Doctoral Students

The Ph.D. in Communication and Information Sciences is a research-intensive program designed to prepare communication scholars for positions of leadership in education, public service, media and other communication-related fields. The three- to four-year, in-residence program features a highly customizable, interdisciplinary curriculum that spans the fields of communication and information sciences. You will work with our award-winning graduate faculty to create a plan of study and advance your knowledge and skills in communication and information sciences.


Ragab Abdelmoneim

Ragab Abdelmoneim
rkabdelmoneim@crimson.ua.edu

Ademola Adelu

Ademola Adelu
aradelu@crimson.ua.edu

Manasar Alharethi

Manasar Alharethi
malharethi@crimson.ua.edu

Gulmira Amangalieva

Gulmira Amangalieva
gsamangalieva@crimson.ua.edu

Bahareh Amini

Bahareh Amini
bamini@crimson.ua.edu

Abdulaziz Alowais

Abdulaziz Alowais
aalowais@crimson.ua.edu

Talal Saeed Alshamrani

Talal Saeed Alshamrani
tsalshamrani@crimson.ua.edu

Mutaz Mohammed Barnawi

Mutaz Mohammed Barnawi
mmbarnawi@crimson.ua.edu

Kirsten Barnes

Kirsten Barnes
kjbarnes1@crimson.ua.edu

Claudia Bawole

Claudia Bawole
cbbawole@crimson.ua.edu

Nicholas Buzzelli

Nicholas Buzzelli
nbuzzelli@crimson.ua.edu

Shalonda Capers

Shalonda Capers
sdcapers@crimson.ua.edu

Ananya Raka Chakraborty

Ananya Raka Chakraborty
achakraborty3@crimson.ua.edu

Joseph Daniel

Joseph Daniel
jwdaniel1@crimson.ua.edu

Emily Dirks

Emily Dirks
edirks@crimson.ua.edu

Courtny Franco

Courtny Franco
clfranco@crimson.ua.edu

Ashaunté Gaillard

Ashaunté Gaillard
atgaillard@crimson.ua.edu

Patrick Gentile

Patrick Gentile
pcgentile@crimson.ua.edu

Priyanka Ginwal

Priyanka Ginwal
pginwal@crimson.ua.edu

Quinta Goines

Quinta Goines
qjgoines@crimson.ua.edu

Makafu Akpene Gonyoe

Makafu Akpene Gonyoe
magonyoe@crimson.ua.edu

Jonathan Graffeo

Jonathan Graffeo
jjgraffeo@crimson.ua.edu

Lori Greene

Lori Greene
lgreene01@ua.edu

Jackson Harris

Jackson Harris
ajharris4@ua.edu

Miaohong Huang

Miaohong Huang
mhuang15@crimson.ua.edu

Samantha Huff

Samantha Huff
schuff@crimson.ua.edu

Baheya Jaber

Baheya Jaber
bsjaber@crimson.ua.edu

Khadiza Tul Jannat

Khadiza Tul Jannat
kjannat@crimson.ua.edu

Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones
jrjones7@ua.edu

Da Young Kang

Da Young Kang
dkang9@crimson.ua.edu

Marieke Keller

Marieke Keller
mckeller2@crimson.ua.edu

Caran Kennedy

Caran Kennedy
cvkennedy@crimson.ua.edu

Samantha Kocan

Samantha Kocan
sckocan@crimson.ua.edu

Yuanwei Lyu

Yuanwei Lyu
ylyu2@crimson.ua.edu

Jaquela Macklin

Jaquela Macklin
jcmacklin@crimson.ua.edu

Grant Merrill

Grant Merrill
jgmerrill@crimson.ua.edu

Sai Datta Mikkilineni

Sai Datta Mikkilineni
n/a

Kaeli Nieves-Whitmore

Kaeli Nieves-Whitmore
kmnieveswhitmore@crimson.ua.edu

Rebecca Oliver

Rebecca Oliver
rholiver@crimson.ua.edu

Ozioma Omah

Ozioma Omah
oaomah@crimson.ua.edu

Tanya Ott-Fulmore

Tanya Ott-Fulmore
tlottfulmore@crimson.ua.edu

Tanya Ott-Fulmore

Tanya Ott-Fulmore
tlottfulmore@crimson.ua.edu

Jessica Payne

Jessica Payne
jlpayne5@crimson.ua.edu

Cameron Panhans

Cameron Panhans
tlottfulmore@crimson.ua.edu

Rachel Parker

Rachel Parker
rmparker1@crimson.ua.edu

Jacob Paul

Jacob Paul
jdpaul@ua.edu

Mackenzie Quick

Mackenzie Quick
smquick@crimson.ua.edu

Tafhimur Rahman

Tafhimur Rahman
trahman5@crimson.ua.edu

Gourav Rath

Gourav Rath
grath@crimson.ua.edu

Ross Ritchell

Ross Ritchell
rritchell@crimson.ua.edu

Ana Rodriguez

Ana Rodriguez
arrodriguez1@ua.edu

Jeremy Rogerson

Jeremy Rogerson
jdrogerson@crimson.ua.edu

William Singleton

William Singleton
wsingleton@crimson.ua.edu

Laura Stewart

Laura Stewart
lrstewart@crimson.ua.edu

LaTonya Taylor

LaTonya Taylor
ltaylor12@crimson.ua.edu

Anna Grace Usery

Anna Grace Usery
ausery@crimson.ua.edu

Michael Viehouser

Michael Viehouser
miviehouser@crimson.ua.edu

Demi Washington

Demi Washington
dwashington3@crimson.ua.edu

Megan Whitten Cordingly

Megan Whitten Cordingly
lmwhitten@ua.edu