Books, Research, Awards & Conferences Page

• Wuhan Bats, Chinese Face Masks and Dirty Wet Markets: The Spectacle of ‘othering’ Chinese and people of Chinese descent on Twitter in the Wake of the Corona Virus Pandemic: A Critical Rhetorical Analysis. Under Revision – Howard Journal of Communications

• Digital Bacchanal and Election Interference in Trinidad and Tobago: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Twitter Hashtag Conversations of The Great Hack, a Netflix Documentary (with Tia Tyree)

Grant Funded Research: Student assistant,

• CDC Foundation COVID-19 Stigma Project Phase 1 (PI: Monica Ponder). $1.7 million. 2020- 2021.

Professional Conferences - Include Photo of Me at a Conference Here

• Bubb, K. (March 2021) Wuhan Bats, Chinese Face Masks and Dirty Wet Markets: The Spectacle of ‘othering’ Chinese and people of Chinese descent on Twitter in the Wake of the Corona Virus Pandemic: A Critical Rhetorical Analysis. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Eastern Communication Association. Virtual Conference

• Bubb, K. (April 2021) Adaptation and Mitigation at the Intersection of Health Disparities and Climate Change. Making sense of the Lived Experiences of African Americans with Asthma in Climate Justice Communities. The Annual Yale University’s Conference on Diversity and Graduate Education. Virtual Conference

• Bubb, K. (June 2019) Mediated Communication and Climate Change Adaptation in a Climate Resilient Jamaican Village: A Case Study. Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Studies Association Conference. Santa Marta Colombia.

• Bubb, K. (November 2018) Intercultural Communication, Climate Adaptation and Mitigation in Jamaica. Presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Graduate Climate Conference of the University of Washington. Seattle Washington

• Bubb, K. (November 2019)African Americans Survival of Health Disparities. Presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the National Communications Association Conference. Baltimore, Maryland.

• Bubb, K (October 2019) Reframing Climate Change as a Public Health Issue. The Case of the English-Speaking Caribbean. Presented at the Communication & Media Studies Research Network Conference, Toronto, Canada,

• Attendee, American Climate Leadership Summit, May 1 & 2, 2019, Washington, D.C.

Honors & Awards

• 2021 Top Student Paper Award, Mass Communication Interest Group, Eastern Communication Association 2021

• 2021 Edward A. Bouchet Scholar, Yale University