Master's in Communication Alumni

Master's Alumni by Year

Emmanuel Atikor
Emmanuel Atikor
M.A. in Communication
B.A. in Communication, University of Cape Coast

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

Andres De Los Santos
Andres De Los Santos
M.A. in Communication
B.A. in English and Creative Writing, Oregon 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

Cole Keady
Cole Keady
M.A. in Communication
B.A. in Digital Communication Arts/New Media Communications, Oregon State University

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 

Harnit Mahal
Harnit Mahal
M.S. in Communication
B.S., Communication, Oregon State University

Research Interests: Health communication

Thesis Title: "Sacred spices and stethoscopes : unpacking cultural influence on health." 

Salvatore Petruzzella
Salvatore Petruzzella
M.S. in Communication
B.S. in Microbiology, University of Arizona

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

 

Aidan Craig Sundine
Aidan Craig Sundine
M.S. in Communication
B.S., Communication, Oregon State University

Research interests: environmental communication, identity, message efficacy, environmental connectedness, etc.

Thesis Title: "Framing Sustainability in Fast Fashion" 

Current position: PhD Student, University of Utah

Max Campbell
Max Campbell
M.S. in Communication
B.S. in Communication 2022

Research interests: surveillance studies, media studies, critical/cultural studies

Current position: PhD student in Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

James T. Phillips
James T. Phillips
M.A.I.S. in Communication & Public Policy
B.S. in Sociology 2022

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

Tasha Rose Robinson
Tasha Rose Robinson
MAIS in Communication and Political Science
B.S. in Public Health, with minors in Geography and Statistics 2022

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