Paromita Pain
(https://paromitapain.com/)
Department of Journalism
Reynolds School of Journalism
paromita.pain@gmail.com
Academic Background
Ph.D., School of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin (2018).
Dissertation title: “A chance for me to do good and make a real difference’: Mapping the role of citizen journalists in social transformation in India: Honorable Mention PJIG Outstanding Dissertation Award (AEJMC 2019)
MA Specialized Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California
MA Communication, Women’s Christian College, University of Madras, India
American Council on Education (ACUE) Course in Effective Teaching Practices, University of Reno, Nevada
Inclusive Classrooms Leadership Certificate Seminar for Excellence in Teaching:
University of Texas at Austin
Experience
Assistant Professor, Global Media Studies: Reynolds School of Journalism & Cybersecurity Center Affiliate faculty, University of Nevada, Reno (August 2018)
Writer: Occupy.com: http://occupy.com/author/paromita-pain
Population Health Scholar: University of Texas Health systems
Research Intern: Technologies for Emerging Markets Group at Microsoft Research India. (May 2014 to December 2014)
The Hindu National Newspaper, India, Sr. Reporter/ Sub Editor with the Sunday Desk and the Hindu BusinessLine Young World and NXg feature supplements of The Hindu Newspaper. https://www.thehindu.com/education/teach-yourself-to-study/article32647393.ece
Writer The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/aug/11/india-midday-meal-scheme-schoolchildren)
Writer Al Jazeera: http://tinyurl.com/koya5bl
PBS MediaShift: http://tinyurl.com/m366e7e
WSJ.Com: http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/tag/paromita-pain/
Grants Awarded
U.S. Department of State Grant (Federal): News Analysis: Workshops for Emerging and Community Journalists Funding Opportunity: M-NOFO-20-104. 2021.
U.S. Department of State Grant (Federal): Funding Opportunity: M-NOFO-20-103 [Stopping the Spread of Disinformation – Training Emerging Journalists]: Federal Grant ($75,000). 2020.
Awarded the UNR Semenza Teaching Award 2020
Awarded the CAMS grant from the Reynolds School of Journalism to study misinformation in Kashmir (2019)
Grants Applied for
Core Faculty: Future Data Science Fellows (FDSF) Program: NSF Grant applied for in 2021
Facebook research grant: Misinformation and polarization: Co PI: Grant applied for in 2021
Grant Award Proposal with Department of Cybersecurity and Reynolds School of Journalism (2021)
Subaward Proposal – H-NOFO-21-102 Training workshops for girls and young women to counter online predators in India with Towson University. 2021
Subaward Proposal – Training workshops Community Reporters US Consulate Mumbai 2021
RESEARCH
Books
Korin, E; Pain, P. (2020): When Media Succumbs to Rising Authoritarianism: Cautionary Tales from Venezuela’s Recent History (Routledge Focus on Journalism Studies).
Pain, P. (2021): Technical interventions or innovations: Online technologies at the intersection of sex, gender, race, and sexuality (December 2021).
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Pain P. (2021). “Framing the Affordable Healthcare Act: Examining alternative and mainstream media approaches”. Journal of Communication Inquiry.
Paromita Pain (2021). Hear #MeToo in India: News, Social Media, and Anti-Rape and Sexual Harassment Activism. International Journal of Communication. (Book review)
Pain P. (2021). “Learning in times of COVID: Journalism education in Kashmir, India.” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator.
Pain P. & Korin, E. (2021). “Keeping news alive in Venezuela”: Social media as tactical media.” Global Media and Communication.
Pain P. (2020). Europe. SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism.
Pain P. (2020). British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). SAGE Encyclopedia of Journalism.
Pain P. & Korin, E (2020). “Everything is dimming out, little by little:” Examining self-censorship among Venezuelan journalists: Examining feminist digital activism in the Indian #Metoo movement. Communication Research and Practice.
Pain P. (2020). “It took me quite a long time to develop a voice”: Examining feminist digital activism in the Indian #MeToo movement. New Media and Society. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444820944846
Pain P (2020). Asian Women Leadership. Chao, C.C. (Ed.), Ha, L. (Ed.). Asian Communication Research. (Book review)
Pain P (2020) Digital diasporas: labor and affect in gendered Indian digital publics, Feminist Media Studies, 20:3, 456-457, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2020.1741241 (Book review)
Tien Vu, Hong; McCombs M; Russell, A; Pain P. (2019). Deepening the concept of ‘compelling arguments’: Linking the substantive and affective dimensions of attributes. The Agenda Setting Journal, ASJ-19009R1.
