Brianna Avalos

Originally from San Diego, CA, Brianna L. Avalos, M.A. began her educational career at San Diego Mesa Community College. After taking a single relational communication class, she eagerly declared her major as communication and went on to transfer to San Diego State University where she later received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in communication with an emphasis in interpersonal. Brianna is currently at PhD candidate at Arizona State University focusing on relational and interpersonal communication with an emphasis in relationship management along with emotional and social media wellbeing. Her past research has focused on organizational communication including: social support and sports dialogic; as well as relational communication including: sexting, family communication, and friendship dissolution (with an emphasis on ghosting).