Ursula Kamanga

Ursula Kamanga is from South Africa and she completed both her Bachelor of Science in Family Studies and Human Services and a Master of Science in Journalism and Mass Communication at Kansas State University. Her master’s thesis was investigating how health apps influence college students’ health behavior. Upon completion of her graduate degree, she went to work for two years as a lecturer, teaching communication courses at the University of the Free State. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD with a concentration area in Health Communication at the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas. Her research interest in disease prevention explores strategic communication methods with respect to digital technologies-assisting ethnic minorities to influence health behavior related to cancer prevention. In view of community-based participatory research, she focuses on how cultural aspects may contribute to health decision making and the influence social media have when making those decisions. Teaching satisfaction comes from teaching courses such as Health Communication, Strategic Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Organizational Communication, Public Speaking, and Integrated Market Communication.