MICRO-BIO

• Yewande is a second-year doctoral student with interest in the representation of Africa and the African diaspora in global news and popular media. She also has interest in cultural communication and its influence on reception to public health issues...More

  Yewande is a second-year doctoral student with interest in the representation of Africa and the African diaspora in global news and popular media. She also has interest in cultural communication and its influence on reception to public health issues, disease prevention/treatment. Before embarking upon a doctoral program, she worked in Washington, D.C. as an Obama Presidential Appointee within the USDA's Office of Communication and as an associate in the D.C. Public Library's Watergate Branch. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling and leisurely language learning.

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EXPERIENCE

• UF

  • Doctoral Student
  • Journalism
  • Present

EDUCATION

• University of Florida

  • PhD in Mass Communication
  • August 2017 to Present

• Clayton State University

  • M.A. in Liberal Studies History
  • August 2010 to December 2012

• Florida A&M University

  • B.S. in Journalism
  • August 2005 to December 2009

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