Yewande O. Addie

Ph.D.
Journalism

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Yewande is a doctoral student at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communication. She has interest in cultural communication, public health messaging in West Africa, and the representation of Africa and the black diaspora in global news and entertainment media. A native of Atlanta, she studied journalism at Florida A&M University, liberal studies history at Clayton State University, and public health at the University of Florida. Before embarking on her doctoral journey, Yewande worked in Washington, D.C. as an Obama Presidential Appointee within the USDA’s Office of Communication and as an associate in the D.C. Public Library’s Watergate Branch. With nearly 40 countries seen so far, she is an avid traveler that enjoys leisure language learning in her free time.

Education

MPH, University of Florida, Social Behavioral Sciences
M.A., Clayton State University, Liberal Studies History
B.S., Florida A&M University, School of Journalism & Graphic Communication

News

• Study: How Black Communities Effectively Used Humor to Communicate and Critique Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic (January 31, 2024)
• CJC Alumna Selected for Yoruba Language Summer Immersion Experience in Nigeria (August 24, 2022)
• Yewande O. Addie Inducted Into Prestigious UF Graduate Honor Society (February 15, 2022)
• CJC Doctoral Student Explores Black Faculty, Staff and Student Experiences at UF (April 26, 2021)
• CJC Faculty, Staff and Student Receive UF Research Team Awards for 2020 Racial Justice Research Fund Grant (December 21, 2020)
• All News About Yewande O. Addie

Publications

Addie, Y. O., & Pufahl, J. (2021). From Colored to Black: a narrative medicine approach to theatre and community reconciliation. Public Health, 197, 36-38.

Addie, Yewande O.; Maser, Tatiana; Luna, Cecilia; Rayfield, Casey; and Agrawal, Kelli R. (2020) “Perceptions of care & patient-provider communication by varying identity groups in a collegiate health clinic,” Patient Experience Journal: Vol. 7: Iss, 3, Article 25. DOI: 10.35680/2372-0247.1518

Addie, Y. O., Strekalova, Y. A. L., & Pufahl, J. (2020). The art and science of systemic wellness in Black communities: Qualitative evaluation of a multimodal theatrical production. Health Education Journal, 0017896920948790.

Taylor, G. Addie, Y., Burchett, J., Durkin, C., Crawford, P., & Ledford, C. (2020). “Miracle” or “Medicine”: A turning point analysis of patients’ and physicians’ shifting views on acupuncture. Medical Acupuncture. DOI: 10.1089/acu.2020.1428

Addie, Y.O. (2019). African Story Time: An Examination of Narrative Storytelling in U.S. News Coverage of Nigeria’s Missing Girls as Public Interest Communications. Journal of Public Interest Communications, 3(2), 53-73. DOI:https://doi.org/10.32473/jpic.v3.i2.p53

Addie, Y.O., Ball, B., Adams, K. (2019). For Us, By Them?: A Study on Black Consumer Identity Congruence & Brand Preference. Howard Journal of Communication. DOI:10.1080/10646175.2019.1697399

Research

• Health Communication
• Communication and Identity
• Narrative Storytelling
• Communication Health Interventions
• Mediated global culture

Courses

• JOU  3109C – Multimedia Writing – Summer 2019 (PDF)
• JOU  3109C – Multimedia Writing – Spring 2019 (PDF)
• RTV 3405 – Media & Society – Summer 2021A (PDF)
• IDS 2935 – The Art of Identity – Fall 2020 (PDF)