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As the Assistant Director of George Mason University’s Debate team since 2016, Jackie Poapst works closely with students from many different majors, including #MasonCOMM students.  While at Mason, she has also been a student herself, earning both her MA in Communication and PhD in Strategic Communication.  In her many roles at Mason, Poapst found her home in the Department of Communication and is excited to be back on campus this fall where she thrives off the energy students bring to everything they do.

Brightman works with patients with chronic kidney disease to keep them out of the hospital, transition smoothly to dialysis or transplant, and overall save costs across their spectrum of care.

Gary Kreps, one of #MasonCOMM’s former Department Chairs, has been at Mason since 2004.  During his long career, Kreps has worked with social justice issues, published in over 500 articles, books, and monographs, founded the Center for Health and Risk Communication which is housed at George Mason and has given several hundred speeches globally.

Sudiksha Kochi, a communication major with concentrations in journalism and media production/criticism, has used the experience gained from internships to write a book on misinformation: how it spreads and how to combat it (image provided).

Shaw’s interest in public service began during his internship with the National Peace Corp Association (NPCA). He was one of two on the communication team where he dove into public relations and social media work. If something needed to be done, he would not shy away and took every task with a grain of salt.

Our Friday Faculty Feature this week focuses on one of our most passionate #MasonCOMM faculty members, Ed Maibach.  He has been at Mason for 14 years and during that time built a thriving, well respected, and essential research center, Mason’s Center for Climate Change Communication (Mason 4C).  Today, we’ll get to know who Maibach is and how he’s changing the world.

Christine Blake is a Vice President at W2 Communications leading the strategic communication programs of top cybersecurity and technology companies. She is also the executive producer and host of the “Inside the Media Minds” podcast, a W2 Communications production that takes listeners inside the mind of a technology reporter.

Dawn Lowry has been at Mason for three years, improving upon the success of Mason’s Nationally Ranked Forensics Team.  In addition to guiding her team to success, Lowry also teaches several courses and serves on a documentary film festival review board in the community.

While at Mason, Melissa was a marketing intern for the Center for Global Education (now Mason Study Abroad) and participated in a psychology study abroad program in Rome.