CURRICULUM VITAE

KALYANI CHADHA


EDUCATION:

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Ph.D. in Mass Communications (Special Focus: International Communication)
Fall 1994-Fall 1999

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY
M.A. in Modern History
Fall 1988 to Summer 1990

DELHI UNIVERSITY
B.A. Honors in History (Minor in Political Science).
Fall 1985 to Summer 1988


WORK EXPERIENCE:


UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Assistant Professor (Fall 2010 to Present)

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Director (Fall 2004 to Present)
Media, Self and Society Program, College Park Scholars

Responsible for overall administration of the program including developing curricula and
teaching Media, Self and Society courses and colloquiums, supervising student research projects,
advising students on academic issues and representing the program at outreach and recruitment
events.

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Executive Director (Fall 2006-Present)
American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors
Responsible for working with organizations board to on long-term strategic issues as well
managing the organizations contest and conference. Also responsible for organizations day-to-
day administration, its financial management, outreach and member relations.


UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
Deputy Director
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
Spring 2000 to 2006

Responsible for administration of State Department funded international exchange program
including assisting Fellows in developing individualized academic and professional programs,
serving as Fellows liaison with campus departments and various research and professional
organizations, evaluating Fellows performance and monitoring programs budget.

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Articles

Kalyani Chadha, Twitter as Watchdog? Lessons from Indias Radia Tapes Scandal. In Global
Media and Communication, August 2012, v. 8.

Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori, Mapping Indias Television Landscape: Constitutive
Dimensions and Emerging Issues. In South Asia History and Culture, v. 3(4).

Anandam Kavoori and Kalyani Chadha, The Cultural Turn in International Communication.
In Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media (June, 2009).

Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori, Net Tarot in India. In Convergence, (2002) Winter.

Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori, Media Imperialism Revisited: Some Findings from the
Asian Case. In Media, Culture and Society, (2000), Vol. 22 (4).

Anandam Kavoori and Kalyani Chadha, Indian Television News. In Ecquid Novi, Journal for
Journalism in South Africa (1999), Vol. 19(1).


Accepted but not yet published:

Stine Eckert and Kalyani Chadha, Muslim Bloggers in Germany. An Emerging Counterpublic?
In Media, Culture and Society (In Press for 2013).

Under review:
Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori, Communication Policy Making in the Age of
Globalization: A Historical Examination of the Indian Case. Submitted to Global Media and
Communication.

Stine, Eckert, Kalyani Chadha and Michael Koliska, Stuck in First Gear: The Case of the
German Political Blogosphere, Submitted to International Journal of Communication.


Book Chapters:

Kalyani Chadha, Michael Koliska and Anandam Kavoori.. Post Colonial Insights as Lens:
Interrogating the Discourse of New Media Technologies. In R.L. Schwartz (Ed). Communicating
Colonialism, Peter Lang Publishing (Forthcoming).


Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori. Beyond the Global/Local: Examining Contemporary
Media Globalization Trends Across National Contexts. In J. Curran (Ed.) Mass Media and
Society 5
th
Edition. Bloomsbury Academic (2010).

Kalyani Chadha, and Anadam Kavoori (2008). Exoticized, Marginalized and Demonized: The
Muslim as Other. In A. Kavoori and A. Punthambekar (Eds.) Global Bollywood. New York
University Press, 131-145.

Anandam Kavoori and Kalyani Chadha (2006). The Cell Phone as Cultural Artifact: Lessons
From the Indian Case. In A. Kavoori and N. Arcenaux (Eds.). The Cell Phone Reader. Peter
Lang Inc., 227-239.

Kalyani Chadha and Michael Gurevitch (2006). Revisiting Globalization. In T. Schaefer and T.
Birkland (Eds). Encyclopedia of Media and Politics. Congressional Quarterly Press 101-103.

Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori (2005). Globalization and National Media Systems:
Mapping Interactions in Policies, Markets and Formats. In J. Curran and M. Gurevitch (Eds.).
Mass Media and Society 4
th
Edition. Hodder Arnold, 84-103.

Kalyani Chadha, Anandam Kavoori and Katherine McAdams (2005). Anti-Americanism After
9/11: The United States in the Indian Media. In V. Shaplentokh and J. Woods (Eds.). The Global
Rise of Anti-Americanism. Ashgate Press, 141-158.

Anandam Kavoori, Kalyani Chadha and Christina Joseph (2003). Transnational Cultural Studies
and International News: Some Research Questions. In A. Malek & A. Kavoori (Eds.). The
Global Dynamics of News: Studies in International News Coverage and News Agendas. Ablex
Publishing.

Kalyani Chadha and Anandam Kavoori (2000). Myanmar: Media System on the Periphery. In
S.Gunaratne (Ed.), Media in Asia. Sage Publications.




Selected Papers and Presentations

From party outlets to politically affiliated media: Rising political ownership of Indian media.
Paper accepted for presentation by the Political Economy Section of the International
Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). (June 2013). (Refereed).

New Jungle Drums? Using Mobile Phones to Collect, Access and Disseminate News in Central
India (co-authored with Linda Steiner). Paper accepted for presentation by Journalism Research
and Education Section of the International Association of Media and Communication Research
(IAMCR). (June 2013). (Refereed).

Comparing Transparency in US and German Newsrooms (co-authored with Michael Koliska).
Paper accepted for presentation by Journalism Research and Education Section of the
International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). (June 2013).
(Refereed).

