Graduate Assistants

Sasha Allgayer

Program: Ph.D.
Email: sallga@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Global Media, International Communication, and Critical/Cultural Studies

Mohammad Ala-Uddin

Program: Ph.D.
Email: alauddm@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Development Communication; Intercultural Communication; ICTs for Development (ICT4D); Communication for social justice; Gender, Communication, and Development; Critical/Cultural Studies

Erika M. Behrmann

Program: Ph.D.
Email: erikamb@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Feminist Media Studies, Postcolonial Feminism, and Pedagogy
Personal website: www.erikambehrmann.com

Nicky Chang Bi

Program: Ph.D.
Email: cbi@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Media Effects, New Media, and Health Communication
Personal website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicbi

Benjamin Brojakowski

Program: Ph.D.
Email: bbrojak@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Social Media Studies, Impression Management, Social Justice/Social Media Activism
Personal website: https://twitter.com/Ben_Brojak

Dhiman Chattopadhyay

Program: Ph.D.
Email:dhimanc@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Media Effects, Gender & Media, News Framing, and Organizational Communication
Personal website: www.linkedin.com/in/dhimanchattopadhyay

Cody M. Clemens

Program: Ph.D.
Email: cmcleme@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Critical Cultural Studies, Organizational Communication, Health Communication, Training & Development, Intersectionality, and Qualitative Research Methodology Personal website:www.linkedin.com/in/codymclemens

Linsay M. Cramer

Program: Ph.D.
Email: lcramer@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Intercultural Communication and Whiteness Studies

Zehui Dai

Program: Ph.D.
Email: zdai@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Intercultural Communication, Social Identity, and Feminism & Technology

Jeanette M. Dillon

Program: Ph.D.
Email: jmdillo@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Health Communication, Organizational Communication, and Cultural Studies
Personal website: http://jmdillo.wix.com/dillon-portfolio

Andrew R. Donofrio

Program: Ph.D.
Email: adonofr@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Intercultural Communication, Rhetorical Criticism, and Critical/Cultural Studies

Claire Youngnyo Joa

Program: Ph.D.
Email: yjoa@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Media Effects, Big Data Analytics, and Gamification
Personal website: www.clairejoa.com

Emi Kanemoto

Program: Ph.D.
Email: emik@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Rhetoric & Society, Media & Society, and Intercultural Rhetoric

Yannick Kluch

Program: Ph.D.
Email: ykluch@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Critical/Cultural Studies of Media/Communication, Communication & Sport, Gender & Social Identity, and Intercultural Communication

Dinah A. Tetteh

Program: Ph.D.
Email: dtetteh@bgsu.edu
Areas of Interest: Health Communication, Development Communication, Media Effects, and Interpersonal Communication

Christian Thompson

Program: Ph.D.
Email: thochri@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Narrative and Organizational Communication

Shrinkhala Upadhyaya

Program: Ph.D.
Email: shrinku@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Development Communication, Health Communication, and Intercultural Communication

Graeme Wilson

Program: Ph.D.
Email: graemew@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Media effects and Critical/Cultural Studies
Personal website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graeme-wilson-b6078348

Xiaoli Wen

Program: Ph.D.
Email: xiaoliw@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Linguistics, International education, Pedagogy, Intercultural Communication, Development Communication, and Health Communication

Chenjie Zhang

Program: Ph.D.
Email: chenjz@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: International/Global Communication, New Media, and Mediated Localized Communication

Fiouna Ruonan Zhang

Program: Ph.D.
Email: ruonanz@bgsu.edu
AREAS OF RESEARCH: Online Opinion Leadership and New Media Effects
Personal website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruonan-fiouna-zhang-48462177

Updated: 02/27/2025 11:05AM