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Graduate Students
Sahar Abedikedenji
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
she/her/hers
COMM 2202
Media and technology, feminist theory, women's and gender studies, and public relations.
Carli Álvarez
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
she/her/hers
Interpersonal communication, gender & sexuality, feminism, combat sports, women & Queer people’s experiences in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
Janine Armstrong
she/her/hers
Gender and Sexuality; Intersectionality; Interpersonal Communication; Identities Studies (emphasis in gender, sexuality, faith, and race); Communication Pedagogy; Experiential Learning; Applied Communication
Folakemi Bakare
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
she/her/hers
COMM 2202
Intercultural Communication, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Jajuan Blankenship
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
he/him/his
COMM 2202
Education and the disparity between African American Youth & the Majority (emphasis on primary & secondary education)
Juno Blue
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101, Assistant Tech Director Kleinau Theater
they/them/theirs and he/him/his
COMM 2202
Literature adaptation, performing Sci-Fi, Gender & Sexuality studies, Queer Theory, Media and Perfomance, Performance Studies, Trans
and Nonbinary Identities
T. Brown
Speaker's Center Coordinator, Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 102, Social Media Manager
COMM 2205
Consent in performance and pedagogy, coercive communication, queer performance, critical pedagogies
O.J. Duncan
they/them/theirs & he/him/his
Consensual non-monogamies, queer theory, autoethnography, digital badges, micro-credentials, intercultural communication, pedagogy, social justice, gamification, course development, assessment
Felix Enyan
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
he/him/his
COMM 2202
Gender and sexuality Communication, interpersonal communication
India Hagen-Gates
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101; PRSSA and Director's Assistant
COMM 2002N
Rhetoric, Environmental Communication, Outdoor Recreation
Erin Hodgson
Rhetoric, Intercultural Communication, Ruralism
Emla Holsted
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
she/her/hers
COMM 2202
performance studies, disability studies, organizational communication, and feminism (specifically Black feminist thought)
Scott Jarmon
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
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COMM 2002J
Rhetoric, Intercultural Communication
Frankie Kimmell
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101 and CMST 361
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COMM 2202L
Communication Pedagogy, Gender and Sexuality Communication, Interpersonal Communication
Monalisa Lamptey
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
COMM 2202
Intercltural Communication, rhetoric and organizational communication
Irene Lutterodt
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 301i; PRSSA and Director’s Assistant
COMM 2202
Intercultural Communication,Organizational communication,DEI,Interpersonal Communication,Social media
Sean Maulding
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 201; Editor, Kaleidoscope
he/him/his
COMM 2002C
Trans and Nonbinary Identities and Communication, Gender & Sexuality, Queer Theory, Social Justice, Pedagogy, Performance Studies
Dianah McGreehan
Doctoral Candidate
Caleb McKinley-Portee
Doctoral Candidate
Bolton Morales
Doctoral Candidate
COMM 2206
Janifar Nova
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
she/her/hers
COMM 2202
Intercultural Communication, rhetoric and organizational communication
Mario Sanders
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 301i
COMM 2202
Reza Shirmarz
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
he/him/his
COMM 2202
Political communication, censorship and self-censorship, the politics of body and bodiness, the politics of fear, objectification and de-objectification, suppression of verbal and non-verbal communication, women, gender and sexuality studies, theoretical aspects of theater and performance including semiotics, phenomenology and anthropology, creative writing, voice and speech.
Jesse Snider
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
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COMM 2202
Performance Studies, Material Space, Video Games
Alicia Utecht
Technical Director, Kleinau Theatre
she/her/hers
COMM 2207
Performance studies, fandom studies, intersection of family comm/disability studies/identity work, autoethnography
Casey Weaver
Graduate Teaching Assistant, CMST 101
she/her/hers
COMM 2202
Women/Gender/Sexuality Communication, Masculinity Communication, Interpersonal Communication