Advisees
Former
Mookerjee, D. (2003). What women said: Contraceptive technology, delivery and policy from the other point of view. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN.
Chung, W. (2005). Cognitive and affective processing of campaign messages : issue-based and image-based strategies. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
DeSouza, R. (2007). NGOs and empowerment: Creating communicative spaces in the realm of HIV/AIDS in India. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Rebecca DeSouza is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She teaches and conducts research within the fields of health communication and mass media. Originally from India, Rebecca completed an M.A. in Media, Technology, and Society and a PhD program in health communication at Purdue University (2007) focusing on the intersections among health, culture, and structural marginalization.
Jiang, M. (2007). Citizen interaction with Chinese Government networks: Information Technology, institutions, and agency. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (co-adviser with Patrice Buzzanell).
Basnyat, I. (2008). Finding voice: Enacting agency for reproductive health in the context of culture and structure by young Nepalese Women. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Basu, A. (2008). Subalternity and sex work: Re(scripting) contours of health communication in the realm of HIV/AIDS. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Ambar Basu is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. His research focuses on marginalization, Subaltern Studies, culture and health communication. His recent projects look at HIV/AIDS communication practices in sex worker communities.
Web: http://www.cas.usf.edu/communication/basu/basu.html
Kim, I. (2008). Voices from the margin: A culture-centered look at public relations of resistance. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Pal, M. (2008). Fighting from and for the margin: Local activism in the realm of global politics. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Mahuya Pal is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida. Mahuya received her Ph.D from Purdue University in 2008. Mahuya explored culture-centered communicative processes of a local activist movement in eastern India in the context of global politics. Her areas of interest are organizational communication, politics of resistance, globalization, and subaltern studies.
Current
Ph. D. Students
Lalatendu Acharya
Raven Pfister
Brian Kanouse
Induk Kim
Dan Ma
Charles Morris
Nadine Yehya
Raihan Jamil
Raihan did both his Bachelor's and Master's from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, in Edinboro, PA, USA. His Bachelor's was in Economics with a minor in Mathematics and Computer Science. Raihan then did his Master's in Information Technology and International and Intercultural Communication. During his MA thesis, he got interested in Health Communication and is now pursuing that at Purdue University. His interests are in marginalized population issues, power and violence, and non-verbal communication. Raihan is from Bangladesh. Raihan is currently pursuing his Ph.D.
Master's Students
Meredith Cantrell
Martina Mills
Kacy Rodriguez