Graduate Programs

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  The President of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) is our Dean, Marie Hardin

• 2

  of our faculty, Mary Beth Oliver and Shyam Sundar, are International Communication Association (ICA) Fellows

• 3

  of our graduate faculty (Marie Hardin, Matt McAllister and Bob Richards) have been recognized with University-wide teaching awards

• 4

  of our PhD students in 2017-18 were awarded:          - A Fulbright Scholarship for Study/Research in the Czech Republic (Azeta Hatef)          - A UNESCO Fellowship in Paris (Jenna Grzeslo)          - A Consortium on Media Policy Studies (COMPASS) Fellowship in Washington, D.C. (Yang Bai)          - A University-wide Martin Outstanding Teaching Award (Jared LaGroue), the third year in a row for a student in our program

• 5

  of our faculty are editors or senior editors for major journals:          - American Journalism (Ford Risley)          - Computers in Human Behavior (Bu Zhong)          - Mass Communication & Society (Fuyuan Shen)          - Journal of Media Ethics (Patrick Plaisance)          - Journal of Information Policy (Krishna Jayakar)

Recent Graduates

Rose Liqiu Luwei

Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University

2018, Ph.D.

Arienne Ferchaud

Assistant Professor, Florida State University

2018, Ph.D.

Yan Huang

Assistant Professor, University of Houston

2017, Ph.D.

Michail Vafeiadis

Assistant Professor, Auburn University

2017, Ph.D.

Steve Bien-Aime

Assistant Professor, Northern Kentucky University

2016, Ph.D.

Frank Waddell

Assistant Professor, University of Florida

2016, Ph.D.

Bo Zhang

UX Researcher, Facebook

2015, Ph.D.

Katie Blevins

Assistant Professor, University of Idaho

2014, Ph.D.

Melanie Formentin

Assistant Professor, Towson University

2014, Ph.D.

Erin Ash

Associate Professor, Clemson University

2013, Ph.D.

Lauren Decarvalho

Assistant Professor, University of Denver

2013, Ph.D.

Chenjerai Kumanyika

Assistant Professor, Rutgers University

2013, Ph.D.