Archives: Class Notes
Robert Georges Picard, PhD ’83
Robert Georges Picard, PhD ’83, had a new book published by Palgrave Macmillan, Media and Communication Policymaking: Processes, Dynamics and International Variations. He was awarded a doctorate honoris causa by the University of Navarra in Spain.
Anthony Adornato, MA ’12
Missouri School of Journalism Alumnus Anthony Adornato Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to Italy The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Anthony Adornato, an associate professor of journalism at Ithaca College, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Italy in the field … Continued
Suzanne Struglinski, BJ ’00
Suzanne Struglinski, BJ ’00, is the PR manager at Industry Dive, a business journalism publisher in Washington, D.C.
Yiqian “Phoebe” Zhang, MA ’12
Yiqian “Phoebe” Zhang, MA ’12, is working as a reporter for the South China Morning Post.
Shraddha Sankhe, MA ’14
Shraddha Sankhe joined the Toronto-Dominion Bank in 2022 as Manager, Cloud FinOps in Toronto, Canada. Prior to joining TD Bank, she worked at Canadian Institute for Health Information as a Program Consultant for Cloud Business Office and Stakeholder Engagement.
Marcia Chatelain, BJ ’01
Marcia Chatelain (B.A., B.J., Magazine ’01) published a new book in January 2020. “Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America” tells the history of fast food’s migration from the suburbs to the inner-city after Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968. The book, published by Liveright Publishing Corporation, tells a hidden history of race, civil rights, … Continued
Ransdell Raphael Pierson, MA ’78
New York City – Ransdell Raphael Pierson of New York City, New York passed from this life on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. Ransdell was born on December 31, 1953 to Lee Slagle Pierson and Robert Hunter Pierson. Originally from Alexandria, Louisiana, he graduated from Bolton High School in 1971. He attended Louisiana State University and … Continued
Anna (Comstock) Braunsdorf, BJ ’07
Anna (Comstock) Braunsdorf, BJ ’07, is the director of educational content at Elevate Labs, the company behind the Elevate and Balance mobile apps. Elevate is a brain-training app that won Apple’s App of the Year award and Balance is a highly-personalized meditation program.
Dan O’Brien, BJ ’77
“Rube,” a screenplay by Dan O’Brien, BJ ’77, has won the Grand Jury Prize for Outstanding Screenplay at the Film Invasion Los Angeles Festival.
Ken Wells, MA ’77
Ken Wells, MA ’77, recently published his third work of narrative non-fiction, “Gumbo Life: Tales from the Roux Bayou.” The culinary memoir from W.W. Norton and Co. is equal parts history, travelogue and biography as it chronicles the evolution and global spread of Cajun and Creole Louisiana’s favorite comfort food. Wells retired from daily journalism … Continued