Chen, V. Y., & Pain, P. (2019). News on Facebook: How Facebook and Newspapers Build Mutual Brand Loyalty Through Audience Engagement. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 1077699019876634.
Pain, P. & Chen, G.M. (2019). “A chance for me to do good, make a real difference”: How citizen journalists in India view their role in social transformation’. Journal of Media Practice and Education, 1-16.
Pain, P., & Masullo Chen, G. (2019). The President Is in: Public Opinion and the Presidential Use of Twitter. Social Media+ Society, 5(2), 2056305119855143.
Pain, P., & Chen, V. (2018). This Reporter is so Ugly, How can She Appear on TV? Negotiating gender online and offline in Taiwanese media. Journalism Practice, 13(2), 140-158.
Bock, M. A., Pain, P., & Jhang, J. (2018). Covering nipples: news discourse and the framing of breastfeeding. Feminist Media Studies, 19(1), 53-69.
Pain, P. (2018). Ear to the ground or useless entities? Citizen journalism and mainstream media in India. Communication Research and Practice, 1-16.
Chen, V. Y., & Pain, P. (2018). What changed public opinion on the same-sex marriage issue? New implications of attribute measures and attribute priming in media agenda setting. Newspaper Research Journal, 39(4), 453-469.
Pain, P. (2018). Educate. Empower. Revolt: Framing citizen journalism as a creator of social movements. Journalism Practice, 12(7), 799-816.
Chen, V., & Pain, P. (2017). News sources and the same sex marriage issue. The Agenda Setting Journal, 1(2), 158-179.
Chen, G. M., Pain, P., Chen, V. Y., Mekelburg, M., Springer, N., & Troger, F. (2018). ‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists. Journalism, 1464884918768500.
Pain, P. (2017). Framing citizen activism: a comparative study of the CGNET Swara and Mobile Voices projects. Media Asia, 44(2), 107-120.
Pain, P. (2016). “When I Ask a Question, They Look at me Strangely” An exploratory study of women political reporters in India. Journalism Practice, 1-19.10.
Chen, G. M., & Pain, P. (2017). Normalizing online comments. Journalism Practice, 11(7), 876-892.
Bock, M. A., Istek, P., Pain, P., & Araiza, J. A. (2016). Mastering the Mug Shot: Visual journalism and embodied gatekeeping. Journalism Studies, 1-20.
Pain, P., Masullo Chen, G., & Campbell, C. P. (2016). Learning by doing: Teaching multimedia journalism through coverage of the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 71(4), 400-412.
Pain, P. (2013). “Finding Their Voice: Examining Some Internet-Based Initiatives That Are Changing the Face of the Indian Media Industry: An Exploratory Study. Volume 3, Number 2 Issue of the #ISOJ Journal.
Peer-Reviewed Book chapters
Pain, P. Fundamentals of Effective Social Media Posts. In Computer-Mediated Communication for Business: Theory to Practice ed. by Stephanie E Kelly. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, USA. (2022)
Pain, P. Testing Tolerance and Tough Topics in the Journalism and Mass Communication Classroom and on College Campuses. In Testing Tolerance: Addressing controversy in the Journalism and Mass Communication Classroom ed. by Candi carter Olson and Tracy Everbach. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, USA. (2019)
Pain, P. Social Media and LGBT activism in India. In Activism, Campaigning and Political Discourse on Twitter ed. by Innocent Chiluwa. Nova Science Publishing, NY. (2019)
Pain, P. “It’s hard. It’s even harder when you are a woman.”: An exploratory study of Indian women political journalists. In New Perspectives on Print Journalism in South Asia, ed. by Amelia Bonea and Michael Mann. Oxford University Press, India. (Forthcoming 2019)
Chen, G. M., Pain, P. (2018). “Never about my work, never about my motivations”: Exploring online experiences of women journalists of colour.” In Lind, R. A. (Ed.). Race/Gender/Class/Media 4.0: Considering diversity across audiences, content, and producers. (4th ed.). New York: Routledge (2019).
