Elena Martinez
By |Bryan Malagon|
There are plenty of great stories of local alumni doing fantastic things, but if you haven't heard of Elena Martinez, where have you been?
Martinez earned her B.A. in Communication Studies started from California State University, San Bernardino in 2010.
"I selected communication because it was the one discipline that I felt identified the link between all aspects of society," said Martinez.
Martinez is currently working on her M.A. in Communication at CSUSB and conducts research in critical/cultural media studies and media industries.
She will be receiving her M.A. in June 2013.
Martinez is most recognized for applying to 10 doctoral programs and getting accepted to them. This includes full tuition scholarship, health insurance and a living stipend.
She is quite proud and thankful that she got accepted into the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. This school has the top doctoral program for Communication Studies in the nation.
She has also been working as a graduate teaching associate for the Department of Communication Studies where she instructs a COMM 120 course.
"I think that this program gave me invaluable experience in teaching and certainly gave me an edge over applicants from other schools who probably did not have nearly as much teaching experience," said Martinez.
She has also worked on gathering plenty of research which she presented at two national conferences and one international conference.
"At the International Communication Association Conference my paper was selected as the top student paper in my division," says Martinez.
Her experience while getting her B.A. and M.A. at CSUSB has been unforgetable because of the faculty and staff.
"They have so much faith in their students that it becomes hard not to believe in yourself here. They truly believe in you and invest so much in you that not taking advantage of their support would be unthinkable," said Martinez.
After completing the PhD. program Martinez wishes to continue doing research and to teach higher education.
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