During the summer of 2015, seven USC Annenberg doctoral students were granted Summer Institute Fellowships, which enabled them to attend doctoral programs around the world and expand on the work they're doing here at USC Annenberg. Here is a little about their experiences, in their own words:
Kristen Guth (Fourth Year) Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Programme
My...
Yasuhito Abe, Ph.D. (2015) Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Doshisha University
Alexandrina Agloro, Ph.D. (2015) Assistant Professor Department of Humanities and Arts Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Meryl Alper, Ph.D. (2015) Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Northeastern University
Faculty Associate Berkman Klein Center for Internet...
Name: Ioana Literat
Graduation Year: 2015
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
Research Area: new media studies; participatory cultures; online creativity and collaboration; digital media and learning
Recent Publications and Presentations:
Literat, I. (2015)...
Name: Michael Park
Graduation Year: 2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, New York
First Position After Graduation: Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Media & College of Law, University of Idaho (while ABD, 2013-2015)
Research Area: media law & policy; sports...
Nick Busalacchi is the Treasurer and Faculty Representative of the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: Second
Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: University of Wisconsin - Madison (BBA, marketing) and USC Price School of Public Policy (MPL, economic development)
Research Area: urban...
Traci Gillig is the Vice-President of the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: Second
Hometown: Chicago, Illinois
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University
Research area: health and media
Publications while at USC Annenberg:
Doherty, E. F., MacGeorge, E. L., Gillig, T. , & Clare, S. E. (2014). Motivations,...
Kari Storla is the President of the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)
Year: Fourth; All But Dissertation Hometown: Marietta, Georgia Undergraduate Institution: Georgia State University Research Area: rhetoric, gender, trauma studies Dissertation Topic : Examining the role that the social construction of gender plays in discourses of sexual assault and...
After starting his academic career at USC Annenberg 15 years ago, professor Hernán Galperin has recently returned from Universidad de San Andrés in Argentina, where he founded and directed the Centro de Tecnología y Sociedad. His research focuses on online labor markets, digital inclusion and telecom regulation in Latin America.