Mandell, H. (2017). The Performance of Unattainable Marital Ideals on Facebook Hinda Mandell, Gina Masullo Chen, and Paromita Pain. The Impact of Social Media in Modern Romantic Relationships, 199.
Chen, G. M., Pain, P., & Zhang, J. (2018). # NastyWomen: Reclaiming the Twitterverse from Misogyny. In Mediating Misogyny (pp. 371-388). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Chen G.M., Pain P., Barner B. (2018) “Hashtag Feminism”: Activism or Slacktivism?. In: Harp D., Loke J., Bachmann I. (eds) Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research. Comparative Feminist Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
McCombs, M., Zheng, P., & Pain, P. (2018). Network intermedia agenda setting. News scholarship in a transitional age: Research in honor of Pamela J. Shoemaker, New York, NY: Peter Lang
Chen, G. M., Pain, P., & Fadnis, D. (2016). Over-Sharing in a Political Sex Scandal. In Scandal in a Digital Age (pp. 131-144). Palgrave Macmillan US.
Chen, G.M., & Pain, P. (2016). Performance of the political self on Twitter: What the Tea Party’s tweets say about its identity. In G.W. Richardson Jr. (Ed.), Social Media and Politics: A New Way to Participate in the Political Process, Praeger, NY.
Peer-Reviewed Research Presentations
Pain P. (2021): Learning in times of COVID: Journalism education in Kashmir, India. ICA 2021
Pain P. (2021): Technical interventions or innovations: Online technologies at the intersection of sex, gender, race, and sexuality. ICA 2021
Pain P., Ahmed A. & Malik, Z. (2020). “Misrepresentation is misinformation: Fighting fake news in Kashmir, India.” Presented at MAPOR 2020.
Korin, E & Pain P. (2020). Citizen journalism in Venezuela–Representative of voices or romantic fantasy? Presented at MAPOR 2020.
Pain P. & Korin, E. (2020). “Everything is dimming out, little by little:” Examining self-censorship among Venezuelan journalists.” Presented at MAPOR 2020.
Pain P. PF&R Panel Session (Presenter): Involving Students in Democracy and Journalism: Lessons from the Field: AEJMC 2020
Pain P. Developing new voices: Exploring feminist digital activism in India: Presented at AEJMC (2020).
Pain P. Social media as tactical media in the fight for LGBT rights in India: Presented at ICA 2019.
Korin, E & Pain, P. “News in Venezuela aren’t dying”: Examining the impact of censorship on media in Venezuela: Presented at ICA Pre Con 2019.
Pain, P & Wadud, M. “It is not easy, but we hang together.” An exploratory study of women journalists in India and Bangladesh: Presented at AEJMC Midwinter 2019.
Pain, P & Wadud, M. Battling complex issues of gender and social bias: An exploratory study of women journalists in Bangladesh: Presented at AEJMC Midwinter 2019.
Pain, P & Chen, V.Y. New spaces and affordances: Social media and LGBT activism in India and Taiwan: Presented at ICA 2019.
Pain, P & Chen, V.Y. News on Social Media: Engaging Readers and Building News Brands: MAPOR 2018
Pain, P & Chen, GM. The President is in: Public opinion and the presidential use of Twitter: Presented at MAPOR 2018.
Pain, P & Chen, VY. Reaching diverse audiences: LGBT activists on social media in Taiwan and India: Presented at MAPOR 2018.
Citizen journalism as a vehicle for social transformation: An Indian case study: (Pain, P): Presented at ICA 2018.
To publish or nor to publish? Graphic images of women in combat: (McEntee, R & Pain, P): Presented at NCA 2018.
The Indian LGBT Activist on Social Media: (Pain, P): Presented at ICA 2018. (Top Paper Award)
“Facebook and newspapers online: Competing beings or complimentary entities?”: (Chen, V & Pain, P): Presented at AEJMC 2017. (Top paper Award)
‘A chance to serve’: Community journalists in India on their role in society to the Community Journalism Interest Group. (Pain, P): Presented at AEJMC 2017 (Top paper Award)
Communicating public agendas through online comments: (Pain, P): Presented at MAPOR 2017.
Citizen Journalism and development communication in India: An exploratory study: (Pain, P): Presented at AEJMC 2017. (Top paper award)
Mediating the media: Facebook and the dissemination of news online: (Chen, V.Y; Pain, P): Presented at MAPOR 2017.
