I am a PhD Fellow at the School of Communication & Information, Rutgers University and ❤️ it. I’m a relauncher. Returned to the paid workforce after a loved one’s cancer treatment ebbed. Endlessly grateful to the amazing people who bet on my work ethic. I am incredibly disciplined and hard working. I started as a sports reporter at The Indian Express and went on to niche newsroom roles at across print, broadcast 📺 and digital at seven leading brands. I am multilingual 💬. My research interests are situated at the intersection of audience and technology use. I play and teach tennis 🎾. My forehand is like a Rafa trainee’s forehand should be 😍. Wanna play? Ping me at nn352@comminfo.rutgers.edu
| # | Who / What | Detailing |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Research Assistant to Dr. Kiran Garimella Fall 2021 - Summer 2022. | Misinformation on social networks. |
| 2 | Association For Education in Journalism and Mass Communication 2022 annual conference. #AEJMC22 | Planned, coordinated and led a theme panel: “Preparing for Careers Beyond Academia After the PhD”. |
| 3 | AEJMC Midwinter Conference 2022, Oklahoma, USA. | Presented: “A case for unfriending frictionless social media algorithms” |
| 4 | International Communication Association Annual Conference, Paris, France, 2022 | Abstract accepted. Presented at the Digital Asia pre conference. |
| 5 | Research Assistant to Dr. Shagun Jhaver, Fall 2021-Spring 2022. | Led first wave of interviews, thematic coding for a collaborative Rutgers / U Washington study on content moderation preferences. |
| 6 | Teaching Assistant | Dr. Jack Bratich, Fall 2022, “Intro to Media”, a core undergrad course. |
Dr. Youngrim Kim, Spring 2023, Data in Context |