Research Assistant    

Ava Francesca Battocchio is concurrently completing her BA Advertising & MS Global Strategic Communication at Loyola University Chicago’s School of Communication. In addition to being a transit-nerd with a passion for “grains and trains” (industrial heritage), she is interested in the use of alternative print media in the digitized age, technology’s impact on interpersonal relationships, international advertising, and digital media activism and social movements. She also designs, produces and manages a size-inclusive, body positive, women’s vintage reproduction apparel line, Timely Attire Co.