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Dr. Marissa Joanna Doshi joined 换妻社区 in August 2014. Her research draws on feminist perspectives to examine the creative and cultural dimensions of media and technology use. Dr. Doshi's secondary research interests include intercultural communication and issues of representation in mass media.

In addition to research, she enjoys collaborating with Hope students on research projects and teaching. Currently, she teaches courses in media writing and cultural communication theory.

Dr. Doshi actively supports Hope's S.T.E.P. program and serves on the Frost Center Research Advisory Board, Mellon Scholars Advisory Board, and the G.R.O.W council.

Areas of Expertise

• Global media
• Cultural significance of communication technologies
• Transnational feminisms
• Qualitative methods 

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., communication, Texas A&M University, 2014
• M.S., science and technology journalism, Texas A&M University, 2010
• M.S., biotechnology, University of Abertay Dundee (UK), 2005
• B.S., life sciences and biochemistry, St. Xavier's College (India), 2003

Selected PUBLIcations

• 鈥淏arbies, Goddesses, and Entrepreneurs: Discourses of Gendered Digital Embodiment in Women鈥檚 Health Apps,鈥� Women's Studies in Communication, 41(2), 2018
• 鈥淗ybridizing National Identity: Reflections on the Media Consumption of Middle-Class Catholic Women in Urban India,鈥� in Media and Power in International Contexts: Perspectives on Agency and Identity, A. Williams , R. Tsuria and L. Robinson (eds.), Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018
• 鈥�,鈥� Teaching Media Quarterly, 5(1), 2017
• 鈥淓thnic performance, language proficiency, and ethnic media use among Indian American immigrants,鈥� with S. Ramasubramanian, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 2017, doi: 10.1080/17513057.2016.1272707
• 鈥溾�楾hat鈥檚 not real India鈥�: Responses to women鈥檚 portrayals in Indian Soap Operas,鈥� with I. Somani, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 40(3), 2016
• 鈥淭elling Global Public Health Stories: Narrative Message Design for Issues Management,鈥� with J. Barbour and L. Hernandez, Communication Research, 43(6), 2015
• 鈥淗elp(less): An autoethnography about caring for my mother with terminal cancer,鈥� Health Communication, 29(8), 2013

Grants and Awards

Dr. Doshi's work has been funded by grants from the GLCA and Nyenhuis faculty development program. She is also a Towsley Research Scholar (2017-2021).

Outside the College

In her spare time, Dr. Doshi enjoys singing in her local choir and baking.