Return to Media Studies PhD Program

Colin Ackerman ('19)

Research Associate, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (Chicago, IL)

Dissertation Title

Democratic Values in the 21st Century: Addressing our Transforming Society

Dissertation Chairs

Shu-Ling Berggreen & Rick Stevens


Diane Alters ('02)

Academic Communications Specialist, Colorado College (Colorado Springs, Colorado)

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Radia听Amari听('12)

Research Analyst, IBISWorld Inc. (Los Angeles, California)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Michael Tracey


Mark Andrejevic听('01)

Professor, Communication and Media Studies, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Ryan Bartlett ('19)

Media and Communications, Utah Department of Health (Salt Lake City, UT)

Dissertation Title

The Implications of Digital Technologies for the LDS Church and for Orthodox, Heterodox, and Post-Mormon Identity

Dissertation Chair

Stewart M. Hoover


Olga Baysha听('12)

Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in Media Communications, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Moscow, Russia) 听 听

Dissertation Title

Disseration Chair
Andrew听Calabrese


Christopher Bell听('09)

Assistant Professor, Communication Department (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)

Disseration Title

Dissertation听Chair
Elizabeth A. Skewes


Mark Borchert听('97)

Associate Professor of Communications, Carson-Newman College (Jefferson City, Tenn.)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Willard D. Rowland Jr.听


Marco Briziarelli听('12)

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication & Journalism, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)

Dissertation Title
听 听

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese 听 听 听 听


Jared Bahir Browsh (鈥17)

Scholar in Residence, Department of Journalism, CMCI (Boulder, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair

Polly Bugros McLean


Claudia Bucciferro听('10)

Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Michael Tracey 听 听 听 听
听 听 听 听听

Gino Canella ('18)

Assistant Professor, School of Communication, Emerson College (Boston, MA)

Dissertation Title

Activist Media: Radical Filmmaking and Networked Social Movements

Dissertation Chair
Nabil Echchaibi


Kimberly Casteline听('13)

Assistant Professor, Communication and Media Studies Department听(Rose Hill Bronx, New York)

Dissertation Title
Media and Religion in the Ghanian Pentecostal Diaspora

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Mary Caton-Rosser听('06)

Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Black Hills State University (Spearfish, South Dakota)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Shu-Ling Berggreen


Joseph Champ听('01)

Associate Professor, Department of Technical Journalism, Colorado State University (Fort Collins, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Lynn Clark听('98)

Professor, Media, Film & Journalism Studies; Director Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media, University of Denver (Denver, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Curtis Coats听('08)

Visiting Teaching Assistant Professor, Media, Film and Journalism Studies, University of Denver (Denver, CO)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover

Dean Colby听('03)

Instructor, Program in Writing and Rhetoric and College of Media, Communication and Information, 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 (Boulder, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager


Nancy Cornwell听('97)

Dean, Arts & Architecture, Montana State University (Bozeman, Montana)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager


Chelsea Daggett ('17)

Lecturer, Department of Communication, Frostburg State University (Frostburg, MD)

Dissertation Title

What We Don鈥檛 Know: The Media Legacy of the Columbine Massacre and Present-Day Prevention

Dissertation Chair

Elizabeth A. Skewes


Wan-Wen Day听('99)

Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Institute of Telecommunications, National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan)

Dissertation Title
The Pathology of Modernity? Cultural Dialogue and Taiwan's Small-Scale Media

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


James DeFrank听('98)

Vice President, Communications and Government Relations, Pratt & Whitney (East Hartford, Connecticut)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Willard D. Rowland Jr.


Christof Demont-Heinrich听('06)

Associate Professor, Mass Communications and Journalism Studies, University of Denver (Denver, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Ashmi Desai (鈥18)

Postdoctoral Associate and Instructor, School of Education (Boulder, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair

Polly Bugros McLean


Sergio De Souza听('98)

Associate Professor of Social Communication (Journalism & Advertising), University Center of Brasilia, Brazil

Dissertation听Title

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Cari Eastman听('08)

Independent Researcher and Writer (Phoenix, Arizona)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Shu-Ling Berggreen


Brooke Edge听('15)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Monica Emerich听('06)

Instructional Designer/Project Manager, CSU Global Campus

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Madeline Esch听('09)

Associate Professor, Department of English, Salve Regina University (Newport, Rhode Island)

Dissertation听Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Jan Fernback听('98)

Associate Professor, School of Communications, Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Disseration Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Mark Finney听('07)

Associate Professor, Mass Communication, Henry and Emory College (Emory, Virginia)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Janice Peck


Brian Frederick听('07)

Executive Director of Sports Fan Coalition and Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgetown University (Washington DC)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Elizabeth A. Skewes


Cinda Gillilan听('99)

Resident Program Manager, Rocky Mountain Communities; Lecturer, 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录; Co-owner and Editor of Neon Rainbow Press.

