Graduate student alumni in Communication Studies (CS) and Rhetorical Studies (RS) have found rewarding jobs in academe, government agencies and the private sector. Some examples are provided below:
| Name | Employer | Job Title | Email Address |
| Abbott (Bell), Leslie (I&H) | Medical University of South Carolina | Research Navigator | bella@musc.edu |
| Abbott (Pittman) Tara (I&H) | Medical University of South Carolina | Marketing & Recruitment Director | |
| Abbott, Blake (RS) | University of Richmond | cabbott@towson.edu | |
| Achter, Paul (RS) | University of Richmond | Associate Professor and Department Chair | pachter@richmond.edu |
| Andersen, Kristin (I&H) | kkander@uga.edu | ||
| Arata, Kevin (I&H) | City of Fayetteville | Corporate Communications Director | kvarata@gmail.com (?) |
| Atchinson, Jarrod (RS) | Wake Forest University | Assistant Professor/Director of Debate | jarrod.atchison@gmail.com |
| Atkins-Sayre, Wendy (RS) | University of Southern Mississippi | Department Chair | atkins_sayre@yahoo.com |
| Barrientos, Samantha (I&H) | Disease Control and Prevention Services | HIV Care Services Consultant | |
| Basinger, Erin Diane | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | Assistant Professor | basinge2@illinois.edu |
| Bates, Ben (RS) | Ohio University | Professor | batesb@ohio.edu |
| Bellon, Joe (RS) | Georgia State University | Debate | joe.bellon@gmail.com |
| Betsy Bigsby (I&H) | U of Illinois | Assistant Professor | |
| Bevan, Jennifer (I&H) | Chapman University | Professor | jenbev34@yahoo.com |
| Bigsby, Elisabeth (I&H) | University of Illinois | Assistant Professor | Ebigsby@illinois.edu |
| Brockmann, Breena (RS) | breenab@uga.edu | ||
| Brooks, Carolyn (I&H) | UnitedHealthcare Community&State. | Director of Strategic Initiatives | carolynjbrooks@gmail.com |
| Brown-Givens, Sonja (I&H) | Medaille College | Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs | Sonja.M.BrownGivens@medaille.edu |
| Brown, Brittany (I&H) | Wounded Warrior Project | bkbdawg@uga.edu | |
| Caban, Sarah | University of Georgia | Adjunct Lecturer | |
| Caudill, Sally (RS) | City of Canmore | Communication Director | scaudill@canmore.ca |
| Caudle, Courtney Alexis | Vanderbilt University | Post Doc Fellow (not sure if she still is or not) | |
| Cisneros, J. David (RS) | University of Illinois | Associate Professor | cisneros_jd@yahoo.com;jdcisnrs@illinois.edu? |
| Coleman, Marcus (I&H) | University of Southern Mississippi | Assistant Professor | mjclass1@uga.edu; marcus.coleman@usm.edu (?) |
| Coles Cone, Valerie (I&H) | University of Georgia (SCAD University 2018) | Adjunct Lecturer (Professor of Liberal Arts in Communication) | vcoles@uga.edu |
| Comer, Sarah (I&H) | Research and Insights at The Advisory Board Company | Relationship Manager | sarah.k.comer@gmail.com |
| Cunill, Mary Lee (I&H) | Florida State College at Jacksonville | Assistant Professor | mary.l.cunill@fscj.edu |
| Curran, Timothy | Utah State University | Assistant Professor | tim.curran@usu.edu |
| Deeb, Anna Dudney | Brenau University | Assistant Professor | |
| Demetria McNeal (I&H) | U of Colorada Denver | Researcher | |
| Dillow, Megan (I&H) | West Virginia University | Associate Professor | Megan.Dillow@mail.wvu.edu; megandillow@yahoo.com |
| Dorgan, Kelly (I&H) | East Tennessee State University | Professor | dorgan@etsu.edu |
| Dubriwny, Tasha N. (RS) | Texas A&M University | Associate Professor | tdubriwny@gmail.com |
| Duggan, Ashley (I&H) | Boston College | Professor | dugganas@bc.edu |
| Edwards Tassie, Keisha (I&H) | Morehouse College | Associate Professor | Keisha.Tassie@morehouse.edu |
| Egbert, Nicole (I&H) | Kent State University | Professor | negbert@kent.edu |
| Faust, Andrew (I&H) | Jackson Spalding | Multimedia Health Communication Specialist | andrew@andrewfaust.com; avfaust@gmail.com |
| Fay, Isabel (I&H) | Longwood University | Tenure Track Assistant Professor | |
| Fellows, Kelli (I&H) | UNC-Wilmington | Associate Professor at Graduate School of Business and Leadership | cajunbelle555@gmail.com |
| Fitzmaurice, Megan Irene | University of Maryland | Doctoral Student | mfitzmau@uga.edu |
| Flores, Lisa (RS) | University of Colorado, Boulder | Associate Professor | lisa.flores@colorado.edu |
| Formo, Andrea (RS) | Environmental Resources Management | Public Affairs Specialist, St. Cloud, MN | Andreaformo@gmail.com |
| Frank, Robert (RS) | Retired | moreheadbob@hotmail.com | |
