Welcome to the Estlow Center!  

Research Associates, 2008-2009:

 
Alexis Lynn ('09) serves as Graduate Research Associate and Interviewer for the High School Journalism and Public Good project. She conducts in-depth interviews with young people involved in high school journalism efforts in the Denver area and through the biannual National High School Journalism conferences. She is an M.A. student in the Mass Communications & Journalism Studies program. Her research interests center on interview-based methods in communication studies.

Art Bamford ('10) is Graduate Research Associate and Interviewer for the High School Journalism and Public Good Project.  He also provides research assistance in the Popular Culture & Religion project.  He is an M.A. student in the Mass Communications & Journalism Studies program.  His research interests are in popular music, culture, and rhetoric.  

Jill Dierberg (Valparaiso '06, Eden '08) and Nik Vukovich (CSU '07) provided Graduate Research Assistance for the projects related to Popular Culture in a Religious and Culturally Plural World.  Jill is a Ph.D. student in the joint DU/Iliff School of Theology Religion & Social Change program.  Her research interests are in popular culture, music, and American religions.  

 
Loosineh Markarian Sengali ('09) serves as Graduate Research Associate for the Religious and Cultural Pluralism and New Media project. She is a recent graduate from Tehran University in Iran . She translates and analyzes online conversations that bring together women from differing national, religious, and cultural backgrounds. She is an M.A. student in the International and Intercultural Communication program. Her research interests center on civil society, democratic engagement, and the role of the media in national identity-formation.

Morehshin Allahyari ('09) serves as Graduate Research Associate for the Religious and Cultural Pluralism and New Media project. She translates and analyzes online conversations that bring together women from differing national, religious, and cultural backgrounds. She is an M.A. student in the Digital Media Studies program. Her research interests center on artistic expression and the postmodern self in relation to nation, society, and culture.

Research Associates, 2007-2008:

Rachel Monserrate ('08) served as Graduate Research Associate and Senior Interviewer for the High School JOurnalism and Public Good project.  She conducted in-depth interviews with young people involved in high school journalism efforts in the Denver area and at the biannual National High School Journalism conferences.  She also served as co-author on research articles.  She graduated with an M.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism Studies and is now pursuing a degree in law.  

Liz Wood ('08) served as Event Coordinator for the Estlow Event and Assistant to the Estlow Center. She oversaw coordination of Estlow-related events and correspondence. She is an M.A. student in the Mass Communications and Journalism Studies program. Her research interests center on changing notions of media literacy in public school systems.

Research Associates, 2006-2007:

Caroline Davidson ('09) received a Partners in Scholarship grant to work with Dr. Clark on a project investigating the use of myspace.com among high school students.

Emma Lynch ('10) received a Summer Research Apprentice grant to work with Dr. Clark on a project exploring popular media's representations of young people involved in public good and citizenship.

Rachel Monserrate (MA, '08) served as Graduate Research Associate and Senior Interviewer on the High School Journalism and Public Good project. She also provided leadership at the 2007 National High School Journalism Days in Denver and in Philadelphia .

Simon Okiror (MA, '08) served as Graduate Assistant for the Anvil of Freedom Award event and as a Research Assistant who collected examples of advertising that depicted digital media and the generation gap between parents and their teenage children.