Director of Public Relations and Communications
Esther Akheituame is a fourth-year Communication Ph.D. candidate at the University of Missouri. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from the University of Benin, Nigeria, and a Master’s degree in Communication from the University of Central Missouri. At the University of Missouri, she teaches courses in New Media and Technologies and Public Speaking.
Her research interests focus on media effects and representation, gender roles, and mediated counter-narratives from an Afrocentric perspective. She currently serves as the Director of Public Relations for the Graduate Professional Council (GPC).