Student Profiles
CCTers connect with each other through the CCT Current Students site, a community space to share contact information and interests.
Wondering what it’s like to study at CCT? The following students have volunteered to be a resource for prospective students, so if you would like to connect with them, please email Ai-Hui Tan.
Current Student Profiles
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Kristi Pelzel
CCT Focus: Data analysis, storytelling, interactive digital media
Academic Background: Communication Technologies and Digital Media
Sarah Shanoudy
CCT Focus: Immigration Studies, Globalization and Culture, Media and Politics
Academic Background: Global Affairs with a minor in Middle Eastern Studies
Caitlin Bowers
CCT Focus: Tech & Cultural Heritage, Transnational Art Crime, Archival Research, Digital Humanities.
Academic Background: Dance with a minor in Art
Hélène Lerno
CCT Focus: ICT Law & Policy; Sustainability; Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG)
Academic Background: Media, Strategic Communications and Marketing
Michael Willson
CCT Focus: Film and cultural studies
Academic Background: Communication and Political Science
Jill Fredenburg
CCT Focus: Using media production tools for social innovation
Academic Background: Art and International Relations
Jenny Lee
CCT Focus: Socio-technology issues
Academic Background: English Language and Literature
Evelyn Dan Epelle
CCT Focus: Media Production, Digital Communications, Technology & Society
Academic Background: Electronics & Communications Engineering
Proma Huq
CCT Focus: Emerging Tech, Politics & Identity, Mass Media
Academic Background: Communication and Social Psychology
Danling Huang
CCT Focus: Intercultural Communication, Interactive Digital Media Production, Gender Studies and Feminism in Popular Culture
Academic Background: Anchoring and Broadcast Journalism, Communication and Media Studies
Zihan Xiao
CCT Focus: Social Networks, Data Analysis, Technology and Society
Academic Background: Advertising with an emphasis on marketing and social media
Kevin Ackermann
CCT Focus: Content Moderation, Expression/Identity on the Internet
Academic Background: Journalism
Kate Colwell
CCT Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Futurism, and Media Production
Academic Background: University of Virginia, English Language & Literature
Yamel Sarquis
CCT Focus: Strategic Communications, Tech Policy, Political Socialization
Academic Background: International Relations & Political Science