“This reporter is so ugly, how can she appear on TV?”: Negotiating gender online and offline in Taiwanese media: (Pain, P., & Chen, V., 2016): Presented at ICA 2017.
Media Justice: Race, borders, disability and data: (Pain, P): Presented at ICA 2017.
A Pearl Dropped in the Ocean: Reappraising Compelling Argument in Agenda-Setting from the Affective Dimension: (Shuning, L; Hong, TV; Russell, A; Pain, P., McCombs, M): Presented at ICA 2017.
“Disrupting Routines: How Gendered Harassment in Online Comments Affects Female Journalists in the United States and Taiwan”: (Chen, G; Pain, P., & Chen, V): Presented at ICA 2016.
Gendered practices in Taiwanese newsrooms: An exploratory study: (Pain, P., & Chen, V): Presented at AEJMC Mid-Winter 2017. (Top paper Award)
Who told you that? Examining the agenda setting power of sources in mainstream and alternative media: (Pain, P., & Chen, V): Presented at MAPOR 2016.
Covering Nipples: News Discourse and the Politics and Framing of Breastfeeding: (Bock, M., Pain, P., & Zong, Z) Presented at the National Communication Association 2016
Normalizing Online Commenting: Exploring How Journalists Deal with Incivility on News Sites: (Chen, G., & Pain, P). Presented at the AEJMC Conference 2016.
“When I ask a question, they look at me strangely”— An exploratory study of women political reporters in India: (Pain, P) Presented at the AEJMC Conference 2016. (Top paper Award)
The battle of the sources: how diverse are alternate and mainstream media in their use of news sources?: (Pain, P). Presented at the AEJMC Midwinter Conference 2016.
Media sources and the same sex marriage issue: Through the lens of the agenda setting theory: (Chen, VY., P., & Pain, P.). Presented at WAPOR 2016
OBAMACARE in the news: An alternate and mainstream media frame comparison: (Chen, G.M., & Pain, P.). Presented at the WAPOR 2016
What changed public opinion on the same sex marriage issue? New implications of attributes in media agenda setting: (Chen, VY., & Pain, P.). Presented at the International Communication Association, 2016
Psychological geography through the eyes of the New York Times and People’s Daily: A network agenda-setting analysis. (McCombs, M., Zheng P., & Pain, P.). Presented at the International Communication Association, 2016
Marathe, M., O’Neill, J., Pain, P., & Thies, W. (2016, June). ICT-enabled grievance redressal in Central India: A comparative analysis. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (p. 4). ACM.
No Women’s Land – An Exploratory Study of Women Political Journalists in India: (Pain, P.) Presented at the Commission on the Status of Women at the AEJMC Midwinter Conference 2016. (Top abstract)
Framing ‘Obamacare: Comparing Frames of the Affordable Care Act in Mainstream and Alterative media– Pain, P. & Chen, G.M., (2015). Presented at the MAPOR 2015.
Computer analysis for understanding compelling arguments. Big data and the unemployment issue in 2011—Saldaña M & Pain, P., Presented at the MAPOR 2015
Teaching multimedia journalism to high school students through the lens of Freedom Summer— Pain, P., Chen, G.M., & Campbell, C. P. (2015). Presentation at the AEJMC 2015 Conference
Why just my children? This is for all our children – The rise of the woman citizen journalist in India: Pain, P., (2015). Presentation at the AEJMC 2015 Conference in San Francisco (Top Student paper Award winner)
“A chance for me to do good, make a real difference” –How citizen journalists in India view their struggles and ability for social transformation: Pain, P., (2015). Presented at the Union for Democratic Communications conference, Circuits of Struggle, in Toronto, Ontario, May 1-3, 2015.
Citizen’s journalism and The Knowledge Gap Theory: Bridging gaps and creating informed audiences: Pain, P., (2015). AEJMC Mid-Winter Conference Norman, OK.
Marathe, M., O’Neill, J., Pain, P., & Thies, W. (2015, May). Revisiting CGNet Swara and its impact in rural India. In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (p. 21). ACM.
Citizen Journalism and Mainstream Media—Competing Entities or Complementary Beings? Pain, P (2014): Presented MAPOR 2014
Framing mobile media activism: A comparative study of the CGNET Swara and Mobile Voices outlets. Pain, P (2014). Participatory Journalism Interest Group Division/Interest Group for participation in the 2014 AEJMC Research Paper Competition.
