Anna Joy Russ

Anna Joy Russ is a researcher at the University of Italian Switzerland (USI) within the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society. She serves as a Teaching Assistant for Professor Schulz in courses focused on health communication and statistics. Her research examines the dynamics of parent-adolescent communication and its impact on substance use, employing dyadic and longitudinal methodologies.

Education:

• PhD in progress at USI
• Double Master's Degree in Cognitive Psychology in Health Communication (USI & Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan)
• Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Milan Bicocca

Anna's work bridges communication studies, health communication, and developmental psychology to explore interpersonal dynamics influencing health-related behaviors. She can be contacted at anna.joy.russ@usi.ch.