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Advanced students

• Guido Alvarez
  BFA in Craft and Design, Universidad del Azuay School of Design
  MFA in Design with a concentration in visual communication, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Dissertation director: Richard Fine, Department of English

• Robin Ashworth
• BA in English, James Madison University
• MA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dissertation director: Gary Sarkozi, School of Education
• Dissertation title: “Theories of Orality in Relation to West African Griot Culture and the Influence of 21st Century Media: A Case Study of Alhaji Papa Susso”

• Salvador Barajas
• BA in Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• MALS with a concentration in humanities, Hollins University
• Dissertation director: Elizabeth Hodges, Department of English

• Lee Bloxom
  BA in English, Wellesley College
  MA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Dissertation director: Noreen Barnes, Department of Theatre
  Dissertation title: “Eastern Shore Stories: Technology, Place and Local Culture”
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Lauren Boasso
• BA in English Literature, Augusta State University
• MA in Comparative Literature, Binghamton University

  Dissertation director: Gretchen Soderlund, Department of English

  Vera Brown
  BA in English, Pittsburg State University
  MA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Dissertation director: Joshua Eckhardt, Department of English
  Dissertation title: “From Tempera to Ink to Code: The Other Media of Orthodox Iconography”

• Sandra Burke
• BA in Graphic Design, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• MFA in Studio Art, University of New Mexico
• Dissertation director: Gretchen Soderlund, Department of English and Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
• Dissertation title: “Thinking Bodies and Sensational Minds: Affect and Embodiment in Art, Science, and Philosophy”

• Elizabeth Canfield
• BA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• MFA in Creative Writing, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dissertation director: Catherine Ingrassia, Department of English
• Research focus: Theory and politics of queer cultural production

• Lee Carleton
• BS in Biblical Studies, Lancaster Bible School
• MA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dissertation director: Nicholas Sharp, Department of English

• Amy Colombo
• BFA in Photography, University of Georgia
• MFA in Photography, University of Delaware
• MFA in Creative Writing, West Virginia University
• Dissertation director: Nicholas Frankel, Department of English
• Research focus: Whistler's Gentle Art of Making Enemies

• Randy Davis
  BS in Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University
  BA in International Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University
  MS in Mass Communications with a concentration in multimedia journalism, Virginia Commonwealth University
  Dissertation director: Oliver Speck, School of World Studies
  Research focus: Post-Soviet cinema

• Adam Dean
• BA in Media Studies, Pennsylvania State University
• MFA in Radio, Television and Film, University of North Texas
• Dissertation director: David Golumbia, Department of English
• Research focus: Embodiment of human senses through media technologies
• Dissertation title: “Phenomenology in Human-Computer Interaction: New Approaches to Activity Theory"”

• Jennie Fleming
• BFA in Painting, Drake University
• MFA in Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art
• Dissertation director: Eric Garberson, Department of Art History
• Research focus: Interdisciplinary analysis of multimedia works and practice

• Jennifer Figg
• BFA in Textiles, Rhode Island School of Design
• MFA in Fine Arts, University of California, Santa Barbara
• Dissertation director: Eric Garberson, Department of Art History
• Research focus: Eco-visualization in art

• Vaughn Whitney Garland
• BA in English Literature, Emory & Henry College
• BA in Art, Emory & Henry College
• MFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in painting, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dissertation director: Richard Fine, Department of English
• Research focus: Place, participation and the digital collective

• Norberto Gomez
• BFA in Art, Texas A&M University-Kingsville
• MFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in painting, University of Houston
• Dissertation director: David Golumbia, Department of English
• Research focus: History and culture of the Internet
• Dissertation title: "Textuality of Generative Music"

• Linda Gupta
• BA in Education, University of North Carolina
• MSW, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Research focus: Narrative hypertext and simulation in social work education

• Belinda Haikes
• BFA in Studio Art/Printmaking, University of Alabama at Birmingham
• MFA in Studio Art/Printmaking, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
• Dissertation director: Gretchen Soderlund, Department of English and Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies

• Jesse Hernandez
• AA in Education, Elgin College
• BA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• MT, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dissertation director: Nicholas Frankel, Department of English
• Dissertation title: “The Senses in Synthesis: An Intersensory Approach to Nineteenth-century Symbolism”

• Rebecca Johnson
• BA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• MA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dissertation director: Gretchen Soderlund, Dept. of English & Department of Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies
• Research focus: Book blogs
• Dissertation title: "Reader Reception, Social Media, and Gender: How Reviewing Has Changed With the Emergence of Book Blogs"

• Leejin Kim
• BFA in Sculpture, Seoul National University, Korea
• MFA in Sculpture and New Media, University of Pennsylvania
• Dissertation director: David Golumbia, Department of English
• Research focus: Robotics and facial animation
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  David Lawrence
  BS in Biology, Louisiana State University
  MS in Geography, George Mason University
  MS in Journalism, Columbia University
  Dissertation director: Tim Bajkiewicz, School of Mass Communications

