Claudia Chiappa
Claudia received her MS in Journalism from Boston University College of Communication. She graduated from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA with a BA in Communication Studies and Political Science. While in college, she was a writer and editor of her school newspaper The Cosmos, and a consultant at her school’s Writing Center. While at […]
Lei Guo
Dr. Lei Guo earned her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin in 2014. Her research focuses on the development of media effects theories, emerging media technologies and democracy, and international communication.
Hao Liu
Originally from Guangzhou, China, Hao holds an undergraduate degree in Journalism and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in advertising at Boston University’s College of Communications. Since 2017, content creation has been one of Hao’s passions. Through self-made content, like vlogs and other videos, he gained over 100,000 followers and accumulated over 5 million views […]
Alessia Riccio
Alessia Riccio is a graduate in Public Relations from the College of Communication with a minor in Political Science. Through the NLC Menino Fellowship, Riccio spent the fall semester of 2016 under the mentorship of IOC Director and Political Science Professor Graham Wilson in an on-campus Directed Study program. She spent the 2017 spring semester in Boston […]
Imani Roberson
Read more about Imani’s experience as the 2019 MORRE Summer Fellow Imani Roberson majored in Public Relations and Political science. She’s also a proud Detroiter. On campus, Imani is heavily involved in the Inner Strength Gospel Choir and was the president of Boston University’s Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Imani […]
Cameran Schwarz
Cameran graduated from BU’s College of Communication with a BS in Advertising. In addition to her work at IOC, she served as a creative director at Boston University’s AdLab, a fully functioning and student-run advertising agency. Though she was raised in a small town in Upstate New York, she is passionate about urban leadership and […]
Yiyan Zhang
Yiyan Zhang’s research focuses on mediated and dynamic communication effects between citizens, news media, and government bodies on social media. My previous studies speak to how the information flow in the hybrid media system influences (1) public opinion formation and (2) people’s daily political expression.