Fairfield University names graduate director of the communication department

Fairfield University announced the appointment of Dr. Kristina Ruiz-Mesa as graduate director of the communication department.

Prior to joining Fairfield University, Ruiz-Mesa held teaching positions at Villanova University, the University of Colorado at Boulder and California State University, Los Angeles, where she earned a National Communication Association Award in 2022.

“I am very excited to join the Fairfield community and to shape the future of the Communication graduate program,” said Ruiz-Mesa. “My work as graduate director, as well as my research and teaching at Fairfield, will be guided by the Jesuit values of social justice and ethical communication to create a more just and inclusive world.”