Our Team

May 13th, 2015

OUR 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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