Meet the Faculty

Jennifer Akamine Phillips

Visiting Professor of Communication

Division: Communication Division
Office: Center for Communication and Business (CCB) 220
Phone: (310) 506-4912
E-mail: jennifer.akaminephillips@pepperdine.edu

• Ph.D. in Higher Education (in progress), Azusa Pacific University
• M.S. in College Counseling & Student Development, Azusa Pacific University, 2011
• M.M. in Violin Performance, Azusa Pacific University, 2011
• B.A. in Communication, Pepperdine University, 2006

Courses:

• COM 180 Public Speaking & Rhetorical Analysis
• COM 313 Introduction to Intercultural Communication
• COM 422 Communication Training and Development

Key Awards/Affiliations:

• Pi Lambda Theta Honor Society
• Western Association of College Admission Counseling
• Co-Instructor of the Diversity Peer Educators Program through the Intercultural Affairs office

Academic Interests:

• Experiences of underrepresented students in Higher Education
• Intercultural Studies
• Japanese American Identity and Culture