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New Faculty Hires

Dr. Monica Gallegos completed
her PhD at the University of
Arizona with a focus in Health
Communication, and minor in
Public Health. Dr. Gallegos
currently focuses her research on
underrepresented, underserved,
understudied, and at-risk groups, Caitlin “Cait” McKinney
including: Latinos, pregnant
women seeking treatment for
opioid addiction, as well
as incarcerated women, their
children, and the guardians of
their children. MONICA GALLEGOS

Melissa Tindage

Like many of the students her doctorate in Dr. McKinney holds a PhD in
at CSUN, Dr. Tindage Communication Studies Communication and Culture
began her higher from West Virginia from York University (Toronto)
education journey by University. Her research and a B.A. in English Literature
attending a community focuses on the intersections and Critical Studies in Sexuality
college--Pasadena City of instructional, from the University of British
College. She then organizational, and Columbia (Vancouver).
intergroup communication.
transferred to California Dr. McKinney was Media@McGill
State University, Los Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill
Angeles where she University (Montréal) and a
completed her B.A. in Social Science and Humanities
Communication Studies Research Council of Canada
with an emphasis in Postdoctoral Fellow in the
Organizational Faculty of Information at the
Communication and University of Toronto.
Public Relations in 2011
and her M.A. in
Communication Studies in
2013. In 2016, she earned