Alumni Updates

Sandra Ristovska, Ph.D. '16

Sandra Ristovska, Ph.D. '16, was awarded a prestigious residential fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University.

She is an associate professor at the University of Colarado Boulder.

Founded in 1954, CASBS has been associated with 30 Nobel Prizes, 52 MacArthur Awards, 25 Pulitzer Prizes, and 176 members of the National Academy of Sciences. Several Annenberg faculty members have received this fellowship in the past, including Barbie Zelizer, Damon Centola, Diana Mutz, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, and Sandra González-Bailón.

Ristovska will join a class of 33 fellows from 18 U.S. and 12 international institutions, working in fields as wide-ranging as agriculture, anthropology, business, communication, economics, history, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, public health and sociology.

Annenberg Alumni meet at Local Journalism Researchers Workshop

The 2025 Local Journalism Researchers Workshop, co-hosted by UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University in March, was attended by several Annenberg alumni.

Annenberg Alumni at ICA

This June, Annenberg was well-represented at the 75th Annual ICA Conference in Denver. Over 20

scholars shared research on topics ranging from YouTube’s evolving copyright policies to the future of climate change communication. The lively Annenberg East/West Reception united colleagues from Penn and USC, while our beloved alumni breakfast offered a warm space for faculty, students and friends to reconnect.

Recent doctoral graduate ANTOINE HAYWOOD (PH.D. '24) received an Outstanding Dissertation Award from ICA’s Activism, Communication and Social Justice Division. ALUM YAEL WARSHEL (M.A.C. '00) received the 2025 ICA Mass Communication Innovation Award in Methods for her book "Experiencing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Children, Peace Communication and Socialization."