Nick Busalacchi is the Treasurer and Faculty Representative of the Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association (ACGSA)

Year: Second

Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Undergraduate/Graduate Institutions: University of Wisconsin - Madison (BBA, marketing) and USC Price School of Public Policy (MPL, economic development)

Research Area: urban communications and development

Publications and conference presentations while at USC Annenberg:

• ICA 2015 Blue Sky Workshop – The Scenario Workshop: Envisioning Your Department in 2025
• NCA 2015 – Imagining Urban Futures: World Building as a Participatory and Collaborative Paradigm
• Southern California Policy Review – New Media Tools and Urban Planning: A Case Study of the No Vacancy Prototype

Student Research Groups/Extracurricular Involvement:

• Metamorphosis
• ACGSA (Annenberg Communication Graduate Student Association)
• ARNIC (Annenberg Research Network on International Communication)
• USC Emergent Cities Research Group
• USC Annenberg Scenario Lab
• Intramural soccer

Website/Twitter: www.nicholasbusalacchi.com / @njbusalacchi

Favorite thing about USC Annenberg: The wide range of people and resources to support us and collaborate with. Plus, it's in the middle of the best (and sunniest) urban laboratory in the country: Los Angeles!