Mediating nation-ness: Nationhood and national identity in Indian and Pakistani media, 1947-1997. (Sahin, S. & Pain, P.) Third place-Markham Student Paper Competition-International Communication Division, AEJMC 2014
Examining some internet-based initiatives that is Changing the face of the Indian Media Industry. Pain, P (2013). The 14th International Symposium on Online Journalism held at the University of Texas at Austin.
Citizen Video Producers Changing Indian Media. Pain, P (2012). Presented at the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth Conference, 2012, India (http://tinyurl.com/89q4ncg)
Media in situations of conflict: Facilitators and Builders. Pain, P (2011). Presented at the Reporting religion: Dilemmas of Public Discourse Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 201.
Bridging Gaps: The Mobile Way to Sexual and Reproductive Health. Pain, P (2011). Presented in the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association November 16-20, 2011 Montreal, QC, Canada (http://tinyurl.com/6w2tn6w)
Children and Disaster Communication: Pain, P (2005). Workshop on Awareness Raising in Disaster Management: UNESCO and the National Science Foundation in Sri Lanka.
MA Thesis (Chair and committee)
Committee Member (2021): Pratyush Dayal: University of British Columbia
Chair (2020): Sarmat Misikov
Committee Member (2020): Remington Valdivia
Committee Member (2020): Rebecca Moser.
Committee Member (2020): Issmar Ventura
Committee Member (2018): Sarah Krutz
Invited Lectures
Invited talk: MOP Vaishnav College, Chennai, India. 2021
Invited talk: Institute for International Journalism (Ohio University) and Center for Border and Global Journalism (University of Arizona) invite you to a virtual panel focusing on issues related to cyberbullying and harassment of journalists across the world.
University of Reno, Nevada. JOUR 481, Race, Gender Media: Gender and Journalism
Baylor University 2019: Global media through a feminist lens
University of Nevada Reno: Social Media
University of Southern California 2015: Invisible Journalists: Journalism from India’s poorest districts
University of Indiana, Bloomington 2015: Citizen Journalism in India
Texas A&M International University 2015: Who is a citizen journalist and how can you be one?
California State University, Northridge: Citizen Journalism in India
Editorial Advisory Board
Co-Editor Media Practice and Education (2020-2023)
Editorial Advisory Board Member: Media Asia (2020)
Editorial Advisory Board Member: Media Practice and Education (2021)
Teaching Experience
Social Media and Journalism
Social Media and Society, Summer and Spring
DATA Journalism
Strategic Communication and News Writing
Social media and Society
DATA Journalism
Strategic Communication and News Writing
Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling
Assistant Instructor: Reporting Words
Guest Faculty (2010): Journalism and mass Communication: Department of Journalism, University of Madras, India
UNR Service
Organized and led the Core Humanities Webinar and Panel (April 2021)
March 24: Judge for the preliminary round of the UNR 2021 3MT Competition. (2 hours)
Organized and led the Ozmen Institute for Global Studies Presents a Webinar and Panel (March 2021)
Discussion on LGBTQ Use of Digital Spaces in the International Context
Member: Commission on Status of Women (UNR 2018 – 2020)
Member: Cultural Diversity Committee: 2020
Member LGBTQIA+ Task Force, 2020
Member of the Global Studies Research Grants Committee of the Ozmen Institute for Global Studies. University of Nevada, 2019-2020
Part of the International Activities Structural Review Committee (IAC), University of Nevada, 2019-2020
Part of International Activities Committee (IAC) 2019-20: UNR 2019-2020
Part of the Grad Admission Sub Committee: UNR 2019
Member: Curriculum Committee (2018 and 2019)
Member: Commission on Status of Women (UNR 2018 – 2019)
Associate Faculty: Ozmen Institute for Global Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno
Panelist Thought on Tap (Thought on Tap No. 3: The Humanities in the News and Social Media, Thursday, December 13, 2018)
Academic Service
AEJMC: Member 2021-22 Council of Divisions
AEJMC 2021: Chair: Participatory Journalism Interest Group
AEJMC 2021: Cultural and Critical Studies and Newspaper and Online News Divisions PF&R Panel Session: Discussant
AEJMC 2021 International Division’s student multimedia story contest: Judge
Review 2021: Social media and Society
Review for JMCQ: One paper April 25, 2021
Review for Critical Studies in Media Communication: One paper April 25, 2021
Elected to PF&R Committee AEJMC 2021: 271 votes April 15, 2021
AEJMC 2021: Review Commission on the Status of Women (4 papers)
AEJMC 2021: Review Cultural and Critical Studies Division (3 papers)
AEJMC 2021: Reviewer: Minorities and Communication Division / Faculty Research Competition (I paper)
AEJMC 2021: Reviewer: International Communication Division (3 papers), Graduate Student Interest Group: (5 papers)
Reviewer: Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2021
Reviewer: NCA, 2021 (Communication as Social Construction Division and Student Section)
Reviewer: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2021
Discussant AEJMC Mid-Winter 2021: Commission on Status of Women
Reviewer: New Media & Society, 2021
Reviewer: Palgrave Macmillan Books proposal 2020
Reviewer: ECA 2021 James C. McCroskey and Virginia P. Richmond Undergraduate Scholars Conference.
