Master's Alumni by Year
Research interests: affectionate communication, mental health outcomes, and gender dynamics
Thesis Title: "The Expression of Affection and Physical and Mental Health Outcomes in Ghana"
Current position: PhD student, Arizona State University
Research Interests: New Media Communications, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Autoethnography
Thesis Title: "Constructing Mexican American Identity On-Screen: An Analysis of the Character Cesar in On My Block"
Current position: PhD student, University of Memphis
Research Interests: Memory, Labor, Identity in Severance; Memory Management, Immaterial Labor, Marxist Social Conflict and Modes of Production, Communication Theory of Identity (CTI)
Thesis Title: "The Work is Mysterious and Important": Biopolitics, Corporate Culturalism and Emotional Labor in Apple TV's Severance.
Current position: Multimedia Content Creator
Research Interests: Health communication
Thesis Title: "Sacred spices and stethoscopes : unpacking cultural influence on health."
Research interests: Interpersonal Communication (affection, health, motivations)
Thesis Title: "Why is Affectionate Communication Fundamental? A Study of Motives and Affection.”
Current position: PhD student, University of Delaware
Research interests: environmental communication, identity, message efficacy, environmental connectedness, etc.
Thesis Title: "Framing Sustainability in Fast Fashion"
Current position: PhD Student, University of Utah
Research interests: surveillance studies, media studies, critical/cultural studies
Current position: PhD student in Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research interests: strategic practices of aerospace communication and engagement within the broader study of science communication
Current Position: Ph.D. program in Communication and Media Studies, University of Oregon
Research interests: Caribbean studies, rural-urban disparities, intercultural health communication
Thesis title: “A Caribbean Chill”: A Rhetorical Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Guyana
Current position: Medicaid Quality Improvement Specialist with Moda/EOCCO