Brianna Avalos
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Mail code: 1205Campus: Tempe
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Originally from San Diego, CA, Brianna L. Avalos, Ph.D. began her educational career at San Diego Mesa Community College. After taking a 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 a PhD graduate from Arizona State University (2023) who focused 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). Her dissertation focused on the emotional well-being as well as social media presence after a friendship breakup. She is currently an instructor at Hugh Downs School of Human Communication and also the department's instructor for communication core courses.
Ph.D. in Communication Studies at Arizona State University
M.A. in Communication Studies at San Diego State University
B.A. in Communication Studies at San Diego State Univeristy
A.A. in Applied Communication Studies at Mesa Community College (San Diego, CA)
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 452 | Communication of Happiness |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 110 | Elements Interpersonal Comm |
| COM 410 | Advanced Interpersonal Comm |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking & Presentation |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 310 | Comm Interpersnl Relationships |
| COM 452 | Communication of Happiness |
| LIA 194 | Special Topics |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 312 | Comm, Conflict & Negotiation |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
| COM 452 | Communication of Happiness |
| COM 410 | Advanced Interpersonal Comm |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 310 | Comm Interpersnl Relationships |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 452 | Communication of Happiness |
| COM 452 | Communication of Happiness |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 452 | Communication of Happiness |
| COM 410 | Intrprsnl Com Thry & Resrch |
2022 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 312 | Comm, Conflict & Negotiation |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 310 | Relational Communication |
| COM 452 | Communication of Happiness |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 310 | Relational Communication |
| COM 100 | Intro to Human Communication |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 312 | Comm, Conflict & Negotiation |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 317 | Nonverbal Communication |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| COM 430 | Leadership Group Communication |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |
| COM 225 | Public Speaking |