Curriculum vitae
Subin Paul
Doctoral Candidate
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of Iowa
100, Adler Journalism Bldg., Iowa City, IA-52242
subin-paul@uiowa.edu
(319) 512 1492
EDUCATION
Ph.D. April 2019 (expected) University of Iowa (Mass Communication)
M.A. 2012 Cardiff University (Journalism) (Coursework from Asian College of Journalism)
B.Tech. 2007 Indian Institute of Technology – BHU
(Ceramic Engineering)
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Managing Editor, Journal of Communication Inquiry (Sage Publications), 2017-2018.
Research Associate, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, India, 2012-2013.
Analyst, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bangalore, India, 2007-2010.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
Paul, S. & Dowling, D. (Accepted). Digital Archiving as Social Protest: Dalit Camera and the Mobilization of India’s “Untouchables.” Digital Journalism.
Paul, S. & Dowling, D. (Forthcoming 2019). Gandhi’s Newspaperman: T.G. Narayanan and the Quest for an Independent India, 1938-1946. Modern Asian Studies (Cambridge University Press).
Paul, S. (2018). Between Participation and Autonomy: Understanding Indian Citizen Journalists. Journalism Practice, 12(5), 526-542. (lead article)
Paul, S. (2017). Journalism, not “Cheerleading”: An Ombudsman’s Paradigm Repair in the JNU Sedition Case in India. Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism. OnlineFirst. doi: 10.1177/1464884917707844
Paul, S. (2017). Meskwaki Language Threat Gets Token News Coverage. Newspaper Research Journal, 38(3), 366-378.
Paul, S. & Carpenter, J.C. (2017). Jokes in Public: The Ethical Implications of Radio Prank Calls. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics, 14(2/3), 33-41.
Paul, S. (2017). A New Public Sphere? English-language Stand-up Comedy in India. Contemporary South Asia, 25(2), 121-135. (lead article)
Paul, S. (2017). “When India was Indira”: Indian Express’s Coverage of the Emergency, 1975-77. Journalism History, 42(4), 201-211.
Book Chapters
Paul, S. (2018). East India Comedy: Channeling the Public Sphere in Online Satire In From Networks to Netflix: A Guide to Changing Channels. Derek Johnson (Ed.) New York: Routledge. pp. 265-273.
Encyclopedia Entries
Paul, S. & Berkowitz, D. (Forthcoming). Social Construction of News. The International Encyclopedia of Journalism Studies. Folker Hanusch and Tim Vos (Eds.). New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell.
Manuscripts in Submission
Paul, S. The Qatar-Gulf Crisis and Narratives of Emotionality in Nepal’s English-language Press. International Journal of Communication. (Revise and Resubmit invite)
Paul, S. & Rose Alex, D. The Culture of Print: Newspaper Reading and Literacy Practices in Kerala, India. Communication, Culture & Critique.
Rose Alex, D. & Paul, S. Media as Religion: Practices of Mediation in a Catholic Community in South India. Journal of Media and Religion.
AWARDS/GRANTS/HONORS
External
Top Student Paper Award, Religion and Media Interest Group, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2018.
Graduate Student Travel Grant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2018.
National Communication Association (NCA) Doctoral Honors Seminar, Vanderbilt University, 2018.
Taraknath Das Foundation Grant, South Asia Institute, Columbia University, 2017.
Social Science Research Council (SSRC)/University of Michigan Doctoral Institute on Global Media and Communication 2017.
Graduate Student Travel Grant, International Communication Association (ICA), 2017.
American Institute of Indian Studies Junior Research Fellowship, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, 2016 (alternate list).
Third Place Top Paper Award, Minorities and Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2014.
Graduate Student Travel Grant, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2014 (declined).
Internal
John F. Murray Outstanding Doctoral Student Award for Research, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, 2018.
Carl J. Nelson Memorial Research Award, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, 2018.
Digital Scholarship and Publishing Studio Fellowship, University of Iowa, 2018.
Digital Bridges Summer Institute Fellowship, University of Iowa/Grinnell College, 2018 (declined).
3rd Place Top Paper Award, Humanities Division, 20th Annual Jakobsen Memorial Conference, University of Iowa, 2018.
Obermann Graduate Fellow for Publicly Engaged Research, Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, University of Iowa, 2017.
T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Award, University of Iowa, 2017.
Graduate Student Senate Supplemental Travel Grant for Research, University of Iowa, 2017
Graduate and Professional Student Government Research Grant, University of Iowa, 2017.
