On August 17, Klein welcomed 42 new students into its graduate programs. This year’s cohort hails from seven states—Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Louisiana, Texas and Colorado—and nine countries outside the United States—Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Colombia, England, France, Ghana, Lebanon, Nepal, and Vietnam. We look forward to helping them transition into this new chapter of their academic journey and watch them grow as researchers and media practitioners. 

Communication for Development and Social Change MS 

• Pri Bastola 
• Candice Elliott 
• Brooke Galberth 
• Raven Gray 
• Haki Kiiru 
• Sofia Robledo Riveros 
• Masooma Sultani 

Communication Management MS 

• Saptarshi Dutt 
• Dom Gallo 
• Mysha Harrell 
• Hayley Kimmel 
• Morgan Malloy 
• Megan Nyquist 
• Sean’dre Reid 
• Christa Ricks 
• Jason Williams 

Media Studies and Production MA 

• J. Allen 
• Branden Augustine 
• Ardin Baniewicz (Summer 2026) 
• Azariah Courtney 
• MG Ewald 
• Mohammed Hoque 
• Lama Kahhal 
• Ash Lal (spring 2026) 
• Faith Mukora 
• Esther Omolola 
• Isabelle Roes 

Master of Journalism 

• Lou Baudouin 
• Yama Estime 
• Mariel Kavanaugh 
• Rileigh Leighton 
• Ry Martinez 
• Pratima Pinnepalli 
• Devon Russell 
• Michaela Tomlinson 
• Clara Wenk 

Media and Communication PhD 

• Victoria Adjetey 
• Ruchi Dinh 
• Alicia Liu 
• Gabi Pfeiffer 
• Julian Wang 
• George Ran Zhao