Media Studies PhD

Hadil Abuhmaid researches cinema as a powerful storytelling medium and investigates how it has formed and represented national identities in her native Palestine.

Bryce Macher uses his media expertise gained in the Communication and Media Studies PhD program to improve brand strength and customer hospitality for international hotel giant Hilton.

Now an assistant professor of communication at the University of Wisconsin–LaCrosse, Irene Awino researches how media coverage, or lack thereof, of political issues in her native Kenya has led to further unrest and violence.

Shuo Xu researches the effects of censorship in her native China, particularly the coverage of the Dalai Lama in American versus Chinese media.

Patrick Jones’ research examines the effects of balloting technology on voter confidence and the stability of a democracy.

After 18 years in broadcast journalism, filmmaker Kathleen Ryan broke new ground with “Pin Up! The Movie,” an interactive documentary and the first-ever movie about pinup culture.

Longtime journalist Raul Reis developed into a world-class academic as a PhD candidate at the SOJC. Now he’s the dean of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Journalism and Media.

An enrolled citizen of the Coquille Nation and an assistant professor of Indigenous studies at UO, Ashley Cordes researched how groups communicate their identities through media, with a focus on currency as a communication medium among Native American populations.