For PhD placement statistics by Program of Study, visit the University of Iowa Graduate College website.

Communication Studies PhD Placements

name School Year
Joe Bookman Beloit College 2016
Lauren-Ashley Buchanan University of Iowa 2016
Sharde Davis University of Connecticut 2016
Christina Paxman Minot State University 2016
Adam Rugg Fairfield University 2016

name School Year
Erin Brummett Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 2015
Benjamin Burroughs University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2015
Michaela Frischherz Towson University 2015
Sofia Karatza Coastal Carolina University 2015
Renu Pariyadath University of South Carolina Upstate 2015
Melissa Schnettler University of Wisconsin-River Falls and Concordia University 2015
Joseph Steinitz University of Iowa 2015
Lindsey Thomas University of Puget Sound 2015
Melissa Zimdars Merrimack College 2015

name School Year
Tahlia Fischer Ithaca College 2014
Meng Li Loyola Marymount University 2014
Joshua Pederson University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa 2014
Kristina Scharp Utah State University 2014
Lisa Silvestri Gonzaga University 2014
Daniel Usera Arkansas State University 2014

name School Year
Paul Johnson University of Pittsburgh 2013
Niko Poulakos University of Rhode Island 2013

name School Year
Kristin Anderson Terpstra Kirkwood Community College 2012
Evelyn Bottando Indiana University Northwest 2012
Meryl Irwin James Madison University 2012
Curtis Livesay Kirkwood Community College 2012
Douglas Schules Rikkyo University 2012
Karla Stevenson University of South Florida 2012
Chad Vollrath University of Wisconsin - Superior 2012
Hsin-I (Sydney) Yueh Northeastern State University 2012

name School Year
Chitra Akkoor Keene State College 2011
Daniel Faltesek Oregon State University 2011
Gina Giotta California State University - Northridge 2011
Ozge Heck Girit University of Macau (China) 2011
Alina Haliliuc Denison University 2011
Alessandra Madella Kunming Professional College of Arts 2011
Jason Moyer Malone University 2011

name School Year
Judd Case Manchester College 2010
Perry Howell University of Iowa 2010
Dena Huisman University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse 2010
Samantha Joyce Indiana University - South Bend 2010
Jin Kim College of St. Rose 2010
Shana Kopaczewski Indiana State University - Terre Haut 2010
Sangeet Kumar Denison University 2010
Xinghua Li Babson College 2010
David Morris Postdoctoral Fellow-Univ. S. Florida 2010
Daniel Munksgaard University of Rhode Island 2010
Kristen Norwood Postdoctoral Fellow - St. Louis University 2010
Minkyu Sung Ulsan Nat'l Inst. Sci. & Tech. - South Korea 2010
Jon Wiebel Allegheny College 2010
Hisn-Yen Yang Fort Hays State University 2010

name School Year
Young Cheon Cho California State University - Chico 2009
Michael Lawrence Columbia College - Chicago 2009
James Pobst ACT - Iowa City 2009
Aaron Sachs St. Mary's College of California 2009
Kevin Shroth Ivy Tech Community College 2009
Zack Stiegler Indiana University of Pennsylvania 2009
Huike Wen Willamette University 2009
Bianca Wolf University of Puget Sound 2009

name School Year
Michael Albrecht Eckerd College 2008
Megan Foley Mississippi State 2008
Chuck Goehring San Diego State 2008
Dena Huisman University of Wisconsin - Lacrosse 2008
Aya Matsushima New York University 2008
Adam Roth Univ. of Rhode Island - Kingston 2008
Peter Schaefer Marymount Manhattan College 2008
Margaret Schwartz Fordham University 2008
Gerald Voorhees Oregon State University 2008
Nathan Wilson Northwest Missouri State 2008
Lance Brendan Young
VA Medical Center - Iowa City
2008

name School Year
David Heineman Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 2007
Kit Lam Wenzao Ursuline College - Taiwan 2007
Samuel McCormick San Francisco State University 2007
Maurine Orwa No. Plains Tribal Epidemiology Ctr 2007
Tracy Routsong Washburn University 2007
Matt Thatcher Arkansas State University 2007
Jill Tyler University of South Dakota 2007
Scott Varda Baylor University 2007

name School Year
Andrew Baerg University of Houston -  Victoria 2006
Angela Borsella Swanson University of Richmond 2006
Rafael Cervantes College of St. Catherine 2006
Daniel Chornet-Roses St. Louis University, Madrid-Spain 2006
Jay Clarkson Indiana State University - Terre Haute 2006
Irene Grau Christopher Newport University 2006
Sheree Keith Macon State College 2006
Margie McCue-Enser Saginaw Valley State University 2006
Karen Pitcher Des Moines Area Community College 2006
Erin Rand Vanderbilt University 2006
Amy Aldridge Sanford Northeastern State -Tahlequah, OK 2006
Rae Lynn Schwartz-DuPre Western Washington University 2006

name School Year
JungBong Choi New York University 2005
Robin Crumm Schreiner University 2005
Leslie Hahner Baylor University 2005
Carol (Mimi) Harvey Denison University 2005
Wendy Hilton-Morrow Augustana College 2005
Rebecca Imes Carol College 2005
Brian Laim University of North Texas 2005
Hee Eun Lee Chosun University - South Korea 2005
Hun Yul Lee San Francisco State University 2005
Joan McAllister Drake University 2005
Stephanie Rollie Texas A & M -  Corpus Christi 2005
Rachel Whidden Lake Forest College 2005

name School Year
Hugo Burgos Univ. San Francisco de Quito - Ecuador 2004
Kathryn Cady Northern Illinois University 2004
Rebekkah Farrugia Western Michigan University 2004
Larissa Faulkner McMaster University - Ontario 2004
Mitsuhiro Fujimaki Bunkyo University - Tokyo 2004
Chul Heo Korea University 2004
Evelyn Ho University of San Francisco 2004
Kevin Schut Trinity Western University - British Columbia 2004
Mike Searcy University of Illinois - Springfield 2004
Vesta Silva Allegheny College 2004
Chris Smit Calvin College 2004
John Watson University of Texas - Dallas 2004
Danielle Wiese Grand Valley State University 2004

name School Year
David Deifell Drake University 2003
James Clark Farmer University of Colorado 2003
Teresita Garza St. Edwards University 2003
Maria Nilsson University of Iowa 2003
Kyra Pearson Loyola Marymount - Los Angeles 2003
Lise Valentine Vandervoort The Civic Federation - Chicago 2003