Shawn Powers
Research Associate
Candidate for a Ph.D in Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication
 
Shawn Powers received his undergraduate degree from the School for
Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia in the
spring of 2003. While at UGA, Shawn focused his studies on the
developing role of international law in global society, and was also
a nationally successful inter-collegiate debater for the University's
debate society.


After graduation Shawn received a grant from the National
Communication Association to teach debate, argumentation and public
speaking in Eastern Europe. Upon completion he went on to work as a
research assistant at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington, D.C. where his research focused on issues of
on non-proliferation and counter-terrorism.

Shawn is currently a third year PhD student at the Annenberg School for
Communication at the University of Southern California. His areas of
research interest include: media studies, new information
communication technologies, public diplomacy, the Middle East, and
political argumentation.