Joyee Chatterjee
jchatter [at] usc [dot] edu

Joyee did her undergraduate degree in Political Science from Delhi University, in India, followed by a M.A. in Social Work from the Tate Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai. She followed that with a stint with the charity Child Rights and You. Her broad area of interest is in looking at how communication and popular culture reflect and impact social change, especially in South Asia. Her most recent project was a study of the use of South Asian matrimonial websites by members of the Indian community – especially looking at the impact on the idea of "arranged marriage" – and the articulation of contemporary gender-role expectations.
 

Shawna Kelly
shawnake [at] usc [dot] edu

Kelly graduated from Western Washington University with a double major in Communication and Linguistics, and was a founding officer of the WWU Golden Key Honor Society chapter. Her minors included Teaching English as a Second Language, Latin and African History. In the private sector, Shawna has held such diverse jobs as grant editor for a biomedical-research company, office manager for an environmental consulting firm and tech support representative for a software company. She is currently the editorial assistant of the journal Media Psychology. Shawna’s research centers on the interactions between new communication technologies and culture.

Richard Lawrence

Richard Lawrence's primary areas of interest are the intersection of Christianity and popular culture as well as Afro-American rhetorical criticism. Richard holds a BA in mass communication from California State University, Dominguez Hills and a master's degree in communication management from USC. Prior to entering the program,Richard worked as a technical writer in the automotive industry. A Southern California native, Richard, also known as the Scooting Scholar, loves to spend his spare time "urban exploring" throughout greater Los Angeles and writes a personal blog about his exploits.

Euiyeon (Elle) Lee

Drew Margolin
dmargoli [at] usc [dot] edu

Drew graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1996 with distinction in Economics. Prior to coming to USC Annenberg, Drew was Chief Financial Officer of Medley Global Advisors, a research firm that provided information about government policy to hedge funds and investment banks. Drew's research interests center on social networks and rhetoric within the context of organizational activity. Drew is also the president of the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA).

Cuihua (Cindy) Shen
shencuihua [at] gmail [dot] com

Cuihua (Cindy) Shen is a Ph.D. student at the USC Annenberg School for Communication. Her fundamental research interest is to understand human activities in the new social spaces created by the Internet and new communication technologies. Specifically, she studies virtual communities that are created for information sharing, collaborative production, and entertainment, from both socio-psychological and sociological perspectives. Methodologically, she employs quantitative as well as social network analytic tools. Some of her ongoing research projects include the analysis of network structure of open source software developer community, and the evolution of online communities. Cindy comes from Suzhou, a beautiful city in southeast China. Before coming to USC, she earned her BA in English at Zhejiang University and her MA in Communication at National University of Singapore. Learn more about her at her Web page or blog.

Hua (Helen) Wang
wanghua [at] usc [dot] edu

Helen Wang is a third-year doctoral student at USC's Annenberg School for Communication. Helen holds a B.A. in Japanese Language and Culture from Beijing University, China and a M.A. in Mass Communication and Media Studies from San Diego State University. Her research interests revolve around health promotion and social change via entertainment-education, with a focus on East Asia and new media platforms. More specially, she studies (1) popular cultural phenomena and entertainment media in China, Japan, and Korea; (2) the social shaping and consequences of new ICTs in different cultures; and (3) games and simulations designed for learning, development, and social change. Helen is a Research Associate at the Center for the Digital Future and a Research Assistant for the Annenberg Program on Online Communities.