Amanda Overdurf
Graduate Student
Salem College, BA
Wake Forest University, MA
Research Interests: Gothic Genre Studies, Classical Lit in Popular Culture, Media Studies, Creative Writing
Maeve Sanders
Graduate Student
University of Iowa
Research Interests: Transgender Studies Affect Studies Anti-Capitalist Organizing
Eli Turner-Louis
Graduate Student
Binghamton University
Research Interests: Rhetoric, Media and Culture through a black feminist pessimist lens
Max Wiessner
Graduate Student
California State University – Fullerton
Research Interests: Black & Native Feminism, Queer & Trans Theory, Critical Media Studies