Placements
See where our recent graduates have found placements after earning their PhD in Communication from USC Annenberg:
Academic placements
Andrea Alarcon, PhD (2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Cultures and Societies
University of Queensland
Jeeyun Baik, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
University of San Diego
TJ Billard, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Sierra Bray, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
CSU Los Angeles
Matthew Bui, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor
Dartmouth College
Frances Corry, PhD (2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Digital Culture
Courtney Cox, PhD (2019)
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Ignacio Cruz, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Ming Curran, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Stefanie Demetriades, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
DePaul University
MC Forelle, PhD (2019)
Assistant Professor
University of Virginia
Brooklyne Gipson, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Olivia González (2022)
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
Joo-Wha Hong, PhD (2022)
Postdoctoral Scholar
USC Marshall School of Business
Edward Byungkwon Kang, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor
New York University
Do Own Kim, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois - Chicago
Hye Min Kim, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts - Boston
Jillian Kwong, PhD (2022)
Research Scientist
MIT
Lauren Levitt, PhD (2021)
Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow
UC Riverside
Yiqi Li, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Syracuse University
Mingxuan Liu, PhD (2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Spiegel Research Center
Northwestern University
Azeb Madebo, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Portland
Rachel Moran, PhD (2020)
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Washington Center for an Informed Public
Tyler Quick, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
Ruqin Ren, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Christiana Robbins, PhD (2020)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center of Media Psychology and Social Influence
Northwestern University
Amber Lynn Scott, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky
Emily Sidnam-Mauch, PhD (2020)
Project Manager/Research Scientist
Clemson University, Humans and Technology Laboratory
Lauren Sowa, PhD (2022)
Visiting Assisting Professor
Pepperdine University
Jingyi Sun, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Stevens Institute of Technology
Liyuan Wang, PhD (2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Yunwen Kathy Wang, PhD (2022)
Postdoctoral Scientist
Cedars-Sinai
Yusi Xu, PhD (2021)
An Wang Fellow
Harvard University
Zhiming Xu, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
Marquette University
Sulafa Zidani, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Corporate/Nonprofit/GMOs placements
Soledad Altrudi, PhD (2022)
Conservation Safeguards Specialist
World Wildlife Fund
Sarah Clayton, PhD (2022)
Head of Marketing
Graviton
Hyun Tae Calvin Kim, PhD (2020)
Senior Investment Associate
Hanwha Life
Deborah Neffa Creech, PhD (2020)
Senior Research Associate
Sentient Research
Cat Duffy, PhD (2018)
Policy Analyst
National Health Law Program
Yomna Elsayed, PhD (2018)
Head of Research
Credo AI
Natalie Jonckheere, PhD (2022)
Data and Analytics Strategy Manager
Choice Hotels International
Steffie Kim, PhD (2023)
Data Analyst Intern
Insomniac Games
Nathalie Marechal, PhD (2018)
Co-Director, Privacy & Data
Center for Democracy & Technology
Paul Sparks, PhD (2023)
Senior Research Associate
Sentient Research
Prawit Thainiyom, PhD (2018)
HR Data Analyst
Microsoft