People

Glenna Read (PhD, Indiana University) is the founder and director of the Brain, Body, and Media Lab. She is an assistant professor of advertising in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Dr. Read’s research focuses on the interactions between media messages and identity with an overarching interest in social, cognitive, affective, and physiological mechanisms. Her central vein of research examines processes underlying responses to identity/representation in media messages. Other research interests include the use of media and communication technology to promote positive health and social outcomes.

Sung In Choi (Sung-in) is a lab manager of the Brain, Body, and Media (BBAM) Lab. She joined the BBAM Lab from Spring 2020. She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on environmental risk and health risk communication. Her central vein of research examines the public’s emotional and cognitive responses to risk-related media messages.

Jeffrey (Jeff) Duncan is an assistant lab manager of the BBAM Lab and a Ph.D. student in the journalism department at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. His research focuses on media law, using a mixed methods program of psychophysiological experiments and cultural studies to inform legal analysis and regulation on issues such as social media advertising disclosures, contracts in mobile applications, and video game loot boxes. Prior to attending Grady, Jeff practiced intellectual property and social media law for five years.

Solyee Kim is a lab researcher of the BBAM lab and a Ph.D. candidate in the department of advertising and public relations at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research centers around the experiences of marginalized communities in public relations and media practices. In particular, she is interested in examining the role of identities and representations in the context of social psychology. 

Karen Robayo Sánchez is a lab researcher of the BBAM lab and a Ph.D. student in the department of Advertising and Public Relations at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her research interests are international communication, leadership, gender equality, and intersectionality. In particular, she wants to contribute to bridging the knowledge between the countries of the Americas and other continents through collaborative research and comparative studies that can serve as a contribution of knowledge to both academia and industry.