People
Our close-knit community of scholars is the intellectual heart and soul of CARGC.
Whether through regular meetings, research presentations, or just spending time at CARGC's large office space, we are a supportive community that seeks to build knowledge together. Meet our staff, postdoctoral and doctoral fellows, and visiting scholars.
Leadership
Our leadership team is comprised of Director Aswin Punathambekar, Associate Director Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Center Manager Anastasiya Miazhevich, and Senior Research Manager Eszter Zimanyi.
Together, they envision and facilitate our robust slate of events, publications, and activities.
Aswin Punathambekar, Ph.D.
Professor of Communication
Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Communication
Anastasiya Miazhevich
Center Manager, CARGC
Eszter Zimanyi, Ph.D.
Research Director, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationPostdoctoral Fellows
Our postdoctoral fellows spend two years in residence at CARGC, participating fully in the life of the center.
Ennuri Jo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Sima Kokotović, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Mariela Morales Suárez, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral FellowDoctoral Fellows
CARGC Doctoral Fellows are currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania and working on issues of relevance to global communication.
Anjali DasSarma
Doctoral Candidate
Rabani Garg
Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Education
Sim Gill
Doctoral Candidate
Valentina Proust
Doctoral Candidate
Lucila Rozas
Doctoral Candidate
Silvia Téliz
Doctoral Candidate
Natasha Williams
Joint Doctoral Student in Communication and Political Science
Tejas Harad
Doctoral Student
Lauren Tokos
Doctoral Student
Yingchuan Qu
Doctoral Candidate
Christine Phan
Doctoral Student
Bianca Zamora Perez
Doctoral Student
Harry Hudome
Doctoral Student
Arelí Rocha
Doctoral Student
Cecilia Kryzda
Doctoral Student, Cinema and Media Studies
Gabriella Bellot
Doctoral Student
Anna Murphy
Doctoral StudentVisiting Scholars
CARGC visiting scholars develop their own research projects and take an active part in the life of the center by mentoring CARGC fellows and participating in center events and research activities.
Pallavi Guha
Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Julia Sonnevend
Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Samhita Sunya
Visiting Scholar, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationResearch Affiliates
CARGC Research Affiliates collaborate with CARGC fellows and faculty on research projects and participate in the center activities.
Zehra Husain, Ph.D.
Research Affiliate, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Nelanthi Hewa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Collaborative Communication
FengYi Yin
Research Affiliate, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
CARGC Alumni
Since its inception in 2013, CARGC has hosted a diverse group of faculty, postdoctoral, doctoral, and undergraduate fellows who have gone on to work in academia, policy, non-profit, and industry positions around the world.
Founding Director: Marwan M. Kraidy
Marwan M. Kraidy is a scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, politics, and culture. He studies the relationship between culture and geopolitics, theories of identity and modernity, and global media systems and industries. Kraidy is currently Dean & CEO of Northwestern University in Qatar, and the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Culture at Northwestern University.
Board of Advisors
Michael X. Delli Carpini, Chair, Ph.D.
Oscar H. Gandy Emeritus Professor of Communication & Democracy, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Yasemin Celikkol, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence, Northwestern University in Qatar
Hatim El-Hibri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University
Heather Jaber, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence, Northwestern University in Qatar
Marwan M. Kraidy, Ph.D.
Dean and CEO, Northwestern University in Qatar
Rahul Mukherjee, Ph.D.
Dick Wolf Associate Professor of Television and New Media Studies and Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania
Patrick D. Murphy, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Temple University Rome; Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production, Klein College of Media and Communication, Temple University
Maria Repnikova, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Global Communication, Georgia State University
Mimi Sheller, Ph.D.
Dean of Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
María Celeste Wagner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Communication and Information, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Karin G. Wilkins, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Communication, Miami University
Bilge Yesil, Ph.D.
Professor of Media Culture, College of Staten Island, City University of New York