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 and postdoctoral, doctoral, and research fellows.
Leadership
Our leadership team is comprised of Director Aswin Punathambekar, Associate Director Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, Program Coordinator 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
Program Coordinator
Eszter Zimanyi, Ph.D.
Senior Research ManagerPostdoctoral Fellows
Our postdoctoral fellows spend two years in residence at CARGC, participating fully in the life of the center.
Zehra Husain, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Sandeep Mertia, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication and Center on Digital Culture and Society
Ignatius G.D Suglo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Research in Global CommunicationDoctoral Fellows
CARGC Doctoral Fellows and Affiliates are currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the Annenberg School and working on issues of relevance to global communication. We also work with Penn undergraduates interested in the field.
Anjali DasSarma
Doctoral Student
Kinjal Dave
Doctoral Student
Arlene C. Fernández
Doctoral Candidate
Assil Frayha
Doctoral Candidate
Rabani Garg
Doctoral Student, Graduate School of Education
Sim Gill
Doctoral Student
Adetobi Moses
Doctoral Student
Devo Probol
Doctoral Student
Valentina Proust
Doctoral Student
Lucila Rozas
Doctoral Student
Mariela Morales Suárez
Doctoral Candidate
Silvia Téliz
Doctoral StudentResearch Affiliates
CARGC Research Affiliates develop their own research and writing program, participate in CARGC activities, and interact with students and faculty.
Lauren Bridges, Ph.D.
Research Affiliate, Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication
Zane Griffin Talley Cooper
Doctoral Candidate
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
Global Postdoctoral Scholar at Northwestern University Qatar
Hatim El-Hibri, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University
Heather Jaber
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.
Director of the Center for Global Information Studies and Assistant Professor in Global Communication, Georgia State University
Mimi Sheller, Ph.D.
Dean of Global School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
María Celeste Wagner
Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
Karin G. Wilkins, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Communication, Miami University
Bilge Yesil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Media Culture, College of Staten Island, City University of New York