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Former PhD Students of Renee Hobbs
Renee Hobbs is proud to have supported the following scholars through the process of earning a PhD:
Rebecca Hains, Ph.D. Temple University, Mass Media and Communication, awarded 2008
- Dissertation Title: "Negotiating Girl Power: Girlhood on Screen and in Everyday Life"
- Current Position: Associate Professor of Communication, Salem State University, Salem MA
Hans Schmidt, PhD. Ph.D. Temple University, Mass Media and Communication. Awarded 2010
- Dissertation Title: “Media Creation and the Net Generation: Comparing Faculty and Student Beliefs and Competencies Regarding Media Literacy within Higher Education”
- Current Position: Associate Professor, Penn State University, Brandywine
Jiwon Yoon, Ph.D. Ph.D. Temple University, Mass Media and Communication. Awarded 2010
- Dissertation Title: “Media Literacy Education to Promote Cultural Competence and Adaptation among Diverse Students: A Case Study of North Korean Refugees in South Korea”
- Current Position: Associate Professor of Communication, Northwest University, Kirkland WA
Tina Peterson, PhD. Ph.D. Temple University, Mass Media and Communication. Awarded 2012
- Dissertation Title: “So You Think You Can Cook? Visual Communication in Food Media, Meaning-making and Cooking Self-efficacy”
- Current Position: Director, News Literacy Project, Houston TX
Kelly Mendoza, PhD. Ph.D. Temple University, Mass Media and CommunicationAwarded 2013
- Dissertation Title: “Parental Mediation and Media Literacy”
- Current Position: Senior Manager of Education Content and Curriculum, Common Sense Media, San Francisco CA
Michael RobbGrieco, PhD. Awarded 2014 Ph.D. Temple University, Mass Media and Communication
- Dissertation Title: “Media for Media Literacy: Discourses of the Media Literacy Education Movement in Media & Values Magazine, 1977 – 1993”
- Current Position: Director of Technology, Windham Unified Schools, VT
Lisa Provorara, Ph.D. Temple University, Mass Media and Communication Program. Awarded 2015.
- Dissertation Title: “Teaching about Gender Representation in High School”
- Current Position: Lecturer, Department of Communication, University of Hartford CT
Jonathan Friesem PhD University of Rhode Island, School of Education. Awarded 2015
- Dissertation Title: “On Becoming a Digital Literacy Mentor”
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, Central Connecticut State University
Mary Moen, PhD University of Rhode Island, School of Education. Awarded 2015
- Dissertation Title: “Teachers' Self-Directed Informal Learning Experiences For Technology Integration: An Exploratory Study”
- Current Position: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, University of Rhode Island
Jillian Belanger, PhD University of Rhode Island. Department of Writing and Rhetoric. Awarded 2017.
- Dissertation Title: Speaking Truth to Power: Stand-Up Comedians as Sophists, Jesters, Public Intellectuals and Activists
- Current Position: Gateway to College Program Director, Roger William University
Alyson Snowe, PhD University of Rhode Island, Department of Writing and Rhetoric. Awarded 2017.
- Dissertation Title: Exploring the Use of NoRedInk as a Tool for Composition Instruction
- Current Position: Lecturer, Department of English. Three Rivers Community College
Hailee Dunn. PhD University of Rhode Island, Department of Psychology.
Clarissa Walker, University of Rhode Island, Department of Writing and Rhetoric
- Dissertation Title: “There is no racism in Cuba: A Field Study of the Post-Race Rhetoric of Modern Cuba"
- Current Position: Director of the Writing Center, Rhode Island College
Current PhD Students: • Zoey Wang, University of Rhode Island, School of Education • Mark Davis, University of Rhode Island, School of Education • Cornelia Trahan, University of Rhode Island, School of Education • Samantha Stanley, University of Hong Kong