Our Team

We are researchers, teachers, and students who want to make a difference in advertising. A lack of diversity undermines the industry’s inclusiveness, creativity, and ability to be a vehicle for positive change in the world. We wanted to understand the gravity of advertising’s lack-of-diversity problem, so we collected the data.

Student Leaders

Bryer Hataishi

Bryer Hataishi

Student Lead

Bryer Hataishi is a graduate from the University of Oregon’s Advertising program, with a focus on Art Direction and Design.
Kelly Kondo

Kelly Kondo

Student Lead

Kelly is a full-time art director/designer with a master’s degree in Advertising and Brand Responsibility from the University of Oregon.
Jay Levesque

Jay Levesque

Student Lead

Jay is a junior art director powered by oat milk lattes and good tunes.
Nicole Lee

Nicole Lee

Student Lead

Nicole is a recent Master’s graduate from the University of Oregon who studied Advertising and Brand Responsibility as her final project thesis centered around bridging the diversity gap within the advertising industry.
Maxwell Ely

Maxwell Ely

Student Lead

Maxwell is a Sophomore at the University of Oregon triple majoring in Journalism, Public Relations and Political Science; currently working as a website and graphic designer, after college he plans on moving to D.C to become a press secretary.  
Julia Abbene

Julia Abbene

Website Builder

Julia is a recent graduate from the University of Oregon with a degree in Advertising and a minor in Computer Information Technology.                    Julia’s Portfolio

Andie Kotani

Andie Kotani

Student Lead

Hi, I’m Andie– a 4th generation Japanese-American from southern California and currently a strategy resident at TBWA\Media Arts Lab.
Fars Woldai

Fars Woldai

Student Lead

Fars is here to have those uncomfortable conversations that will drive for a better tomorrow.  Fars’ Portfolio

Michael Hampton

Michael Hampton

Student Lead

Michael Hampton is a UO Advertising and Brand Responsibility graduate student with proven skill sets in copywriting and strategy. 

Special thanks to Ethan Aliste for his assistance in an adjacent project, which will investigate diversity on executive boards of consumer packaged goods companies.

Faculty Leaders

David Koranda

David Koranda

Professor of Practice

Dave Koranda brings more than 20 years of experience in advertising to the School of Journalism and Communication. He has worked on local, regional, national, and international campaigns. He was the recipient of the American Advertising Federation’s Distinguished Advertising Educator award in 2017.

Dave Markowitz

Dave Markowitz

Assistant Professor

Dr. David M. Markowitz is an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. He uses language data from natural repositories to make inferences about what people are thinking, feeling, and experiencing psychologically. He received his PhD from Stanford University and his undergraduate and master’s degrees from Cornell University.

Location

Allen Hall

Eugene, OR 97401

University of Oregon

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