Graduate Job Placements

Graduate Job Placements

Alumni of the Department of Communication go on to work at colleges and universities in research, teaching, and tenure-track positions. They also take on a wide variety of roles in the public and private sectors.  

Recent Alumni 

Learn about the jobs our graduates landed after completing their degrees. 

Ph.D. Graduates 

  • Christine Gilbert ’22, Assistant Professor of Climate Communication, Stony Brook University. 
  • Preeti Srinivasan ’21, UX Researcher, ServiceNow. 
  • Kara Winkler ’21, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, University of Houston-Downtown. 
  • Alyce Veins ’21, Quantitative Researcher, Public Service Research Recruitment Team, Fors Marsh Group. 
  • Emily Hutter ’21, Postdoctoral Teaching Associate, Northeastern University. 
  • Ayanna Eastman ’21, Assistant Professor, Southern Adventist University. 
  • Kara McGillicuddy ’20, Instructional Designer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). 
  • Brenda Rourke ’20, Assistant Professor, Northwest Missouri State University. 
  • Ryan Allred ’20, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Osh Kosh. 
  • Maria DelGreco ’20, Quantitative Researcher, Health Communication Research and Strategy Team, Fors Marsh Group. 
  • Ambyre Ponivas ’20, Assistant Professor, Young Harris College. 
  • Xiaowen Xu ’20, Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic Communication, Butler University. 
  • Adam Rainear ’19, Assistant Professor, West Chester University. 
  • Kim Embacher Martin ’19, Assistant Professor, Rhode Island College. 
  • Maggie Bennett ’19, Postdoctoral Researcher, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. 
  • Erin Waggoner ’18, Assistant Professor, Longwood University. 
  • Jen Xu ’18, Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University. 
  • Anuraj Dhillon ’18, Assistant Professor, California Polytechnic State University. 
  • Christina DeVoss ’18, Assistant Professor, John Carroll University. 
  • Deya Roy ’17, Postdoctoral Teaching Associate, Communication Studies, Northeastern University. 
  • Tai-Yee Wu ’17, Assistant Professor, National Chiao Tung University. 
  • Linda Dam ’16, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada-Las Vegas. 
  • Joshua Fishlock ’16, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University at Lake Havasu. 
  • Sara (Picklesimer) Stifano ’16, Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Department of Communication, UConn. 
  • Tao Ma ’16, Assistant Professor, Winona State University. 
  • Yerina Ranjit ’16, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri. 
  • Kyle Hull ’15, Assistant Professor, Aquinas College. 
  • Yi Wang ’15, Assistant Professor of Communication, University of Louisville. 
  • Melanie Savelli ’15, Assistant Professor of Communication, Southern Connecticut State University. 
  • Christopher Clemens ’13, Associate Professor of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, San Francisco State University. 
  • Daniel Hunt ’12, Assistant Professor of Communication, Worcester State University. 
  • Milton Stokes ’12, Global Lead, Public Affairs and Issues Management, Bayer Crop Science. 
  • Rory McGloin ’11, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, UConn. 
  • Stephen Stifano ’11, Associate Professor-in-Residence, Department of Communication, UConn. 
  • Robert Walker ’06, Owner and Clinical Director of Robert A. Walker and Associates, Counseling and Consulting Center Inc. 

MA Graduates 

  • Kelly Grant ’22, Graduate Admissions Coordinator, Furman University. 
  • Michelle Lewis ’21, Administrative Coordinator, Department of Animal Science, UConn. 
  • Daniel Whalen ’21, Multimedia Communications Designer, Mohegan Sun. 
  • Ashley Brannan ’20, Digital Marketing Specialist, Community Boost. 
  • Louvins Pierre ’20, pursued Ph.D. in Communication at UConn. 
  • Seth McCullock ’18, pursued a Ph.D. at Purdue University. 
  • Ye Chen ’18, pursued Ph.D. in Communication at UConn. 
  • Emily Hutter ’17, pursued Ph.D. in Communication at UConn. 
  • dam Rainear ’16, pursued Ph.D. in Communication at UConn. 
  • Bryan Vanco ’15, Survey Research Analyst, National Safety Council. 
  • Elizabeth Golas ’14, Senior Research Analyst, Ipsos. 
  • Hongliang Chen ’13, pursued a Ph.D. in Communication at Texas A&M University. 
  • Jamie Harris ’12, Manager of Social and Consumer Media, IBM. 
  • Jenna Hickman ’10, Director of Project Management, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless. 
  • Brianna Diaz ’10, Senior Associate Director of Communications and Web Strategy, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, UConn. 
  • Victor Bilgen ’10, Principal Analyst, McChrystal Group.