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Dr. Srivi Ramasubramanian (PhD), she/her
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SU Newhouse Prof & Endowed Chair 🍊; Editor, Comm Monographs. Director: CODE^SHIFT (Collab for Data Equity, Social Healing, Incl. Futures, & Transformation).

Media Literacy, Community Engaged Research, Global Media, Youth. Views my own. See: drsrivi.com
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Dr. Srivi Ramasubramanian (PhD), she/her @drsrivi.bsky.social · Nov 24
What an honor to be the only woman of color to receive the “2024 NCA Distinguished Scholar” from the first Black woman President of NCA - Dr. Marnel Niles Goins.

Award 2: NCA Org Comm service engagement.

Award 3: NCA International & Intercultural distinguished scholar award

#NCA2024
IICD distinguished scholar award. Srivi Ramasubramanian in bottle green dress standing with Shinsuke Eguchi in a stunning green suit in front of a big screen that announces Srivi as an award recipient. Both of them received this award this year Srivi Ramasubramanian in red dress and red & white shawl holding a certificate. Big screen announcing Srivi Ramasubramanian as NCA distinguished scholar. She is standing on stage as Dr. Jeannetta Sims announces at the podium. Dr. Marnel Goins in a beautiful shimmery sea blue dress and lovely hairdo standing in the middle, giving a plaque to Srivi Ramasubramanian in a peacock blue and yellow kanjeevaram saree. Jeannetta Sims is announcing at the NCA podium.
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Our CODE^SHIFT lab’s schedule for #NCA2025 is here! Hope to see you there! #commsky #academicsky
Thurs 11/20 sessions Fri 11/21 session - Part 1 Friday 11/21 Part 2 Sat 11/22 Part 2
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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At long last, this paper conceptualizing a Critical Environmental Comm Framework led by Shumaila Javed Bhatti and coauthored with Bruno Takahashi is now published.

Get your free copies here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RPD7K...

#commsky #academicsky #greensky
First page of journal article titled “critical environmental comm framework”
October 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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I’m thrilled to be running for #NCA2025 Second VP. I look forward to your support and vote. Thank you!

#commsky #academicsky #mediasky
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October 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Excited to share that my poetry book “Blue Nectar” - feminist Bhakti poems on divine bliss- is now available for purchase.

Please go to bit.ly/BlueNectarEbook (ebook - $5) or bit.ly/BlueNectarPaper (paperback - $12) to purchase your copy.

#academicsky #commsky #booksky #poetry #feminism #bhakti
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September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Happy Navaratri and Rosh Hashanah greetings to all those who celebrate! May there be peace and happiness for all.
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Freedom of speech is a fundamental right of every human being. Press freedom is the life blood of a democracy. Academic freedom is the foundation of education.

#freedom #democracy #academicsky #commsky
September 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Note to self - the first week of classes is stressful for all.

Small boo-boos seem like big pains. Minor changes feel like big obstacles. Little things can trigger us to melt down.

A little kindness, understanding, and flexibility can go a long way.

#commsky #academicsky
August 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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First day of classes - Fall 2025!!

Ready or not, here we go!! All the best for all students, faculty, and staff. We got this! 👏📚

The most exciting part is that no two classes are ever the same. And we as teachers are constantly learning by teaching.

#commsky #academicsky
Professor standing in front of greenery and path, symbolizing new beginnings
August 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Excited for our CODE^SHIFT lab’s (yet another) Top Paper Award.

This one is from the Activism Division of NCA for a paper on Gaza solidarity encampments in student newspapers.

Grateful to my brilliant PhD advisee Shannon Burth for leading this project.

#NCA2025 #newhouse #commsky #academicsky
August 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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#AEJMC folks going to SFO next week: do check out our #CODESHIFT lab’s sessions there.

The #Newhouse reception is on Thurs at 6 pm in John’s Grill. Hope to see you all there!

#AEJMC2025 #commsky #mediasky #academicsky
Thursday schedule Friday schedule Saturday schedule Sunday schedule
July 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Two #postdoc #jobs at #SyracuseUniversity in #conflict #communication #advocacy #activism #commsky #academicsky

www.sujobopps.com/postings/110...)
Postdoctoral Researcher - PARCC Activism & Advocacy
The Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration (PARCC) at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs seeks to hire a Postdoctoral Researcher with...
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July 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Congress eliminated public media funding. At a time of deep division, public media brings us together.

Help keep it strong. Join our monthly donors today: n.pr/458sOhq
July 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Excited for our CODE^SHIFT lab’s multiple paper acceptances to the 2025 National Communication Association convention. See you in Colorado in November. Let’s go, #NCA2025! #commsky #academicsky
July 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.

