Our Team
May 13th, 2015OUR TEAM
Our interdisciplinary team consists of faculty and students from various departments, majors, and minors. The diversity in our team brings fresh perspective and allows us to synergistically carry out advance our mission.
Current Members

Kerk Kee
Principal Investigator
Ph.D. in Organizational Communication (2010)
The University of Texas at Austin
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Andrew Shrock
Post Doctoral Researcher (2017-2019)
Ph.D. in Communication (2015)
University of Southern California

Miles Galindo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Strategic & Corporate Communication (2019)

Noah Jacobs
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.S. in Business Administration (2020)

Naina Sah
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Business Administration (2022)

Cara Cummings
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Strategic and Corporate Communication & Political Science (2019)

Shaun Chin
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Strategic Corporate Communication (2019)
Alumni Members

Jamie McCain
Graduate Research Assistant
M.S. in Health and Strategic Communication
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Raizi Simons
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2019)

Chloe Pace
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2020)

Lydia Benjamin
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2017)
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Mona Sleiman
Project Coordinator
M.S. in Health & Strategic Communication (2015)
B.A. in Communication Studies, Minor in Spanish (2014)
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Michelle Williams
Graduate Research Assistant
M.S. in Health & Strategic Communication (2016)
B.A. in Communication Studies,
Minor in Spanish (2015)
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Erica Dean
Undergraduate Research Assistant & Web Development Intern
B.A. in Strategic & Corporate Communication,
Minor in Spanish (2016)
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Dominique Stewart
Graduate Research Assistant
M.S. in Health & Strategic Communication (2016)
B.A. in Communication Studies,
Minor in Public Relations (2016)
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Tyler Bice
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Strategic & Corporate Communication (2016)
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Samantha Stein
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Strategic and Corporate Communication
Minor in Holocaust Studies (2017)
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Sami Jarjour
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Strategic & Corporate Communication (2016)
Minor in Entrepreneurship & Leadership
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Whitney Caldwell
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies,
Minor in Sociology (2014)
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Joanna Diaz
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2015)
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Len Hamilton
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. Communication Studies,
Minor in English (2014)
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Grace Kim
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies,
B.S. in Business Administration (2014)
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Tracey Hartstock
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2014)
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Brittany Hanna
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2013)
M.S. in Health & Strategic Communication (2014)
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Christian Keroles
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Strategic & Corporate Communication,
Minor in Business (2015)
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Ryo Nakagawara
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Economics, B.A. in Psychology (2016)

Amanda Lee
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A.in Communication Studies,
Minor in Public Relations (2016)
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Alex Rushka
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2016)
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Megan Mogannam
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies,
B.A. in Spanish (2014)
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Dean Navarro
Undergraduate Research Assistant
B.A. in Communication Studies (2014)
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Brett Robertson
Undergraduate & Graduate Research Assistant
M.A. in Communication Studies (CSU Fullerton, 2016)
B.A. in Communication Studies,
Minor in Public Relations and Criminology (2014)
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