Reviewer: AEJMC Mid-Winter 2021 (Critical and Cultural Studies: 10 abstracts
Reviewer: ICA (LGBTQ Studies): Reviewer ICA 2020
Reviewer: Journalism and Media, 2020
Reviewer: Information, Communication and Society: 2020
Reviewer: Journal of Public Affairs: 2020
Reviewer: Journal of Asian and African Studies: 2020
NCA 2020 Pre-Conference Proposals Reviewer: 2020
Minorities & Communication Studies Division Discussant: (AEJMC 2020)
Participatory Journalism Division: Discussant: (AEJMC 2020)
International Communication Studies Division: Discussant: (AEJMC 2020)
Cultural & Critical Studies Division: Discussant: (AEJMC 2020)
AEJMC Board of Directors: 2019-2020
Reviewer: Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (Journal manuscript): 2020
Frontiers in Communication Journal: Reviewer (Journal manuscript): 2020
Reviewer (Journal manuscript): The Communication Review. 2020
Reviewer (Journal manuscript): Journal of Public Affairs. 2020
Reviewer (Journal manuscript): New Media and Society: 2020
Reviewer (Journal manuscript): Communication Research and Practice Journal: 2020
Reviewer (Journal manuscript): Media Asia: 2020
Reviewer: AEJMC ICD Multimedia Story Contest Committee 2020
Reviewer: AEJMC: Cultural and Critical Studies Division 2020: 4 papers
Reviewer: AEJMC: Commission on Status of Women 2020: 7 papers
Reviewer: AEJMC: Graduate Student Interest Group 2020: 2 papers
Reviewer: Media Asia. April 2020.
Reviewer: AEJMC for the International Communication division (4 papers). April 2020.
Reviewer: National Communication Association (NCA) for the Feminist studies division (4 papers). April 2020.
Reviewer: Journal of Public Affairs (Journal): April 2020
Reviewer: The Communication Review (Journal): March 2020
ICA Teresa Award Committee member (Feminist Media Studies Division): 2020
Reviewer: Journalism (Journal), 2020
Reviewer: Media Asia (Journal), 2020
Reviewer: Social Media and Society (Journal), 2020
Reviewer: ICA Pre Conference 2020: “Opportunities, Tensions, and Challenges of Global Higher Education” preconference. (6 proposals)
Reviewer: ECA 2020 Undergraduate Scholars Conference Review 2020
Reviewer: (2019): Routledge Media, Journalism and Cultural Studies: The MoJo Handbook Contact (Jennifer.Vennall@tandf.co.uk)
Reviewer: Journalism Studies Manuscript: 2019
Chair Commission on the Status of Women (AEJMC 2019)
Vice Chair, Participatory Communication Interest Group (AEJMC 2019)
Reviewer: Chinese Journal of Communication 2019
Reviewer: Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ): 2019
Secretary: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer Studies, International Communication Association, 2019
Reviewer: Journal of Multicultural Discourses: Of Nomadology: A Requiem for India(n-ness): April 2019
National Association Conference (NCA) 2019 Reviewer: Undergraduate College and University Section: Five papers
National Association Conference (NCA) 2019 Reviewer: Graduate Student submissions: 3 papers
AEJMC 2019 Reviewer: Graduate Student Interest Group: 2 papers
AEJMC 2019 Reviewer: Newspaper and Online News Division: 4 papers
AEJMC 2019 Reviewer: Minorities and Communication Division: 4 papers
AEJMC 2019 Reviewer: Critical and Cultural Studies Division: 3 papers
AEJMC 2019 Reviewer: LGBT Division: 2 papers
AEJMC 2019 Reviewer: International Communication Division: 3 papers
National Association Conference 2019 (Feminist and Women Studies Division) Reviewer: 3 papers and 2 panels
National Association Conference (NCA) Preconference 2019 Reviewer: 3 papers and 2 panels
Reviewer New Media and Society: 2019
Reviewer Journalism Studies: 2019
ICA Teresa Award Committee member (Feminist Media Studies Division): 2019
Reviewer for Feminist Media Studies (Feb 2019): Paper titled: The Role of Gender in Digitally Social Communities
Member: AEJ-PJIG Mentorship Program 2019
Routledge book proposal Reviewer (2019) Contact: Salazar, Nicole Nicole.Salazar@taylorandfrancis.com
Reviewer for Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (Jan 2019)
