Congratulations to Annenberg’s 2026 Ph.D. and M.A. Graduates

Ten students earned doctoral degrees and 13 students earned M.A. degrees.

This Monday, the Annenberg School for Communication held its annual doctoral graduation ceremony. The in-person celebration honored Annenberg's 2026 Ph.D. and M.A. recipients.

The ceremony recognized the following ten students who earned their doctoral degrees in Communication, listed with their dissertation titles:

Cienna Davis	“Dreading the Diaspora: Black Hair, Technology, and the Textures of Connection”
Neil Fasching	“Partisan Airwaves: Quantifying Misinformation and Toxicity in Political Podcasting”
Assil Frayha	“How Media Actors Shape Media Outlets”
Sanjay Jolly	“A Law and Political Economy Perspective on the Global Information Order, 1945-1989”
Jenny Lee	“Surveillance as Housework: Care, Cameras, and Community in the (New) Neighborhood Watch”
Adetobi Moses	“Diseased Memories, Spaces, and Bodies: Postcolonial Tensions in the Communication of the COVID-19 Pandemic”
Farrah Rahaman	“No Form Like Disorder: Substrate, Visual Matter, and Properties of Ruin in the Americas”
Shane Sheehy	"Insurrection, Inc.: Far-Right Propaganda in the Tactical Gear Industry"
Samuel Wolken	“Local Television News in a Changing Media Environment”
Brittany Zulkiewicz	“Does COVID-19 vaccine information have spillover effects on acceptance of established and novel vaccines? Evidence from two longitudinal and two experimental studies”

Congratulations are also in order to the following Annenberg students who have earned their M.A. in Communication en route to the completion of their doctoral degrees: