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Classroom Learning And Community Impact

Angelina is passionate about working with children. Her Psychology coursework in adolescent development becomes applied insight in her summer research project. With guidance from her faculty mentor, Dr. Kiren Kahn, Angelina seamlessly integrates her classroom learning into a meaningful real-world project while making a difference in the Memphis community.

David Maxson

J. David Maxson joins the Media Studies program as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Dr. Maxson received his Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University in 2018 where he earned an Alumni Association Dissertation Award in the Fine Arts and Humanities. His research centers on the ways activist communities in the American South use local places and practices of public memory to create more just forms of remembrance. Dr. Maxson has developed and taught courses on media and memoryscapes, public speaking, college writing, contemporary African American communication, and rhetoric and civic life.

Education

PhD - Pennsylvania State University
David Maxson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Media Studies