Graduate Students
Franco Capalbo
Graduate Student
University of Utah
Research Interests: Sports Communication & Business Communication
Eyesiere Essien
Graduate Student
University of Uyo, Nigeria
Research Interests: Interpersonal Communication, International Communication. Child Abuse, DEI in the Workplace
Blessing Giwa
Graduate Student
University of Benin, Nigeria
Research Interests: Political Communication
Ali Haddleton
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interests: Race, Education, Critical Theory
Toni Hines
Graduate Student
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Research Interests: Child & Parenting Communication
Holden Koons
Graduate Student
James Madison University
Research Interests: Finance & Business
Thomas Ray
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
K.J. Smith
Graduate Student
Wake Forest University
Research Interests: Sports Communication
Harry Thursfield
Graduate Student
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Research Interests: Sports Communication
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