Spring 2025 News
Three master's students will be attending Ph.D. programs in Fall 2025:
- Andres De Los Santos - University of Memphis
- Salvatore Petruzzella - University of Delaware
- Aidan Sundine - University of Utah
Five master's students attended and presented at the 49th Northwest Communication Association Conference:
- Megan Baus - "Disability Rhetoric in Lorde's Solar Power"
- Ash Estevan - "An Analysis of How the News and Media Talk About Immigrants in This Land is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story"
- Anita K. Gándara - "The Hate U Give: An Analysis of Microaggressions in Interracial Friendship"
- Salvatore Petruzzella - "Sexual Health Science Communication: Can Expert Congruence and Hopeful Language Be Efficacious to Debunk the Condom Misinformation of Social Media Comments Sections?"
- Olivia Schultz - "Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Interracial Communication in Grey’s Anatomy through Cultural Contract Theory"
M.A. candidate Olivia Schultz was awarded "Top Graduate Paper" at the annual 49th Northwest Communication Association Conference. Schultz's paper, "Breaking Boundaries: Exploring Interracial Communication in Grey’s Anatomy through Cultural Contract Theory," explores how scholars can use a framework based on interracial communication for media analysis. Using this framework, Schultz analyzed scripts from two Grey's Anatomy episodes that exemplify how identity is negotiated through interaction. The main implications of this research demonstrate how significant it is to have representation in the media for marginalized identities.
Student Spotlight
Improving health communication for all
Communication master’s student Harnit Mahal is studying the relationship between cultural adherence and health outcomes
When considering what to do after receiving her bachelor’s degree, Mahal wanted to continue in the field of communications. She looked at graduate programs around the country, but Mahal decided to stay at OSU and in the School of Communication.
“I already felt so comfortable at OSU, but the School of Communication was even more welcoming and supportive of me during my undergraduate, and now graduate, studies. Faculty commit to an open door policy and are always willing to lend a helping hand or share their perspectives.”
Student Spotlight
Q&A with M.A.I.S. Student Tasha Robinson
Tasha Robinson is from North Plains, Oregon, and is working towards earning her Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (M.A.I.S.) degree focusing on rhetoric, relational communication, and political science. Robinson recently answered a few questions about her unique degree program and experience as an OSU master’s student.
Student SPotlight
Two School of Communication master’s students continuing their studies in Ph.D. programs
The School of Communication would like to celebrate two master’s students who will be enrolling in doctoral communication programs in fall 2024.
Max Campbell, ‘22, M.S. ‘24, is a second-year communication graduate student and graduate teaching assistant at Oregon State University’s School of Communication.
James Phillips, ‘22, M.A.I.S. ‘24, is a graduate student in the Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies program at OSU, studying the fields of communication and public policy.