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Courtney Goodheart ('16)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chairs
Janice Peck, Elizabeth Skewes


Edit Klara Gorogh听('02)

(Hungary)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Donald Heider听('97)

Dean, School of Communication, Loyola University (Chicago, Illinois)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Robert Trager


Leona Hood听('01)

Associate Professor, Broadcast Journalism, School of Journalism, Loyola University (Chicago, IL)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
鈥嬧赌
Stewart M. Hoover


Megan Hurson (鈥16)

Instructor, Internship Director, Communication, University of Colorado Denver

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair

Polly Bugros McLean


Patrick M. Johnson (鈥18)

Assistant Professor, Broadcasting & Journalism, Western Illinois University (Macomb, Illinois)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair

Polly Bugros McLean


Nadezhda Kaneva听('07)

Associate Professor, Mass Communication, University of Denver (Denver, Colorado)

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Richard Khleif听('07)

Sr. Director of Communications, Oracle Corporation (Boulder, Colorado)

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Jaime Kirtz ('19)

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Digital Democracies Group, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC, Canada)

Dissertation Title

Encoded Inequality: Hacking the Gender Bias in Technology

Dissertation Chair

Nabil Echchaibi


Kyle Kontour听('11)

Lecturer, Communication, University of Colorado Denver (Denver, CO)

Dissertation听Title

Dissertation Chair
鈥嬧赌
Stewart M. Hoover


Christina LeFevre-Gonzalez听('13)

Senior Analyst in Marketing Research, E Source (Boulder, Colorado)

Dissertation听Title

Dissertation听Chair
鈥嬧赌
Robert Trager


Rachael Liberman听('13)

Lecturer, Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies, University of Denver (Denver, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


John Lumpkin听('15)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Hun Shik Kim


Katalin Lustiyik听('03)

Associate Professor, Television and Radio Department, Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Thomas McQuaide听('02)

Chair, Digital Filmmaking & Video Production Program, Art Institute of Houston (Houston, Texas)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Willard D. Rowland Jr.


Colleen Mihal听('15)

Instructor, Communications, College of Marin (Kentfield, California)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Michelle Miles听('07)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Polly McLean


Brice Nixon听('13)

Assistant Professor, English Literature and Communication, Chestnut Hill College (Philadelphia, PA)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Yuri Obata听('05)

Associate Professor Mass Communication, Indiana University-South Bend (South Bend, Indiana)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager


Ally Mead Ostrowski听('10)

Associate Director of Institutional Research, Excelsior College (Albany, New York)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Michael听McDevitt


Shannon O鈥橲ullivan (鈥17)

Assistant Professor, Communication Arts, Salisbury University (Salisbury, MD)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair

Polly Bugros McLean


Cinzia Padovani听('99)

Associate Professor, College of Mass Communication & Media Arts, Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, Illinois)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Michael Tracey


Jin Kyu Park听('06)

Associate Professor, Seoul Women's University (Korea)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Rob Peaslee听('07)

Associate Professor and Chair, Journalism & Creative Media Industries, Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas)听 听

Dissertation Title

Disseration Chair
Shu-Ling Berggreen


Kristin Peterson ('18)

Assistant Professor, Communication Department, Boston College

Dissertation Title

Voiceless Icons No More: The Self-Representations of Muslim American Lives in Digital Media

Dissertation Chair
Nabil Echchaibi


Ully Putri听('15)

Instructor, Media Studies Department, University of Colorado at Boulder

Disseration Title

Dissertation听Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Shoba Rajgopal听('03)

Director of Gender/Asian Feminist Studies, Westfield State College (Westfield, Massachusatts)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Michael Tracey


Magdelana Red听('12)

Instructor, Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (Denver, Colorado)

Dissertation Title
Re-Interpreting Mexican Rock Music: Contemporary Youth, Politics, and the Mexican State 听

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager 听 听 听 听


Wendy Redal听('97)

Editorial Director at Natural Habitat Adventures, Freelance Journalist (Boulder, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Willard D. Rowland Jr.

