Serving the Minorities and Communication Division
for the 2023 – 2024 term
Head
María De Moya, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
mdemoyat@utk.edu
Vice Head/Program Chair
Vanessa Bravo, Elon University
vbravo@elon.com
Second Vice head
Danielle Brown, Michigan State University
dkbrown@msu.edu
Secretary
Denetra Walker, University of South Carolina
denetrawalker@uga.edu
Research Chair
Rafael Matos, Northwestern University
rafael.matos@northwestern.edu
Student Research Chair
Christina Najera, University of Tennessee- Knoxville
cnajera@utk.edu
PF&R Chair
Keonte Coleman, Syracuse University
kecolema@syr.edu
Teaching Chair
Nathian Rodriguez, San Diego State University
nsrodriguez@sdsu.edu
Social Media Coordinator & Webmaster
Tawfiq Abdullah, University of Southern Mississippi
tawfiq.abdullah@gmail.com
Grants Chair
Gheni Platenburg, University of Houston
gnplatenburg@uh.edu
Midwinter Research Chair
Lourdes Cueva Chacon, San Diego State University
lcuevachacon@sdsu.edu
Newsletter Editor
Solyee Kim, Howard University
Solyee.Kim@howard.edu
Membership Chair
Miya Williams Fayne, University of Wisconsin- Madison
miya.fayne@wisc.edu
Mentoring Co-Chairs
Chelsea Peterson-Salahuddin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
caaps@umich.edu
Ajia Meux, University of Oklahoma
ajiameux@ou.edu
Graduate Student Liaison
Benjamin Tetteh
bptetteh@sry.edu