Joan Miller is the First-Year Representative for the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: First
Hometown: Lansing, Michigan
Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: BA in Theatre Arts from Kalamazoo College; MFA in Dramatic Writing from Savannah College of Art and Design; MA in Performance Studies from NYU Tisch School of the Arts
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Name: Young Ji Kim
Graduation Year: 2014
Current Position: Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Collective Intelligence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Area: Collective intelligence, team collaboration, online credibility, online social influence
Recent Publications and Presentations:
Kim, Y. J. & Hollingshead, A. B. (2015)....
Melissa Brough , who completed her Ph.D. in Communication from USC Annenberg in 2014, was recognized with the Gerald R. Miller Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award from the National Communication Association for her dissertation, "Participatory Public Culture and Youth Citizenship in the Digital...
James Lee is the Technology Representative for the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: Third
Hometown: Los Angeles
Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: University of California, Santa Barbara; Columbia University
Research Area: Popular culture, knowledge, expertise
Extracurricular Involvement: Tech rep for ACGSA...
Name: L. Paul Strait
Graduation Year: 2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Communication Studies and Director of Forensics at the University of Southern Mississippi
Research Area: Argumentation; Medical Humanities; Rhetoric of Science; Risk Society
Recent Publications and...
Samantha Close is the Post-Quals Representative for the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: Fourth; ABD
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: Yale University, Glasgow School of Art
Research Area: Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, Theory/Practice
Dissertation Topic: Doing What You Love For A...
Raffi Sarkissian is the TA/RA Representative for the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Associatioin (ACGSA)
Year: Fourth; ABD
Hometown: Santa Monica, CA
Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: UCLA, 2009 (BA in Communication Studies and Sociology); USC, 2012 (MA in Critical Studies)
Research Area: My areas of research include cultural and critical...
The governance regime of the Internet is one of the most controversial topics in international communication today. Last week, key representatives from governments, civil society and the private sector gathered in João Pessoa, Brazil, to discuss issues ranging from how to connect the next billion to how to protect privacy online. Organized by the UN, the meeting (known as the Internet...