Placements
See where our recent graduates have found placements after earning their PhD in Communication from USC Annenberg:
Academic placements
Andrea Alarcon, PhD (2022)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Cultures and Societies
University of Queensland
Jeeyun Baik, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
University of San Diego
TJ Billard, PhD (2020)
Associate Professor
Northwestern University
Sierra Bray, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
CSU Los Angeles
Matthew Bui, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
University of Michigan
Ho-Chun Herbert Chang, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor
Dartmouth College
Suk Young Choi, PhD (2024)
Assistant Professor
Yonsei University
Frances Corry, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Ignacio Cruz, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Ming Curran, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Stefanie Demetriades, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
DePaul University
Brooklyne Gipson, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Eduardo Gonzalez, PhD (2024)
Assistant Professor
San Diego State University
Olivia González, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
San Jose State University
Joo-Wha Hong, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
Sungkyunkwan University
Edward Byungkwon Kang, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor
New York University
Do Own Donna Kim, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Illinois - Chicago
Hye Min Kim, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Massachusetts - Boston
Jillian Kwong, PhD (2022)
Research Scientist
MIT
Lauren Levitt, PhD (2021)
Postdoctoral Researcher
UC Riverside
Yiqi Li, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Syracuse University
Mingxuan Liu, PhD (2023)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Spiegel Research Center
Northwestern University
Azeb Madebo, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Portland
Rachel Moran, PhD (2020)
Senior Research Scientist
University of Washington
Tyler Quick, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor of Liberal Arts
Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
Ruqin Ren, PhD (2020)
Associate Professor
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Christiana Robbins, PhD (2020)
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center of Media Psychology and Social Influence
Northwestern University
Cerianne Robertson, PhD (2024)
George Gerbner Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
Amber Lynn Scott, PhD (2023)
Assistant Professor
University of Kentucky
Sonia Jawaid Shaikh, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
University of Melbourne
Emily Sidnam-Mauch, PhD (2020)
Project Manager/Research Scientist
Clemson University, Humans and Technology Laboratory
Lauren Sowa, PhD (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor
Pepperdine University
Jingyi Sun, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Stevens Institute of Technology
Jack Lipei Tang, PhD (2024)
Assistant Professor
University of Alabama
Liyuan Wang, PhD (2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Yunwen Kathy Wang, PhD (2022)
Assistant Professor
University of Kansas
Larry Zhiming Xu, PhD (2020)
Assistant Professor
Marquette University
Meiqing Zhang, PhD (2023)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Wesleyan University
Lichen Zhen, PhD (2024)
Assistant Professor
Pennsylvania State University
Sulafa Zidani, PhD (2021)
Assistant Professor
Northwestern University
Corporate/Nonprofit/GMOs placements
Soledad Altrudi, PhD (2022)
Conservation Safeguards Specialist
World Wildlife Fund
Hyun Tae Calvin Kim, PhD (2020)
Senior Investment Associate
Hanwha Life
Deborah Neffa Creech, PhD (2020)
Senior Research Associate
Sentient Research
Cat Duffy, PhD (2018)
Policy Analyst
National Health Law Program
Yomna Elsayed, PhD (2018)
Head of Research
Credo AI
Natalie Jonckheere, PhD (2022)
Data and Analytics Strategy Manager
Choice Hotels International
Steffie Kim, PhD (2023)
Data Analytics and Research
Insomniac Games
Nathalie Marechal, PhD (2018)
Co-Director, Privacy & Data
Center for Democracy & Technology
Christopher Persaud, PhD (2024)
Research Scientist
Intel Labs
Prawit Thainiyom, PhD (2018)
Senior Data Analyst
Microsoft