Caitlin Joy Dobson is a doctoral student in Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. Her research explores intersectional feminism, gender studies, and globalization in relation to gender-based sexual violence, specifically the issue of gang rape. She is interested in researching issues of social class, media, economic development, toxic masculinity, patriarchy, tradition and culture, as they relate to gang rape on regional and global scales. Caitlin holds bachelor’s...

Caitlin has a great deal of leadership experience in facilitating research groups both domestically and abroad. Throughout and upon completion of her PhD program at USC, she will assist and teach university courses in Women's Rights, gender studies, and intersectional feminism.