Murray Research Grant, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, 2017
Graduate Student Senate Travel Grant, University of Iowa, 2017; 2016; 2015
Graduate and Professional Student Government Travel Grant, University of Iowa, 2017; 2016
Fellowship Incentive Program Award, University of Iowa, 2017.
Stanley Graduate Award for International Research, University of Iowa, 2016.
2nd Place Top Paper Award, Humanities Division, 18th Annual Jakobsen Memorial Conference, University of Iowa, 2016.
Philanthropy Student Success Grant, University of Iowa, 2016
Conference participation
Paul, S. (2018). The Qatar-Gulf Crisis and Narratives of Emotionality in Nepal’s English-language Press. Paper accepted for presentation at the 101st Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C., USA.
Paul, S. & Dowling, D. (2018). Dalit Online Activism: The Digital Archive as a Site of Political Resistance in India. Paper accepted for presentation at the 101st Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C., USA
Paul, S. & Rose Alex, D. (2018). Media as Religion: Practices of Mediation in a Catholic Community in South India. Paper accepted for presentation at the 101st Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, D.C., USA.
Paul, S. (2018). Notes on the Practice of Constructive Journalism in India. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication (IAMCR), Eugene, USA.
Paul, S. (2017). Between Participation and Autonomy: Understanding Indian Citizen Journalists. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.
Paul, S. (2017). A New Public Sphere? English-language Stand-up Comedy in India. Paper presented at the 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA.
Rose Alex, D. & Paul, S. (2017). “Sacred Communication”: Ritualizing the Practice of Newspaper Reading. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Paul, S. & Dowling, D. (2016). Gandhi’s Newspaperman: T.G. Narayanan and the Quest for an Independent India, 1938-1946. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Convention of the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA), St. Petersburg, USA.
Paul, S. (2016). “When India was Indira”: Indian Express’ Coverage of the Emergency, 1975-1977. Poster presented at the 99th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Minneapolis, USA.
Paul, S. (2016). Toward the Bottom of the Pyramid? Rediscovering the Role of the PSB in India. Poster presented at the 66th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Fukuoka, Japan.
Paul, S. (2016). What Motivates a Citizen Journalist? A Survey of Participatory Journalism in India. Paper presented at the 45th Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
Paul, S. (2016). Coverage of Endangered Languages in Indian newspapers: A Mixed Methods Approach. Paper presented at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Paul, S. & Carpenter, J. C. (2015). Jokes in Public: The Ethical Implications of Radio Prank Calls. Poster presented at the 98th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), San Francisco, USA.
Paul, S. (2014). Coverage of the Meskwaki Language in the Des Moines Register. Paper presented at the 97th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Montreal, Canada.
Kim, B. W. & Paul, S. (2014). Accessibility-heuristic and Changes of Media Frame: Frame-changing in the U.S. Media Coverage of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster. Poster presented at the 97th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Montreal, Canada.
INVITED TALKS
Paul, S. (2016). Playing Different Strokes: A Study of Migrant Malayali Journalists in Qatar. South Asian Studies Program, University of Iowa, November 3.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching assistant, Social Media Today, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, Spring 2017.
Teaching assistant, Journalistic Reporting & Writing, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, Fall 2016.
Teaching assistant, Media Uses & Effects, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, Fall 2015; Spring 2016.
Teaching assistant, Media History & Culture, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, Fall 2013; Spring 2014; Fall 2014; Spring 2015.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research assistant, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, Fall 2015; Spring 2016. (Conducted archival research at the University of Iowa Libraries for David Dowling’s book, A Delicate Aggression: Savagery and Survival in Paul Engle’s Iowa Writers’ Workshop, Yale University Press.)
Research assistant, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Winter 2015. (Coded interview transcripts for a project on the effectiveness of Medicaid health insurance in Iowa.)
SERVICE TO PROFESSION
Reviewer, Journalism Studies Division, 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Prague, Czech Republic, 2018.
Advisory Board Member, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2015-2018. Book Reviews Editor, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2016-2017.
Ad Hoc Referee, Media Asia, 2017.
Reviewer, Journalism Studies Division and Popular Communication Division, 67th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, USA, 2017. Ad Hoc Referee, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 2016.
Member of the Organizing Committee, Big Ten Mini-Conference, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, April 2016.
DEPARTMENTAL/UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Vice President, Graduate Student Association, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa, 2016-2017.
LANGUAGES
Fluent: English
Native: Malayalam and Hindi
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), member, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018.
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), member, 2018-present.
National Communication Association (NCA), member, 2017-present.
International Communication Association (ICA), member, 2016-2017.
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