Doctoral Students, Graduate Assistants, Fellows
- Najma Akhther
Graduate Teaching Assistant
508 Manoogian Hall
najakhther@wayne.edu
- Najma Akhther is a Ph.D. student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University. She is working on her MA...
- Mostafa Aniss
- PhD candidate, Graduate teaching assistant
- mostafa.aniss@wayne.edu
- Mostafa is a PhD candidate (M.A., University of the Pacific) at Wayne State University studying the influence of social media on romantic relationship...
- Fatima Barakji
- Ph.D Candidate
- 508 Manoogian Hall
- fatima.barakji@wayne.edu
- Lacey Brim
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Laura Bruns
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
Manoogian 508
- gr1200@wayne.edu
- Jamie Cobb
- Graduate Student, Assistant Basic Course Director
MANO 464 Public Speaking Resource Center
- jpondcobb@wayne.edu
- Farah Harb
- fharb@wayne.edu
- Farah Harb is a PhD student and instructor in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University. Her research focuses on quantitative methods in...
- Khairul Islam
- gx5092@wayne.edu
- Khairul Islam is a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University. His research interest lies at...
- Miwa Ito
- Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Teaching Assistant
- 585 Manoogian
- miwa.ito@wayne.edu
- Miwa Ito is a social scientist studying organizational communication, specifically intraorganizational communication processes. The goal of her research is...
- Anna Lindner
- Doctoral Student
- gk7101@wayne.edu
- Anna (MA in Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University) is a second-year Communication Studies doctoral student. Her work has focused on...
- Michael Major
- fq4680@wayne.edu
- Mike Major is a part-time PhD student in communication. He is director of career services at Saginaw Valley State University and is an officer in the Navy...
- Maria Clara Martucci
- PhD Student and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Manoogian Hall - 508
- clara@wayne.edu
- Robert Matheny
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- fx4748@wayne.edu
- Robert is a PhD candidate with an emphasis in interpersonal communication. He teaches courses in research methods, interpersonal communication, business...
- Kelsey Mesmer
- Thomas C. Rumble Fellow, Instructor
MANO 508
- kelsey.mesmer@wayne.edu
- Kelsey Mesmer is a Ph.D. candidate and Thomas C. Rumble Fellow in the Department of Communication. In Fall 2021, she will start as an Assistant Professor of...
- Jade Metzger-Riftkin
- Graduate Researching Assistant
- fx3257@wayne.edu
- Jade Metzger is a PhD student in communication studies. She her current research assignment is focused on doxing, including the framing of doxing in...
- Jacob Nickell
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- fq8603@wayne.edu
- Jake Nickell is a PhD candidate in the communication studies program. His scholarly interests pertain to rhetorical criticism and his research is concerned...
- Christine Nyawaga
- Doctoral Student
MANO 508
- fv1220@wayne.edu
- Fariba Pajooh
- fpajooh@wayne.edu
- Fariba is a Ph.D. student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication at Wayne State University. She is an experienced journalist and...
- Erin Perry
- Ph.D. candidate and Dean's Diversity Fellow
- erinperry@wayne.edu
- Erin is a Ph.D. candidate studying the effects of new media and television on the journalism profession, using a framework that focuses on journalism...
- Ariel Seay-Howard
- Doctoral student and Graduate Teaching Assistant
Manoogian Hall office 508
- Arielseay@wayne.edu
- Ariel Elizabeth Seay-Howard is a doctoral student in the communication department at Wayne State University. Ariel is working to become a cultural...
- Nicholas Smith
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ph.D. Student
- Manoogian 508
- nicholas.scott.smith@wayne.edu
- Sandaruwan Pradeep Kumara Subasinghe Mudiyanselage
Manoogian Hall 508
- GQ5684@wayne.edu
- Sarah Walker
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- fx5510@wayne.edu
- Sarah Walker joined the Wayne State PhD program as a debate coach in the Fall of 2015. She received her BA from Minnesota State University in May of 2011...
- Sydney Wallace
- Ph.D. Candidate, Thomas C. Rumble Fellow, Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute Fellow
584 Manoogian Hall
- Sydney.wallace@wayne.edu
- Sydney O’Shay-Wallace is a Ph.D. candidate and Thomas C. Rumble Fellow in the Department of Communication. She is also a Fellow with the Merrill Palmer...
- Matthew Warner
- fa5918@wayne.edu
- Matthew Warner is a rhetorical scholar, teacher and forensics coach. His research centers around the rhetoric of sovereignty and citizenship/identity. He is...
- Kai XU
- Ph.D. Candidate, Thomas C. Rumble Fellowship (2018-2019)
- fn3243@wayne.edu