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Affiliated Graduate Students

	Arijit Basu Ph.D. Program Research Interests: Cross-cultural branding strategies, cultural identity and persuasion, cultural consequences of marketing communications Email: Arijit.basu@ttu.edu
	Brandon Bouchillon Ph.D. Program Research Interests: Journalism and new media, social movements, specifically the way SMO's use mediated communications, Social Capital, mixed methods, and the framing effects of particularly lopsided news media frames. Email: b.bouchillon@ttu.edu
	Boni Cui Ph.D. Program Research Interests: Neuromarketing and advertising; cross-cultural media study of media consuming, media entertainment and enjoyment. E-mail: boni.cui@ttu.edu
	Jessica R. El-Khoury Ph.D. Program Research Interests: Cross-cultural communications, electronic media and social media, how different communication tools can be used as a mechanism for improvement (societal awareness and action). Email: Jessica.el-khoury@ttu.edu
	Zijian/Harrison Gong Ph.D. Program Research Interest: My research interests including analytical and empirical approaches to increase the persuasiveness of advertisement messages in a multicultural environment, and diffusion efficiency though new media in different cultures. Email: harrison.gong@ttu.edu
	Priyanka Khandelwal Ph.D. Program Research Interests: Cross cultural communication in NPOs, race and ethincity in media, gender and health communications. Email: priyanka.khandelwal@ttu.edu
	Krit Kachathan MA Program Research Interests: Effects of foreign aid on press freedom in developing countries, the relationship between democratization processes and media freedom E-mail: kritsadathan.kachathan@ttu.edu
	Dane Kiambi Ph.D. Program Research Interests: International public relations; crisis communication; reputation management of countries and organizations; design and evaluation of health communication campaigns. E-mail: dane.kiambi@ttu.edu
	Hyo Jin Kim Ph.D. Program Research Interests: International communication especially in Korean culture and science communication. E-mail: hj.kim@ttu.edu
	Patrick Merle Ph.D. Program Research Interests: Study of foreign correspondents, foreign news; Media Ethics; Comparative studies: France-USA E-mail: patrick.merle@ttu.edu
	Mehrnaz Rahimi Ph.D. Program Research Interests: E-journalism, Internet and its impacts on printed media, online social networking and its impacts on social movements, media depictions of countries, ethnic groups and political/social figures. E-mail: mehrnaz.rahimi@ttu.edu