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The Arizona State University graduate student will contribute to a national investigative reporting project this summer, examining how the federal government has responded to natural disasters over the past several decades.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ graduate served as an editor and screenwriter for “The Great Hack,” a documentary that delves into the dark world of data exploitation through the personal journeys of those affected by the Cambridge Analytica/Facebook data breach.

The ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ junior will participate in a 10-week investigative reporting assignment at Arizona State University this summer, examining how the federal government has responded to natural disasters ranging from hurricanes to wildfires.

The associate professor of communications was one of 25 educators from colleges and universities nationwide to participate in the prestigious five-day program, which offers in-depth conversations with entertainment professionals and an inside look at the television and content development industries.

The senior journalism major will spend 12 days examining the evolution of women in post-genocide Rwanda.

This semester’s edition marks the 18th in the history of the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Journal and the first under the editorship of Professor Harlen Makemson.

The former assistant professor at Louisiana State University and North Carolina attorney will begin in February.

ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ is one of five institutions competing in the contest’s Outstanding Education Program category.

The School of Communications dean was one of “six inspiring leaders of communications” honored at a Dec. 3 ceremony at the Grand Hyatt New York.