| Garton (Valeria), Rebekah Karen | Falls Church Anglican | Assistant Director, Middle School Youth | rgartonvalerio@gmail.com |
| Gerrits, Debra (I&H) | University of Georgia | Athletics | debragerrits@uga.edu |
| Greene, Kathryn (I&H) | Rutgers University | Professor | klgreene@rutgers.edu |
| Gronnvoll, Marita (RS) | Eastern Illinois University | Associate Professor | mgronnvoll@eiu.edu |
| Groscurth, Christopher (I&H) | Gallup | c.groscurth@gmail.com | |
| Grossman, Jeremy | Baylor University | Lecturer | |
| Guan, Mengfei | Milwaukee | Adjunct Lecturer | |
| Hallsby, Atilla | University of Minnesota | Assistant Professor | gthallsb@ncsu.edu |
| Harris, Shawna Gwynne | Missouri Western State University | Associate Professor | shawnaha@gmail.com sharris15@missouriwestern.edu |
| Harris, Tina M. (I&H) | University of Georgia | Professor | tmharris@uga.edu |
| Harris, Virgie Nobles (RS) | Fort Valley State | ||
| Hasian, Marouf (RS) | University of Utah | marouf.hasian@m.cc.utah.edu | |
| Holland, Shannon (RS) | Southwestern University | hollands@southwestern.edu | |
| Householder, Brian (I&H) | Rutgers University | Director of Undergraduate Studies | brian.householder@rutgers.edu; brianhouse@aol.com |
| Hovick, Shelly (I&H) | Ohio State University | Assistant Professor | hovick.1@osu.edu |
| Huggins, Christin Bates (I&H) | University of Georgia | Lecturer | cebates@uga.edu |
| Humphreys, Laura (I&H) | Meredith College | laura01grad@hotmail.com | |
| Hurt, Nicole (RS) | College of St. Benedict at St. John’s University | Assistant Professor | nhurt001@csbsju.edu |
| Jang, Kyungeun | Yonsei University | Doctoral Student | katejjang@gmail.com |
| Jenkins, Eric (RS) | University of Cincinnati | eric.jenkins@uc.edu; ejenkins@uga.edu | |
| Jenson, Will (RS) | Trinity University | wjensen@gmail.com | |
| Jordan, John (RS) | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | Associate Professor | jjordan@uwm.edu |
| Keck, Laura (I&H) | The Polling Place, Inc. | ||
| Keeley-Jonker, Bethany Lynn | Trinity Christian College | Associate Professor | bethanykeeley@gmail.com |
| Kline, Kim (RS) | University of Texas at San Antonio | Professor | kim.kline@utsa.edu |
| Kollar, Laura Min Mercer (I&H) | National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Behavioral Scientist | lauraminm@gmail.com; laurala@uga.edu |
| Laliker, Melanie (I&H) | Bridgewater College | Department Head | mlaliker@bridgewater.edu |
| Landau, Jamie (RS) | Keene State College | Coordinator of Faculty Enrichment & Associate Professor | jamielandau@gmail.com |
| Lannutti, Pam (I&H) | LaSalle University | Professor | lannutti95@lasalle.edu |
| Laura Mercer Kollar (I&H) | CDC | Researcher | |
| Lemieux, Robert (I&H) | McDaniel College | rlemieux@mcdaniel.edu | |
| Long, Lynette M. (RS) | Middle Tennessee State University | ||
| Lynch, John (RS) | University of Cincinnati | Associate Professor | lynchjo@ucmail.uc.edu |
| Maddux, Kristy (RS) | University of Maryland | Associate Professor | klmaddux@umd.edu |
| Malsin, Mikaela (RS) | Georgetown University | Director of Debate | |
| Marinelli, Kevin (RS) | Davidson College | Visiting Assistant Professor | kevinmarinelli@yahoo.com |
| Markle, Lauren Marie | |||
| McCauliff, Kristen (RS) | Ball State University | Associate Professor | klmccauliff@bsu.edu |
| Mcnaughton, Melanie Joy (RS) | Bridgewater University | Department Head | melanie_mcnaughton@hotmail.com |
| McNeal, Demetria (I&H) | University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus | Research Associate | demetria.mcneal@ucdenver.edu; mcneal.demetria@ymail.com |
| Miller, Ann Neville (I&H) | Central Florida University | Associate Professor | Ann.Miller@ucf.edu |
| Miller, Charles Oliver | chmiller06@gmail.com | ||
| Miller, Diane (RS) | University of Georgia | Director of Advising | dianehmiller@gmail.com |
| Mulholand, Robert Edward | |||
| Murphy, Molly | Utah State University | ||
| Murray, Athena (RS) | Colorado Mountain College | Associate Professor of Communications | murraya@uga.edu |
| Myres, Jason (RS) | University of Georgia | Adjunct Lecturer | jm18@uga.edu |
| Nowicki, Angela Nicole (Married name is Blackmar) | AFLAC | Senior Producer | |
| Ogata-Jones, Karen (I&H) | Clemson University | Dept Chair & Associate Professor | |
| Palevitz, Caren Elizabeth | |||
| Palmer, Hillary | University of Georgia | Lecturer | hipalmer@uga.edu |
