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Abdullah Salehuddin is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication and also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Santa Barbara City College (SBCC). His research explores the impact of childhood factors, such as parental favoritism, unresolved hurt, and family environment, on caregiving with siblings for aging parents. He has published in the Journal of Communication, Communication Research, and Oxford University Press. At UCSB and SBCC, he also teaches courses like introduction to communication, relational communication, public speaking, and argumentation and debate.