Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
I am looking for opportunities to teach at a University/College level; conduct research for policy think tanks; work for non-profits that devise anti-corruption strategies; and work for coporates to devise effective communication startegies. I have a wide range of research interests that entail ~ Media studies; Media effects and public opinion; Efficacy, media use and civic participation; presidential debates; political advertising; Statistical mediation and media effects; Comparative Politics; Corruption Studies; Anti-corruption strategies; Corporate Communication strategies.
Tasks comprised of lecturing, conducting group discussions, generating assignments and grading undergraduate political science and international relations classes.
May ’09- July ’09 Research Assistant • Worked on a European politics research project for Dr. Neil Mitchell • Tasks comprised of collecting and coding news articles on militant and vigilante groups from around the world May ’09- Aug ’09 Research Assistant University of Aberdeen, Scotland, U.K. • Worked on a political science research project for Dr. Heinz Brandenburg • Tasks comprised of collecting data of 2008 U.S. Presidential election media coverage October ’09- Dec ’09 Research Assistant • Worked on a political science research project for Dr. Gabriela Borz • Tasks comprised of transcribing interviews of politicians in Luxembourg
Tasks comprised of grading essays and exams for fourth year honors Political Communication course.
August ’06- Dec ’08 Research Assistant Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, U.S.A. • Tasks comprised of analyzing data sets; collecting literature • Data entry, working with SPSS • Designing questionnaires Research Assistantship Projects: • Analysis of political ads in the 2006 Wisconsin Gubernatorial elections • Analysis of political debates in the 2006 Wisconsin Gubernatorial elections • Content analysis of campus newspaper thefts • Content analysis of articles on Hurricane Katrina in the Houston Chronicle and Atlanta Journal Constitution