| Parker, Rhonda (I&H) | Samford University | rgparker@samford.edu | |
| Pierce, Lee | Lecturer | SUNY, Genesco | |
| Pittman (Abbott), Tara (I&H) | Medical University of South Carolina | abbott.tara@gmail.com | |
| Ploeger-Tsoulos, Joanna - Deceased (RS) | |||
| Poirot, Kristan (RS) | Texas A & M University | Director of Graduate Studies & Associate Professor | poirot@tamu.edu |
| Porter, Emily Jan | Non-Profit in Atlanta | eporter@coastal.edu | |
| Powell, Kimberly (RS) | Luther College | Professor | kimpowell@luther.edu |
| Radanielina-Hita, Marie Louise (I&H) | University of Quebec in Montreal | Assistant professor in Marketing communications | marie_radanielin@wsu.edu |
| Ramsey, E. Michele (RS) | Penn State Berks | Associate Professor | emr10@psu.edu |
| Reid-Brinkley, Shanara (RS) | University of Pittsburgh | ||
| Rush, Katie (RS) | Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH | Public Health Analyst | katierush@gmail.com |
| Scales, Monica (I&H) | RTI International | Health Communication Reseacher | monicascales@gmail.com |
| Scheinfeld, Emily Nicole | U of Texas at Tyler | Assistant Professor | enscheinfeld@gmail.com |
| Sheedy, Kristin (I&H) | CDC | Retired | |
| Silk, Kami (I&H) | Michigan State University | Associate Dean of Research and Director of Master's of Health and Risk Communications, Professor | silkk@msu.edu |
| Sloop, John M. (RS) | Vanderbilt University | Professor & Associate Provost for Digital Learning | john.m.sloop@vanderbilt.edu |
| Spalding, Sally (RS) | Southeast Missouri State University | Assistant Professor | sspalding@semo.edu |
| Spencer, Leland (RS) | Miami University of Ohio | Assistant Professor and Associate Chair | spencelg@miamioh.edu; spencelg@uga.edu |
| Srader, Doyle (RS) | Northwest Christian University | ||
| Strickland, Amanda Lauren | |||
| Sutton, Chadwick Alexander | suttonc7@uga.edu | ||
| Thorson, Rae Amanda (RS) | MetLife | Client Consultant, Atlanta, GA | |
| Thorton, Davi Johnson (RS) | new job | ||
| Tighe, M. Rachel (I&H) | University of Virginia-Wise | Chair, Department of Communication Studies | rt3n@uvawise.edu |
| Tim Curran (I&H) | Utah State University | Assistant Professor | |
| Tim Worley (I&H) | Penn State University | Assistant Professor | |
| Trego, Alison (I&H) | Arizona State University | Contract Faculty | atrego@asu.edu; ali_t@mindspring.com |
| Tuck, Sarah Mink (I&H) | Mohawk Carpeting | sarahmtuck@gmail.com | |
| Turner, John Cameron | Dartmouth College | Director of Forensics Union | johncameronturner@gmail.com |
| Valerie Coles (I&H) | Savannah College of Art and Design | Professor | |
| Volkening, Lisa Slawter (RS) | University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh | ldsvolkening@gmail.com | |
| Walling, Anna (RS) | Start Up Company in Denver | amw.walling@gmail.com | |
| Watson, William Hays (RS) | University of Georgia | Debate Head Coach | whwatson@gmail.com |
| Wheaton, Patrick G. (RS) | Georgia Southern University | pwheaton@georgiasouthern.edu | |
| Williams Hilfiker, Sandy (I&H) | CommunicateHealth, Inc. | Principal, Director of User Centered Design | sandy@communicatehealth.com |
| Williams, Melanie (I&H) | Texas Public Health Dept. | ||
| Wilson, Kathi (I&H) | CDC | ||
| Winderman, Emily (RS) | University of Minnesota | Assistant Professor | emwinder@unity.ncsu.edu |
| Winn, Laura (I&H) | Florida Atlantic University | Faculty | lwinn@fau.edu |
| Wolfe, Dylan (RS) | Mercer County Community College | dylanwolfe@gmail.com | |
| Wong, Norman (I&H) | University of Oklahoma | Associate Professor | nwong@ou.edu |
| Worley, Timothy (I&H) | Penn State University | Assistant Professor | worley.tr@gmail.com |
| Wright, Lanelle Danise (Married Name Strawder) | Arizona State University | Not sure of job | lanelle.wright@gmail.com |
| Yachao Li (I&H) | College of New Jersey | Assistant Professor | |
| Zuckerman Hyman, Cynthia (I&H) | North Carolina State | Advisor in Comm Studies, Doctoral Student in Public Affairs | cynthia_zuckerman@ncsu.edu |
ATTENTION: If you would like us to add or update your information to one of our alumni list, email commadvs@uga.edu with the subject line "Update UGA Communication Studies (or Rhetoric) Alumni." Please include your full name, and current university (or other professional) affiliation; feel free to include other information, i.e. your job title or year of graduation/degree from UGA's communication studies program
.