Muslim Bloggers in Germany: An Emerging Counterpublic ? Top Paper Award at the 2012
Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
(co-authored with Stine Eckert). (Refereed).

Watching the watchdogs: Twitter users monitor the Indian news media. Paper presented to the
Changing Face of Journalism in India Conference organized by the University of Westminster,
September 2011. (Refereed).

Stuck in first gear: The case of the German Blogosphere. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual
Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (co-
authored with Stine Eckert and Michael Koliska). (Refereed).

Exoticized, Marginalized and Demonized. The Muslim as Other in Indian Media. Paper
presented at the 2008 Annual International Communication Conference, May 21-24 Montreal,
Canada. (Refereed)

Anti-Americanism after 9/11: The United States in the Indian Press, a Case Study. Paper
presented at the 2005 Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication August (co-authored with Prof. Katherine McAdams). (Refereed)

Bollywood Films as Cultural Repository. Paper presented as part of a panel titled Cultural
Strategies of Diasporic Groups at the 2003 Annual Convention of the Eastern Communication
Association (ECA). (Refereed)

Desi/Videshi: Reading the Text(s) of "India Night." Paper presented at the National
Communication Association, 2006. (Refereed)

Fact and Fiction: The Use of Biography to Teach International Communication. Paper presented
at the Association of Education in Journalism and Mass Communications Regional
Meeting, March 2003, New York. (Refereed)


Communication Policy Making in the Age of Globalization. Top Student Paper in the
Communication Law and Policy Division. Presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the
International Communication Association (ICA), May 1999, San Francisco.

A Passage to the Nation (with Anandam Kavoori). Paper presented at the theme session on Re-
Inventing The National in Asia: Mass Media and Identity Politics in the Age of Globalization,@
at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), July 1998,
Jerusalem.

Analyzing the Making of Communication Policy Frameworks: The Case of Indias New
Telecommunication Policy Regime. Paper presented to the Communication Law and Policy
Division, at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA),May
1997, Montreal.

Characterizing Contemporary Developments within the Asian Mediascape: The Emergence of
A Global/Local Conjuncture. Mid-Atlantic Communication Conference, Rutgers University,
March 7, 1997.

Does Liberalization Lead to Greater Competition: Analyzing Telecom Policy Outcomes in the
Developing World. Paper presented to the Communication Technology and Policy Division at
the Annual Convention of the Association for Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC),
July 1997, Chicago.

Reviewing/Editorial Activities
Co-editor for special issue of Global Media Journal on International Communication and Digital
Culture, Spring 2010
Reviewer for Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
Reviewer for Information Society and Journalism
Book Proposal Reviewer for Routledge Publishing.


TEACHING:

Philip Merrill College of Journalism
JOUR 698 B Special Topics in Journalism: Media Transformation in the Digital Age (Fall,
2009, 2010, 2012)
JOUR 601 Theories of Journalism and Public Communication (Fall 2011)
JOUR 801 Advanced Theory (Spring 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
HONR 219 Honors Seminar: Media With an Accent (Spring 2008)
JOUR 430 Comparative Media Systems (Spring, 2002, 2003, 2004)
JOUR 770 Introduction to Research Methods in Public Communication (Fall 2008, 2007, 2006,
2005)
JOUR 150H Introduction to Mass Media (Spring 2006)


Media, Self and Society Program, College Park Scholars
CPSP 222 Analyzing Media Practice Through Theory (Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011)
CPSP 221 Start Making SenseI Series Course (Spring, 2012, Spring 2013)
CPSP118J Freshmen Colloquium (Spring 2000 to present)
CPSP 218J Sophomore Colloquium (Fall 2001 to present)
CPSP 379J/JOUR 459 Media with an Accent (Winter Term 2006)


SERVICE

COMMITTEES
Doctoral:
Ray Gamache (December 2008)
Priyanka Matanhelia (January 2010)
Shu-Ling Hwang (April 2010)
Sonia Pederosa (April 2011)

Lindsey Wotanis (May 2011)
Eunryung Chong (May 2102)
Mihee Kim (June 2012)
Xioyan Pan (November, 2012)
Jessica Roberts (December, 2012)


Not yet defended
Kevin Swift
Robert Woodruff
Kimberley Davis
Ray McCaffrey
Stanton Paddock
Stine Eckert
Michael Koliska
Elia Powers
Klive Oh

Masters Thesis and MJ:
Chris Yakaitis (December 2006)
Stan Heist (April 2011)
Sean McCalley (May 2012)
Chris Shlemon (March 2013)
Aisha Azhar (December 2012)


SERVICE
College Committees:
2007Centers Committee
2008Present Diversity Committee
2009Awards Committee, Centers Committee
Search Committee for Humphrey Program Director, 2001
Search Committee for Humphrey Program Assistant Director, 2006 (chair)
Search Committee for Casey Center Director, 2007
Search Committee for Knight Center Digital Coordinator, 2007
Search Committee for Povich Chair, 2008
Search Committee for Knight Center Director, 2009 (chair)
Search Committee for Eaton Broadcast Chair, 2009 (chair)

College Park Scholars
2009Service Day Implementation Committee
2010Service Day Implementation Committee
2011Service Day Implementation Committee
2012Service Day Implementation Committee

Campus Committees

2011 FallPresent, Graduate Council
Search Committee for Associate VP for International Affairs (2011)
McNair Fellowship Committee, 2011-present
Search Committee for Global Communities Program Director, 2007 (chair)
Search for Assistant Director, College Park Scholars, 2010