Jennifer Braddock
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- Phone: 408-554-5498
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- Website: http://www.drjbraddock.com
B.A. Communication Studies & Spanish, Western Kentucky University (2004)
M.Ed. Higher Education Administration, Georgia Southern University (2009)
Ph.D. University of Florida, Mass Communication with an emphasis in International and Intercultural Communication
Jennifer Braddock has been teaching at institutions from Florida to California since 2010 with experience providing undergraduate and graduate courses related to mass communication, intercultural/international media, research, theory, and a variety of human communication classes. In her professional pursuits, Dr. Braddock has also led corporate learning and product teams in the U.S. and Colombia. Finally, in 2023 she accepted a 3-year appointment from the U.S. Department of State to serve as a Fulbright Specialist, lending her expertise to special projects in Latin America related to the internationalization of higher education.
Topics related to health communication, intercultural communication, and digital communication top the list of Dr. Braddock’s research interests. She and her colleagues have presented their research at conferences from Auckland to Paris and many cities in between, resulting in more than twenty journal article and book chapter publications. Dr. Braddock recently published the second edition of her web-based textbook entitled, Becoming global citizens: A handbook for international media and communications.
Dr. Braddock is dedicated to giving back through volunteerism and has taught ESL classes, coached boys’ and girls’ basketball teams, led writing workshops for military members, served as a Coast Guard Ombudsman, and taught art classes at a local elementary school. Connect with her on LinkedIn.
- Technology & Communication (COMM 12)
- Approaches to Communication Research (COMM 4)
- Media & Technology Studies (COMM 50)