听 听 听 听听

James Redmond听('93)

Professor Emeritus, Department of Journalism, University of Memphis (Memphis, Tennessee)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager


Ildik Re虂zmu虃ves听('06)

Director of Marketing and Communications, ICST (Hungary)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Michael Tracey


Caitlin Ring听('13)

Assistant Professor, Communication/Journalism, Seattle University (Seattle, Washington)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Robert Trager


Tyler Rollins听('16)

Research Analyst, American River College (Sacramento, CA)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Janice Peck


Geoffrey Rubinstein听('98)

Director, Independent Learning Program, Continuing Education, 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Michael Tracey


Anna-Maria Russo-Lemor听('03)

Project Manager at tp21 GmbH Research (Saarbrucken, Germany)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Joseph Russomanno听('93)

Associate Professor, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager


Donghyup Ryu听('12)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Shu-Ling Berggreen


Jiyoon Ryu听('17)

Instructor, Department of Communications, Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea)

Dissertation Title

Korean Therapeutic Culture and Reconstruction of Housewife Subjectivities

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Todd Schack听('06)

Associate Professor, School of Communications, Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Timothy Schoechle听('04)

Independent Information Technology and Services Professional (Denver, Colorado)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Rebecca Self听('99)

Director of Program Development & E, TNM Coaching (Ticino, Switzerland)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Michael Tracey


David Shaw听('98)

Co-Founder, Consumer Research Associates (Denver, CO)

Dissertation听Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Shannon Sindorf听('14)

Lecturer, Department of Communication, University of Colorado, Denver; Instructor, Media Studies Department, University of Colorado at Boulder

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Rick Stevens


Noah Springer听('15)

Acquisitions Assistant, MIT Press (Cambridge, MA)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Kathleen Ryan


Samuel Smith听('99)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Willard D. Rowland Jr.


Greg Stene听('97)

Owner, mindthwack Inc. (Portland, Oregon)

Dissertation听Title

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager


Jennifer Stone Gonzalez听('93)

Writer, Teacher and Owner of EarthSurf (Grand Isle, Vermont)

Disseration Title

Dissertation Chair
Michael Tracey


Rianne Subijanto ('16)

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, City University of New York Baruch College (New York City, New York)

Disseration Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Anne Meredith Sugar (鈥16)

Assistant Professor of Mass Communication Emory & Henry College (Emory, Virginia)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair

Polly Bugros McLean


Tamara Swenson听('09)

Director, Center for International Affairs, Professor, Dept. of English & International Studies, Osaka Jogakuin University (Japan)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Shu-Ling Berggreen


Helga Tawil-Souri听('05)

Associate Professor of Media, Culture, and听Communication; Director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University (New York City, New York)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Joseph Terry听('13)

Lecturer, Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Benjamin听Thevenin

Assistant Professor of Media Arts, Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


W. Bradley Thompson III听('97)

Associate Professor and Department Chair Department of Mass Communication, Linfield College (McMinnville, Oregon)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation听Chair
Robert Trager


Peter Vassiliev听('98)

Producer, NTV Television Network (Russia)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
鈥嬧赌
Michael Tracey


Shalini Venturelli听('95)

Director, Global Public Media Research Project and Associate Professor of International Service, American University (Washington, DC)

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Zala Volcic听('03)

Senior Lecturer, Communication and Media Studies, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia)

Dissertation Title

Faculty Chair
Andrew Calabrese


Carson Wagner听('02)

Assistant Professor, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University (Athens, Ohio)

Dissertation Chair
鈥嬧赌
Michael Tracey


Douglas Wagner听('99)

Publishing Consultant (Lafayette, Colorado)

Dissertation听Title

Dissertation听Chair
鈥嬧赌
Stewart M. Hoover


Denice Walker听('10)

Legislative Aide, Colorado State House of Representatives (Denver, CO)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


David Wallace听('11)

Assistant Professor, Communications, U of South Carolina Upstate (Spartanburg, South Carolina)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Polly McLean


Scott Webber听('03)

Co-Founder, Consumer Research Associates (Denver, CO)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Stewart M. Hoover


Dennis Wilkins听('96)

Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, St. Bonaventure University (St. Bonaventure, New York)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Robert Trager


Dinah Zeiger听('07)

Assistant Professor (retired), School of Journalism and Mass Media, University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho)

Dissertation Title

Dissertation Chair
Janice Peck


Liang Zheng听('11)

Researcher, Xinjiang University (Urumqi, China)

Dissertation Title
Media and Minkaohan Uyghurs: Representation, Reaction, and Resistance in a Post-911 Context

Dissertation Chair
Marguerite Moritz