Featured Student Work

See SOJC students' outstanding work, from published articles and research to award-winning videos and campaigns.

By building on the strategic communication skills she gained at the SOJC, Meredith Floyd-Preston laid the foundation for a cutting-edge architectural firm’s growth goals.
Jake Savelich’s Strategic Communication Master’s capstone project explores the confluence of an environmental crisis, the nature of empathy and VR technology.
Leah Torrez’s master’s in advertising and brand responsibility capstone project is a culmination of her experience as a cutting-edge designer and person of color.
Suenia de Azevedo came to Oregon from Brazil to study funk and feminism en route to becoming a college professor.
Sopheakpanha Sok used her Strategic Communication Master’s capstone project to help women report sexual harassment in her native Cambodia.
Multimedia Journalism Master’s grad Christena Dowsett turned heads with her short film “Be the Healing” about Dr. Joy DeGruy’s groundbreaking work on intergenerational trauma.
Sarah Shivley and Christena Dowsett’s documentary “Darcelle: One Life, Love and Dying” follows the late Portland icon Darcelle, the Guinness World Record holder for the oldest working drag queen.
As her culminating project for her Journalism Master's degree, Yordanos Tesfazion ’22 created the "Diaspora Rejects" podcast that hosted healing conversations about generational trauma and overcoming cultural barriers.
In her advertising and brand responsibility capstone video, filmmaker Kyla Morris ’23 tells the story of Mavis Amanor, a sports reporter blazing trails for Ghanaian women.
For his Journalism Master’s terminal project, Eric Runes ’23 examined the interplay between movie-franchise “fandoms” and the algorithmically driven digital content they produce.