• Deidra Lee
• BA in English, Virginia State University
• MA in English, Old Dominion University
• Dissertation director: Judy VanSlyke Turk, School of Mass Communications
• Dissertation title: "

• Kathryn Lynch
• BFA in Fine Arts, University of Illinois
• MFA in Art, Ohio State University
• Dissertation director: Eric Garberson, Department of Art History

• David Makhanlall
• BA in English, University of Guyana
• MA in English/Creative Writing, Queens College
• Dissertation director: Eric Garberson, Department of Art History
• Dissertation title: “English Composition 100: Best Practices for Online Instruction”

• Rebekah McKendry
• BA in Film Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• MA in Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• MFA in Film Studies, City University of New York
• Dissertation director: Noreen Barnes, Department of Theatre
• Research focus: Marketing of cult films

• Shana Meganck
• BA in Mass Communications, Mary Baldwin College
• MA in Journalism, University of Georgia
• Dissertation director: Marcus Messner, School of Mass Communications
• Research focus: Gender and sourcing
• Dissertation title: “Setting our Nutritional Agenda: The Impact of Blog Sourcing on Society”

• Scott Mills
• BFA in Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University
• MFA in Fine Arts with a concentration in photography and film, Virginia Commonwealth University
• Dissertation director: Nicholas Sharp, Department of English

• Maria Panbehchi
• BA in Spanish Literature, University of Chihuahua
• MA in Latin American Literature, New Mexico State University
• Dissertation director: Nicholas Sharp, Department of English

• John Priestley
• BA in English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• MA in English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Dissertation director: David Golumbia, Department of English
• Research focus: Textuality of generative music
• Dissertation title: "Textuality of Generative Music"

• Stella Reinhard
• BA in Mathematics, Greenville College
• MA in Children’s Literature, Hollins University
• Dissertation director: Noreen Barnes, Department of Theatre
• Dianne Roman
• BA in Fine Arts, Kent State University
• MFA in Studio for Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art
• Dissertation director: Eric Garberson, Department of Art History
• Research focus: Letterpress

• Sean Stewart
• BA in Advertising, Marshall University
• MAJ with a public relations emphasis, Marshall University
• Dissertation director: Yan Jin, School of Mass Communications
• Research focus: Crisis communications

• Tara Strickstein
• BFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Practice, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• MFA in Contemporary Art Theory and Practice, University of Chicago
  

  Dissertation director: Eric Garberson, Department of Art History

• Leah Thomas
• BA in English, University of Kentucky
• MA in English, University of Kentucky
• MS in Library and Information Science, University of Kentucky
• Dissertation director: Catherine Ingrassia, Department of English
• Research focus: Transatlantic literature and cartography in the long eighteenth century

• Kristine Trever
• BA in Film Studies, Wayne State University
• MA in Communications/Media Arts, Wayne State University
• Dissertation director: Elizabeth Hodges, Department of English

• Patrick Vickers
• BFA in Fine Arts, Mississippi State University
• MFA in Creative Writing, University of Alabama
• Dissertation director: Joshua Eckhardt, Department of English

• Melinda White
• BS in English, Utah State University
• MS in English, Utah State University
• Dissertation director: Susan Cokal, Department of English

• Neal Wyatt
• BA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• MA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• MS in Library Science, Catholic University
• Dissertation director: Richard Fine, Department of English
• Dissertation title: “Readers’ Advisory Poetics”

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Second year

• Gareth Blackwell
• BA in Journalism, University of Mississippi
• MA in Journalism, University of Mississippi
• Research focus: Graphic Design
• Dissertation director: Eric Garberson, Department of Art History

• Thomas Cunningham
• BFA in Theatre, Virginia Commonwealth University
• MFA in Theatre, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Charity Fowler
• BA in Theater and Creative Writing, Florida State University
• MA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
• JD, University of California at San Diego

• Ahmed Hamada
• BA in Mass Communication, Kuwait University
• MA in Journalism, Indiana University

Adam Stockton
• BA in Art History, Hampden-Sydney College
• MS in Mass Communications with a concentration in advertising, Virginia Commonwealth University

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First year

• Byeongwon Ha
  BFA in Film, Television and Multimedia, SungJyunKwan University
  MFA in Media Art, Yonsei University
  MFA in Digital+Media, Rhode Island School of Design

  Francesca Lyn
  BFA in Painting, University of Florida
  MA in Digital Arts & Sciences, University of Florida

  Paul Robertson
  BA in English, Virginia Commonwealth University
  MA in Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University
  MA in English, Appalachian State University

  Neal Swisher
  BA in Cognitive Science & Philosophy Research, Franklin & Marshall College
  Master of Liberal Arts, University of Pennsylvania

  Tamara Watkins
  BA in English, Saginaw Valley State University
  MA in Communication & Multimedia, Saginaw Valley State University

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