The cost of the shot? $1,400.
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
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June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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This is a concentration camp
onestpress.onestnetwork.com Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Jul 1
Alligator Alcatraz from within
July 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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This is oligarchy. This is obscene.

While 60% live paycheck to paycheck & kids go hungry, Jeff Bezos, worth $230 billion, goes to Venice on his $500 million yacht for a $20 million wedding & spends $5 million on a ring while his real tax rate is just 1.1%.

End this oligarchy.
June 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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After 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center, Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail.
'They wanted to separate me from my family, but they failed': Mahmoud Khalil speaks after ICE release
After 104 days in a Louisiana immigration detention center, Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil has been released on bail.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Our first peer review requests are going out today! We'll continue to "massage" our language, but here's how we're codifying our "three caveats" for GPC reviewers - we don't enforce style guides, we don't police Englishes, and we don't ask for rote justification of samples. =)
The Three Caveats of GPC reviews: For initial submissions, we do not request or require any specific formatting or style guide - we do this because not all authors from all regions and disciplines use the same structures, and we don't want to unnecessarily burden authors for initial submissions. Thus, we ask that reviewers refrain from any comments or concerns about formatting, unless the comments specifically address one's ability to understand the manuscript itself. If a paper is accepted at GPC, we will then work directly with Authors to format the work (using the latest APA guidelines and the Oxford in-house style guides), and we have paid staff that focus on production notes.  As a journal with an authentically global focus, we recognize that while English is a lingua franca of many academic spaces, there are many different Englishes spoken around the world. As such, we ask reviewers to refrain from any comments about authors' grammar or syntax as we have no expectation about these elements on initial submission (again, unless it is an issue of comprehension). If a paper is accepted, again here we will work closely with authors on clarifications where needed (and again, we have a paid production team for these efforts).  We expect scholarship submitted to GPC to include observations made from anywhere and everywhere, as our colleagues come from all over the world. As such, we ask our reviewers to resist critiques asking authors to justify or contextualize the relevance of their observations simply because those observations come from smaller or local communities. This is not to say that reviewers cannot interrogate sampling and selection, but we ask that those critiques be made within the context of understanding the claims made within the piece being reviewed. 
June 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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A big relief to hit “send” on my (fourth) book manuscript.

It is on “Equitable Media Literacies: Pedagogies and Practices for Healthy Civic Futures” - a timely and important topic.

With my amazing coauthors: Paul Mihailidis, Patrick R. Johnson, Bobbie Foster, Shannon Burth & Melissa Tully!
June 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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Lovely time meeting and learning from you all at @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social @nibasaleem.bsky.social

#ica25 #commsky #academicsky
mediamosaiclab.bsky.social Media MOSAIC Lab @mediamosaiclab.bsky.social · Jun 21
This year at #ICA25 we were reminded of how community can drive discussion, new ideas and help foster awesome collaborations! 🤝🏼

We are so grateful to have the opportunity to be able to reconnect with @drsrivi.bsky.social & @malenao.bsky.social, two amazing and wonderful scholars in #COMMSky! ✨
June 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Very proud of my recently hooded PhD advisee, @BenjaminTetteh!

Benjamin is getting a Top Paper Award from the International Comm Division of #AEJMC! 👏🎉🎊🥳

His paper is on Ghanaian journalists’ (self) censorship practices.

#journalism #news #media #ghana #africa #newhouse
June 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Here are the list of CODE^SHIFT lab presentations at #ICA25 by current and recent members.

Feel free to reach out via DMs. Happy to say hello, give high fives/hugs, discuss collabs, brainstorm strategies to overcome problems.

#ChaiWithSrivi #ICA25 #AskMeAnything #commsky #academicsky
Schedule for 6/12 and 6/13 Schedule for 6/14 Schedule for 6/15
June 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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This new ICA journal is now accepting manuscripts. Check it out.
gpccomm.bsky.social Global Perspectives in Communication (GPC) @gpccomm.bsky.social · May 20
... and, we're live! As of today, we are ready to receive your manuscripts in our peer review system, online at mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gpcomm
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June 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Come say hello if you’ll be at #ICA25 Denver! #commsky #academicsky

I’ll be at the ICA Fellows mentoring session on Sat June 14 from 12-1:15 pm at Mt. Blue Sky (2nd floor, Grand Hyatt).

Stay tuned for my full schedule shortly.

#ica2025 #ica25 #mentoring #conference
June 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM