Graduate Teaching Assistant

About

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  • Role

    Graduate Student
  • Position

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • Concentration

    • Health Communication, New Media
    • New Communication Technologies
  • Department

    • Journalism & Media Communication
  • Education

    • M.Sc Journalism and Media Communication
    • Bsc. Mass Communication

Biography

Chisolum Jacqueline Nwakile is a master's student in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University. Her research interests center on health communication, media advocacy, and the role of emerging technologies in advancing health awareness and social change. Her current research explores how social media, and artificial intelligence can be leveraged to support effective health advocacy and communication, particularly in relation to women’s health.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Veritas University, Abuja, where she graduated as the best student in her department. Before pursuing her graduate studies, she worked as a journalist and newswriter with The Guardian Newspapers in Nigeria, where she developed experience in news writing, storytelling, and media production.

Her interest in health communication was further shaped by her experience volunteering with health-focused nongovernmental organizations. Through her academic and professional work, she is interested in understanding how traditional and emerging media can contribute to more accessible, equitable, and effective health communication and advocacy.