Dr. Pallavi Guha, PhD

Pallavi Guha is an assistant professor of journalism at Towson University. She is the author of Hear #Metoo in India: News, social media, and Anti-Rape and Sexual Harassment Activism, published by Rutgers University Press. Her book has been positively reviewed in Ms. Magazine, Women in Academia Report, Baltimore Sun, Deccan Herald, International Journal of Communication, Cultural Sociology, and other publications. Her research focuses on anti-rape and sexual harassment activism on mass media and social media platforms, gender roles in the electoral campaign, and social media, for which she won multiple awards and grants.

Dr. Guha has been a research stakeholder of the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse, an initiative of President Biden, since May 2022. She also serves on the TU Academic Senate Executive Committee and is StarTUp Entrepreneur Faculty Fellow. Additionally, Dr. Guha chairs and mentors graduate students and serve on the advisory council board of Girls Report, Inc to support young girls' civic media journalism curriculum in Nepal, focusing on gender empowerment.

Dr. Guha’s educational background lies in the intersection of politics and media. She has a Ph.D. in journalism and a graduate certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Maryland. Before coming to academia, Dr. Guha was a journalist, working for leading media organizations, including BBC News and The Times of India. She has appeared at BBC News & Radio, Times of India, India Today, local news radio stations in West Virginia and Texas and BBC worldservice.

Sub-specialties:
My sub-expertise is on the interdependence of the media platforms in creating awareness of issues related to gender-based violence, specifically technology-facilitated violence.