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Our Doctoral Alumni: Where are they now?

Our doctoral program has been highly successful in placing students in a variety of academic and professional positions not only in the U.S. but also in many other countries. The sections below show where our students have landed over the last ten years.

Keisa Gunby
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication and Arts
Benedict College
Columbia, SC
 
Katelynn Stewart
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
 
Ali Zain
Assistant Professor
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Phoenix, AZ

Khalid Alharbi
Assistant Professor
College of Media and Communication
Al-Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Brett Ball
Adjunct Faculty
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

Jackson Carter
Assistant Professor of Communications
Department of Communications
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR

Carl Ciccarelli
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
University of South Carolina Aiken
Aiken, SC

Christopher Frear
Historical and Social Science Researcher
Center for Civil Rights History and Research
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

Yujin Heo
Assistant Professor of Advertising and Public Relations
Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Colin Piacentine
Assistant Professor of Practice
Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, TN

Matthew Stilwell
Faculty Member and Public Speaking Coordinator
Midlands Technical College
Columbia, SC

Chang Won Choi 
Assistant Professor of  Integrated Marketing Communications  
School of Journalism and New Media 
University of Mississippi

Christina Myers 
Assistant Professor of Journalism 
College of Communication Arts and Sciences 
Michigan State University 

Denetra Walker 
Assistant Professor 
Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication 
University of Georgia 

Larry Webster
Adjunct Faculty
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC

Kelli Boling 
Assistant Professor of Integrated Marketing 
College of Journalism and Mass Communications  
University of Nebraska 

Branden Birmingham
Lecturer
State University of New York at Fredonia

Chris Noland
Visiting Assistant Professor
Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
University of South Florida

Nanlan Zhang
Assistant Professor
Chongqing University, China

Minhee Choi
Assistant Professor
Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture
Virginia Commonwealth University

Joon Kyung Kim
Assistant Professor
Harrington School of Communication and Media
University of Rhode Island

Daniel Haun
Instructor
Journalism and Mass Communication and Communication Studies
Samford University

Dr. Jane Weatherred
Assistant Professor of Public Relations & Advertising
University of Southern Indiana 

Dr. Khadija Ejaz
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Barry University

Dr. Nandini Bhalla
Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism and Mass Communications
Washington & Lee University

Dr. Anan Wan
Assistant Professor
A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications
Kansas State University

Dr. Jo-Yun Lee
Assistant Professor
School of Communications
University of Miami

Dr. Yicheng Zhu
Assistant Professor
Beijing Normal University
Beijing, China

Dr. Alex Luchsinger
Assistant Professor
School of Communications
Elon University

Dr. Hwalbin Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism and Mass Communication
Kangwon National University
South Korea

Dr. Jane O'Boyle
Assistant Professor
School of Communications
Elon University

Dr. Yue Zheng
Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism
California State University, Northridge

Dr. Jeff Ranta
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication, Media, and Culture
Coastal Carolina University

Dr. Wan Chi Leung
Lecturer (an assistant professor in the North American system)
Media and Communication Department
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand

Dr. Diana Sisson
Assistant Professor of Public Relations
School of Communication & Journalism
Auburn University

Dr. Joseph Kasko
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
SUNY Buffalo State

Dr. Sang-Hwa Oh
Assistant Professor
The College of Media
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Dr. Ana Keshelashvili
Assistant Professor
Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management
Georgian Institute of Public Affairs
Tbilisi, Georgia (the country)

Dr. Sid Bedingfield
Assistant Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Minnesota

Dr. Matthew Haught
Assistant Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Journalism
University of Memphis

Dr. Carmen Maye
Assistant Professor
School of Journalism and Mass Communications
University of South Carolina

Dr. Maia Mikashavidze
Multimedia project director
Internews Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia (the country)

Dr. Ho-Kyung Kim
Research Professor
The Center for Health Communication Studies
School of Communication  
Hallym University
Chooncheon, South Korea

Dr. Geah Pressgrove
Assistant Professor & Advertising and Public Relations Program Chair
Reed College of Media
West Virginia University

Dr. Matthew Telleen
Associate Professor
Department of Communications
Elizabethtown College

Dr. Brett Borton
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication Studies
University of South Carolina - Beaufort

Dr. Caroline Foster
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
College of Charleston

Dr. Jack Karlis
Assistant Professor
Department of Mass Communications
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire

Dr. Farah Alrefai
Assistant Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism
Department of Mass Communication
Kuwait University

Dr. Heidi Campbell
Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Mass Communication
North Greenville University

Dr. Anthony Palmer
Privacy Compliance Specialist
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Dr. Beth Concepcion
Assistant provost and A_LAB director
Oglethorpe University

Dr. Lisa Luedeman
Instructor and Public Relations Coordinator
Department of Communication Studies
Gardner-Webb University

 

 

 


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