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Iccha Basnyat

Iccha Basnyat (PhD, MPH) is an Associate Professor of Global Health Communication in the Global Affairs Program with a joint appointment in the Department of Communication. Dr. Basnyat received her B.A. in Communication from the University of Utah, MPH from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, an...

Kevin B Wright

Dr. Wright received his Ph.D. from the University of Oklahoma in 1999. His research focuses on social support processes and health outcomes in both face-to-face and computer-mediated contexts, provider-patient interaction, new technologies and health, social support and health provider burnout, as we...

Melissa Rizzo

Melissa Rizzo is an interpersonal and organizational scholar focused on examining identity shifts and relationships maintenance after major life changes, as well as the role of emotion work and supportive communication among community and family members. Melissa was a Visiting Assistant Professor at ...

Lisa Gring-Pemble

Lisa M. Gring-Pemble is an associate professor in the School of Business at George Mason University. Since joining George Mason University in 2000, she has pursued teaching and research around three main areas: 1) social impact and innovation, 2) argumentation and persuasion, and 3) political communi...

Minor in Health Communication

Salvador Guzman

Salvador ("Sal"/"Chava") is an Adjunct Lecturer at George Mason University. He currently teaches asynchronous sections of COMM 101: Fundamentals of Communication. His research interests are centered around Latina/o/x issues, relational uncertainty, family systems, race and immigration, and identity a...

Shannon M. Taylor-Heflin

Shannon Taylor-Heflin graduated from Christopher Newport University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies with a French minor. She later came to George Mason University in pursuit of her Master of Arts in Communication, where she concentrated in Health Communication, and is now worki...

Research and Executive Team

Who are we? We include scholars with disciplinary homes in communication, psychology, and history. Our research team spans continents, including scholars at George Mason University, University of Amsterdam, and University of Baltimore. Character Assassination and Rhetoric with Jennifer Keohane C...