Reviewer for the 16th annual Undergraduate Scholars Research Conference (Western States Communication Association; Santa Clara, CA): 2018
Reviewer ICA (International Communication Group, LGBT Studies, Feminist Media Studies): 2018
Reviewer Feminist Media Studies: Oct 2018
Reviewer: International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics (Contact: Francisco Seoane Pérez at fseoane@hum.uc3m.es): September 2018
Reviewer: Journalism Practice (Taylor & Francis): 2018
Media Asia (Taylor & Francis): June 2018
AEJMC 2018: Vice Chair: Participatory Journalism group
AEJMC 2018: Vice Chair: Commission on Status of Women
Editor: Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal published annually by The South Asia Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 2018
Reviewer AEJMC 2018: Critical Cultural Studies Division-3 papers
Reviewer AEJMC 2018: newspaper and Online Division-2 papers
Reviewer AEJMC 2018: International Communication Division-3 papers
Reviewer AEJMC 2018: Graduate Student Interest Group-3 papers
Reviewer AEJMC 2018: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Queer Interest Group-2 papers
Junior Chair: Instructional and Developmental Division: International Communication Association 2018
Chair, High density Panel – Great Ideas for Teaching (G.F.T.S): ICA 2018
Chair: Instructional Communication in the Digital and Gaming Age, ICA 2018
Reviewer American Public Health Association 2018 Annual Meeting & Expo
Student and Early Career Representative ICA 2018: Instructional Communication Division
Research Co Chair Commission on the Status of Women (AEJMC 2018)
Secretary and Communications Chair (2018) Participatory communication group AEJMC
Reviewer for the Global Communication and Social Change group ICA 2018
Reviewer for the Commission on Status of Women AEJMC Midwinter Conference 2018
Journal Reviewer: Media Asia 2017
Panelist-CSW #ICD_CSW Twitter chat How the media covers women in politics 2017
Editor: Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal (annual) South Asia Institute, UT Austin 2017
Reviewer Media Asia for special issue of Community Radio in South Asia 2017
Reviewer Feminist Studies Division Nation Communication Association 2017
Junior Secretary for the Instructional and Developmental Communication Division (IDD) of the International Communication Association (ICA 2017)
Chair: Session Instructional and Developmental Communication Division (IDD): International Communication Association (2017)
Research Co Chair Commission on the Status of Women (AEJMC 2017)
Reviewer: Cultural and Critical Studies Division, Graduate Student Interest Group & Commission on the Status of Women Division (AEJMC 2017)
Reviewer AEJMC Mid-Winter 2016 Commission on the Status of Women
Reviewer for the African Digital Media Review (ADMR 2016), a Special Annual Issue of African Journalism Studies (Routledge journal)
WAPOR 2016 Session Moderator
Reviewer: AEJMC Conference International Communication Division
Graduate Student Representative MAPOR 2015-2016
Member Academic Affairs Committee UT Austin 2015
Member, Editorial Collective, Sagar: A South Asia Research Journal 2015
Mentor IE Program, University of Texas at Austin 2015
MAPOR Session Moderator 2015
Graduate Student Mentor: IE Pre Grad Internship (Spring 2015)
MAPOR Student Coordinator, 2015
Global Fusion Conference Moderator (2014)
Scholarships and Awards
May 28, 2021: Top Faculty Reviewer AEJMC’s GSIG 2021
Awarded the Spring 2018 DDCE graduate student award (The University of Texas at Austin)
ICA LGBTQ Studies Group Diana Rios Travel Grant for 2018
Awarded The Mary Gardner Award for Graduate Student Research (CSW) AEJMC 2017
Awarded the Maxwell E. McCombs Publishing award 2017
Awarded the 2017 Professional Development Award 2017
Awarded the 2017 Professional Development Award 2016
Awarded Research and Dissertation Grant from The School of Journalism and Communication, The University of Texas at Austin 2017
