Prof Usha Raman, senior faculty in the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad (UoH), has been elected as the vice-president of International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) for a four-year term (2020-2024).
She was elected in the voting held among 2,700 members across the world. She will be starting her position at the end of the general assembly from July 17.Usha Raman is a Professor at the Department of Communication, UoH. Before entering academia in 2010, she worked as a freelance journalist and health communicator for over three decades, publishing on topics related to health, technology and women’s issues in a range of mainstream newspapers and magazines.
Prof. Usha received her doctorate in mass communication from the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA, in 1996. Her research interests include cultural studies of science, health communication, feminist media studies, and the social and cultural impact of digital media. At the university, she offers courses on basic and advanced writing, digital media and cyber culture, and health communication.
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