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PhD in Communication

The doctoral program in communication focuses on health and strategic communication. It prepares students for increasingly complex public and private communication environments. Students receive a strong theoretical and multi-methodological foundation, which enables them to examine the critical role ...

Bree R Riddick

Breonna Riddick is a third-year PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication. Bree holds a B.A. in Communication Studies (Public Relations) and an M.A. in Communication and Advocacy (Health & Strategic Communication) from James Madison University. Her research in...

Minor in Political Communication (CHSS)

Javonna M Friend

Javonna Friend is a second-year Ph.D. student and Graduate Research Assistant in the Department of Communication. Javonna Friend holds a BA in English from Virginia State University, an MA in English from GMU, and a CERT in British Literature from Oxford University—Exeter College.  Javonna Friend’s ...

Rania Zaied

Rania Zaied is a Ph.D. Student and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Communication at George Mason University. She earned a B.A. in Mass Communication from Cairo University in Egypt, with a concentration in Integrated Marketing Communication. Her M.A. in Communication and Advocacy is...

Em Kohl

Em (she/they) is a second-year Ph.D student in the Department of Communication Studies and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University. They earned a B.A. in English and M.A. in Communication and Advocacy from James Madison University, focus...

Neha Gour

Neha Gour is pursuing her Ph.D. in Health Communication at the Department of Communication and is a Research Assistant at the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, Virginia, USA.  Her research focuses on collecting and assessing empirical evidence to foster effective cl...

Akila-Ka Ma'at (Jennifer R. Warren)

My research focuses on Black women’s maternal mental, perinatal, and behavioral health experiences and the intersectional racism contextualizing and driving these experiences. I engage directly with Black women and their advocates within the communities where they live, eat, play, and pray. I utilize...