Alumni Profiles

Emma Decker’s SOJC degree led her to an internship with Oregon Public Broadcasting, which then led her to a job producing multimedia stories for Portland-based Blue Chalk Media.
Beck Banks, now an assistant professor of communication at Warren Wilson College, researches how life in rural environments impacts trans individuals by studying trans media producers in their native Appalachia.
Erica Ciszek is helping the world better understand how strategic communication impacts gender and LGBTQ issues, and how it influences social change in politics, policies and pop culture.
For his capstone project, Enton Lok used immersive media to heighten users’ feelings of empathy and connection with young people through Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest.
Oregon women’s basketball and WNBA standout Sabrina Ionescu has harnessed her master’s degree in advertising and brand responsibility to build her personal brand.
Ashley Baker started out in the chemistry lab, but she discovered a passion for telling people’s stories in and around science and pursued a Multimedia Journalism Master’s degree.
As an associate strategy director at the New York-based ad agency Annex88, Chelsea Coleman influences some big-time campaigns.
Bilingual, tech savvy, and dynamic, Grace Hashiguchi landed a job with global PR firm Edelman San Francisco.