Meet the People Behind the Lab
Founding Director of the Lab
Yael Warshel
Bellisario College of Communications and College of the Liberal Arts (Rock Ethics Institute and African Studies), Penn State
Dr. Warshel works at the intersection between international media, child, and conflict zones analysis, practice and policy specializing in peace communication.
Faculty Collaborators
Faculty Collaborator
Department of Management, Communication and Society, Copenhagen Business School.
Dr. Albu's expertise is at the intersection of communication, digital technologies and organization. Her research focuses on ethnographic studies of human rights organizations in the MENA region (Tunisia, Morocco and Lebanon).
Faculty Collaborator
Biobehavioral Health and Child Maltreatment Solutions Network, Penn State.
Dr. Shalev’s research leverages behavioral, physiological and molecular methods as it relates to stress and aging across the life span.
Former Graduate Research Assistants
2017 - 2018
Aya Al Khatib
Aya recently earned her master’s degree in media studies from Penn State, where she also earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in political science. In between her undergraduate and graduate years, she worked for the communications division of UNICEF Jordan.
Former Undergradaute Research Assistants
May 2024 - June 2024
Marisa Schnars
Marisa Schnars is a first-year Rock Ethics Institute and Paterno Fellow. She is majoring in international politics with a minor in Middle Eastern studies.
January 2023- May 2023
Sukainah Aldarweesh
An Outstanding Adult Student Award winner, and Schreyer scholar. An IUG student majoring in media studies with a minor in psychology. Her research interests are media effects, media psychology, and children and media. She is involved with the Daily Collegian, the News Literacy Institute, peer mentoring, and the CMCZ Lab.