Graduate Student Directory

Meet our COMM Studies Graduate Students!

Current graduate students within our program focus on specific areas of communication research. Some also teach courses in our TA program and serve as members within the department COMM Student Association (CSA).

Below is a full directory complete with contact information. Please feel free to connect and network with our current graduate students!

	Graduate Students	Contact
	Matthew Aldea	matthew.aldea@sjsu.edu
	David Amancio	david.amancio@sjsu.edu
	Mark Aziz	mark.aziz@sjsu.edu
	Spencer Choate Teaching Associate	spencer.choate@sjsu.edu Wenesdays 9am - 10am via Zoom
	Ethan Hardgrave	ethan.hardgrave@sjsu.edu
	Oresti Hernandez	oresti.hernandez@sjsu.edu
	Maxfield Hunt	maxfield.hunt@sjsu.edu
	Chloe Huynh Teaching Associate	chloe.huynh@sjsu.edu Tuesdays 11am - 11:30am Thursdays 11am - 11:30am or by appointment via Zoom
	Shayla Kennedy Organizational Communication	shayla.kennedy@sjsu.edu
	Darren Ko Intercultural Communication	darren.ko@sjsu.edu LinkedIn
	Tyler Kyte	tyler.kyte@sjsu.edu
	Eric Martinez Critical Intercultural Communication	eric.martinez@sjsu.edu
	Athena Paletta	athena.paletta@sjsu.edu
	Mandish Sandu Interpersonal and Critical Intercultural Communication	mandish.sandu@sjsu.edu LinkedIn
	Nima Samya	nima.samya@sjsu.edu
	Monica Silveira	monica.siveira@sjsu.edu
	Meghan Sterk Performance Ethnography Methods	meghan.sterk@sjsu.edu LinkedIn
	Julie Terebkov Teaching Associate Social Justice, Trauma Rhetoric, Critical Pedagogy, and Autoethnography	julie.terebkov@sjsu.edu Wenesdays 10am - 11am via Zoom LinkedIn
	Alejandro Torres Critical Intercultural Communication	alejandro.torres@sjsu.edu
	Michael Wang Health and Organizational Communication	michael.wang@sjsu.edu
	Leigh Via Teaching Associate	leigh.via@sjsu.edu Thursdays 4:30pm - 5:30pm Via Zoom