Awarded Continuing Fellowship Award for excellence in Graduate Studies (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism 2016: $30, 000)
Awarded 2016 Summer Graduate Research Fellowship (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism: $8, 000)
Awarded 2015 Graduate Student Enrichment Fellowship (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism: $2, 500)
Awarded 2015 Graduate Student Enrichment Fellowship (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism: $2, 500)
Awarded the 2015 The Pic Wagner Endowed Graduate Fellowship (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism: $1, 000)
Awarded the 2014 Ada Miller Frances Prize from Dept of Journalism University of Texas at Austin (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism: $1, 000)
Awarded 2014 Student Enrichment Fellowship (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism: $2, 500)
Awarded 2014 Graduate Student Enrichment Fellowship (The University of Texas at Austin: Dept of Journalism: $2, 500)
Awarded the International Student Services Office Scholarship (University of Texas at Austin) for incoming international students 2013 ($ 600)
Graduate Recruitment Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2013
Joan Cook Fellow: 2012 JAWS: Journalism and Women Symposium
Science writing scholar: 2012 NAKFI Informed Brain in a Digital World Conference 2012
FASPE (Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics) Journalism program 2012.
Selected for the 2010 Media in Conflicts Seminar (MICS), organized by the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel
Asia Journalism Fellowship (AJF) programme 2010, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 2010
Awarded the National Press Fellowship (NPF) for the J2J HIV/AIDS Global Media Training 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa, 2009.
Awarded the Charles Wallace Trust initiated journalism fellowship to the University of Cardiff, School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC) 2008.
Participant in the India Palestine Egypt exchange program jointly instituted by CREA India and supported by the Ford Foundation in 2007.
Awarded the Nuffic Fellowship to attend the RNTC Netherlands instituted Internet Training for Journalists in 2007.
Societies and Organization
AEJMC
Kappa Tau Alpha
ICA
Journalism and Women Symposium -JAWS
Online Journalism Experience
The Woman’s International Perspective (http://thewip.net/author/paromita-pain/)
TerraGreen Magazine (http://terragreen.teriin.org/index.php?option=com_terragreen&task=category&category_id=9&issueid=93)
Occupy.Com (http://www.occupy.com/author/paromita-pain)
Writer SPAN Magazine (http://span.state.gov/education/perfect-degree-housing)
The Riveter Magazine (http://www.therivetermagazine.com/themanwhostoppedtraffick/)
Professional and Research Experience–Past
Science Writer at the University of Texas at Austin Texas Advanced Computing Center (http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/news/feature-stories/2013/a-summer-of-extreme-science) (2012-2013)
Research Assistant: Laura Castaneda: Associate Director, School of Journalism USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism (Jan 2012 – May 2012)
MS Magazine: Editorial Intern (Jan 2012 – February 2012)
Daily Trojan (USC Student Newspaper): Reporter: August 2011 to Jan 2012
AudienceScapes Fellow (http://tinyurl.com/7sswsf4): Writer: August 2010 to March 2012
Freelancer for The Hindu Young World and The Hindu Business Line E-World Supplement since January 2002 to July 15, 2002. https://www.thehindu.com/education/type-search-ready/article31490959.ece
Volunteer Work
Volunteer Department of Journalism (UT Austin) Tutor for financially limited students (2016-2017)
Volunteer at the University of Southern California: Community Health Involvement Project (December 2011 to March 2012)
Peace Bag Euro Med Toolkit: A peace education project supported by the Anna Lindh Foundation (http://peacebag.org/articles/toolkit-credits.html) (January 2011 to 2012)
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