Dr. Michelle A. Amazeen is an assistant professor in the Department of Mass Communication, Advertising and Public Relations at Boston University. Prior to BU, Dr. Amazeen was an assistant professor of advertising at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. She earned her Ph.D. in Mass Media and Communication from Temple University in Philadelphia and received a… Read More
Arunima Krishna, PhD (Purdue University), is interested in publics’ communication behaviors related to controversial social issues, particularly issues related to scientific knowledge. Her most recent research looks at how individuals’ knowledge deficiency about vaccines impacts their attitudes, motivations, and behaviors about vaccine safety. She is also interested in how publics’ perceptions and attitudes about issues… Read More
To study TV viewers’ engagement with shows and stories featuring “anti-hero” characters, professor and co-director of the Communication Research Center Mina Tsay-Vogel is looking beyond the past research that suggests viewers enjoy watching “good” characters win and “bad” characters lose. In a 2013 study published in Mass Communication and Society, Tsay-Vogel and a professor at the University of Colorado, Colorado… Read More
What has your career/education path been like since graduating? I have built a successful career over the past 10+ years as a customer experience practitioner and market research professional. My areas of expertise include customer insight, voice of the customer, text analytics, and all facets of market research. After graduating from COM, I worked for… Read More
Denis Wu focuses his research on international communication and political communication. He has won numerous research prizes, grants, and published widely in respected journals, including Journal of Communication and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Additionally, he has co-authored three books — Media, Politics, and Asian Americans (2009), The Media are Ill: The Symptoms and Solutions… Read More
Dr. Wright is an internationally known professor, author, speaker, researcher and corporate communications consultant. He has taught communication and public relations at the university level for more than 30 years and also has worked professionally for more than a decade in various aspects of corporate and agency public relations, journalism and broadcasting. He is one… Read More
Tammy R. Vigil is an Associate Professor of Communication at Boston University. She earned her doctorate in communication studies from the University of Kansas with an emphasis on rhetoric and political communication. Her research interests include political campaigns, persuasion, and women as political communicators. Dr. Vigil’s books include Moms in Chief: The Rhetoric of Republican… Read More
Dr. Tsay-Vogel holds a Ph.D. in Mass Communications from Penn State University and a B.A. High Honors in Communication Studies from the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on the psychological and social effects of mass media with an emphasis on entertainment and new media. Her work has been published in peer-reviewed journals such as… Read More
Professor Supa earned the PhD in communication with an emphasis in public relations at the University of Miami. His research focuses on the media relations process in public relations, corporate social advocacy (activism) and the integration of public relations and advertising. He has published nearly two dozen peer-reviewed articles and has presented at more than… Read More
Dr. Oppliger teaches mass communication theory and research methods. She is particularly interested in persuasion and mass media effects theories. Oppliger’s research focuses on the influence of the media and popular culture on adolescents’ development, using a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods. She has published two books: Wrestling and Hypermasculinity (2004) and Girls… Read More