Graduate Students

Sabena Abdul Raheem

Sabena Abdul Raheem

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Tessa Adams PhD University of Iowa

Tessa Adams

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Tessa Adams is a Ph.D. student interested in race and representation in film and television. Adams is a critical-cultural scholar particularly interested in the intersections of racism, sexism, and classism in “woke” horror productions.
Munachim Amah

Munachim Amah

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Easton Graduate Teaching Fellow
Munachim Amah is a Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He is broadly interested in journalism studies and economic development, with a more specific interest in language use in journalism, journalism practice, and representation of poverty in news media.
Erdoo Ankwagh

Erdoo Ankwagh

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Mir Ashfaquzzaman

Mir Ashfaquzzaman

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Mir is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, whose research interest is in journalism studies, especially journalism ethics.
Kathryn Biddle

Katy Biddle

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Katy Biddle is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa. Katy's research interests lie at the intersection of television and social media.
Lei Chen

Lei Chen

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Lei Chen is a Ph.D. student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. His research interests fall in digital media, narrative journalism, and online deliberation.
Michael Davis

Michael Davis

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Michael Davis is a Ph.D. candidate at SJMC. He has taught Reporting and Writing and Multimedia Storytelling for the department.  
Uchenna Eze

Uchenna Eze

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Sazzad Hossain

Sazzad Hossain

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Abubakar Ibrahim

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Abubakar is a graduate student at the University of Iowa with interest in the future of newsrooms in a post-pandemic world.
Musrat Jahan

Musrat Jahan

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Patrick Johnson

Patrick Johnson

Title/Position
Graduate Student
JCI Editor
Patrick is Ph.D. student and graduate instructor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He comes from nearly a decade of teaching high school journalism and English, and a decade of being an adjunct professor in journalism and media studies at Marquette University (where he received both my bachelor's and master's degrees).
David Lomoywara

David Lomoywara

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Ugochukwu Madu

Ugochukwu Madu

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Ugochukwu Madu is a doctoral student in The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at The University of Iowa, with a concentration on Health Communication. He is seeking scientific ways of combating Health Misinformation using a multi-methodological approach. He is open to scholarly collaborations.
Frankline Matanji

Frankline Matanji

Title/Position
Doctoral Candidate
Teaching Assistant
Frankline Matanji is a Ph.D. student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication with a specialization in international/development studies. Frankline’s research interest ranges from the empowering role of participatory communication for directed social change, international communication, media influences on people’s attitude and engagement and, digital media use especially in the Global South.
Anjelica Ortiz

Anjelica Ortiz

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Javie Ssozi

Javie Ssozi

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Research Assistant
Rebekah Tilley

Rebekah Tilley

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Rebekah is Ph.D. student in mass communication focusing her research on strategic messaging and issues management. She is particularly interested in the dynamics at play in the institutional response to crises common to higher education.
Sarah Witmer

Sarah Witmer

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Jenny Xu

Jenny Xu

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant
Zhiying (Jenny) Xu is currently a Ph.D. student in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research interests lie in the media effect/influences of social media usages.
Queenie Zhou

Queenie Zhou

Title/Position
Graduate Student
Teaching Assistant