University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biography EDUCATION M.A. in Communication, Seoul National University (2025) B.A. in Communication with minors in Psychology and English Language & Literature, Seoul National University (2023) TEACHING CA100: Introduction to Speech Composition
Biography I am a graduate student in Communication Science working with Dr. Catalina Toma. I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Communication Arts from UW Madison in 2019. My research interests lie in social support, conflict management in interpersonal relationships, group communication, and communication technology use.
Biography David Martínez is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His M.A. thesis, “The Routes of Rootlessness: Tracing Monstrous Romani Representation in Literature and Film,” explores how the historical displacement and persecution of Romani people has led to the construction the archetypal “gypsy” in Western culture. He …
Biography As a doctoral student under the mentorship of Marie-Louise Mares, I am interested in the ways that media experiences shape identity and emotions, with a focus on gender identity and the formation of toxic masculinity ideology in adolescents. Related to this, I want to better understand how media experiences can promote positive or constructive …
Biography Publications “Casting as a Rhetorical Act: Color-Purposeful Casting and Hamilton’s Anti-White Casting Call”; in Rise Up: The Revolutionary Rhetoric of Hamilton, 2022 Metagaming Attention: Defining the Metagame Through the Economy of Attention on Twitch; Popular Culture Studies Journal, 2021 From Applied Research to Participatory Action, Part I: Beyond the “Bucket Theory” of Community-Based Leadership; …