HIHIC Affiliated Graduate Students

Sumeyya Akdilek

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Forgiveness and violence in close relationships, patriarchal violence, Women and Gender Studies, and interpersonal communication.
Email: sakdilek@ttu.edu

Tameem Al-Shawaf

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Advertising and PR (specific focus on the Consumer Identity of Muslims), Strategic Communications and Key Messaging, International and Intercultural Communications (Middle East)
Email: talshawa@ttu.edu

Mahedi Hasan

M.A. Program
Research Interests: Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda, International Political Communication, Journalism Studies, the Russia-Ukraine War, Organizational Communication.
Email: mahehasa@ttu.edu

Aubree Herman

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Media uses and effects, social media, podcasts, relational and interpersonal communication.
Email: Aubree.Herman@ttu.edu

Jamejdra Rivera Holverstott

M.A. Program
Research Interests: Journalism, Misinformation, Visual Communication, and Intercultural Communication
Email: jriverah@ttu.edu

Opeyemi Lawal

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Perinatal mental health; Suicide prevention and the media; Breastfeeding depictions and the media; Health influencing and behavioral outcomes; Artificial intelligence, misinformation, and mental health.
Email: oplawal@ttu.edu

Javier Morales Riech

M.A. Program
Research interests: Science communication, Environmental issues, and climate change perceptions, Health and risk communication, Content analysis, Film production,
Email: javimora@ttu.edu

Jeanette Moya

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Media Effects/Media Psychology in television, films, and streaming - a focus on positive experiences with scripted storytelling; Hispanic and Latin media portrayals/representation in the United States; misinformation and disinformation; idol and celebrity worship.
Email: Jeanette.Moya@ttu.edu

Yvonne Okoro

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Health communication, misinformation, risks and crisis communication, and intercultural communication.
Email: yokoro@ttu.edu

Mary (Maria) C. Ortega

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Feminist media studies, radical feminism, Latina identity, Indigenous studies, fatphobia in film, digital feminist activism, media discourse on migrant crime, and crisis communication.
Email: maria.ortega@ttu.edu

Carolina Pérez

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Media effects on identity formation. Hispanic/Latin@ and intercultural communication and representation. Entertainment and pop culture. Critical/cultural approaches to media studies.
Email: caro.perez@ttu.edu

Marina Petric

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: Visual and political communication, international media regulation, global journalism, entrepreneurial journalism.
Email: mpetric@ttu.edu

Camden Smith

Ph.D. Program
Research Interests: International and intercultural communication with a focus on immigration and migration; journalism; identity; minority representation in media.
Email: camden.smith@ttu.edu

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