Dr. Jenna Abetz grew up about an hour south of Washington DC, near Fredericksburg VA. She earned her BA in History from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA, and her MA in Women’s Studies from San Diego State University in San Diego, CA. To complete her Ph.D. in Communication Studies, she attended the University of…
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Student Spotlight- Q&A with Jill Skipper
Jill Skipper is originally from Bordertown, NJ, but currently calls the Lowcountry of South Carolina home. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, with a Health, Medicine and Society minor from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Her interest in public relations and integrated communication started through an internship with the SmartGirls Group her senior year…
Ask-A-Grad: Choosing your Research Focus
The theme for this week’s Ask-A-Grad post is choosing a research focus. Identifying a research focus is similar to selecting your major as an undergraduate. You’ll choose your future classes, sources for research papers and project ideas all based on your focus. In most graduate programs, like the MCOM program at…
Faculty Spotlight- Q&A with Dr. Doug Ferguson
Dr. Douglas Ferguson originally hails from Lima, Ohio. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Ohio State University and his PhD from Bowling Green State in Bowling Green, Ohio, about 30 minutes south of Toledo. Dr. Ferguson is the founding director of the MCOM program, and…