Meenakshi Gigi Durham is an Indian professor of communication studies and writer. Durham was born in

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, India but moved to the United States and then Canada at a young age. She is a full professor at the

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, with a joint appointment in the journalism and mass communication departments. She was previously a Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development. She was also the Associate Faculty, Director of the Obermann Center of Advanced Studies, and she is a member of the board of directors for the Project of Rhetoric of Inquiry.Durham, M. (n.d.). LinkedIn: Meenakshi Durham. Retrieved February 21, 2017, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/meenakshi-durham-4a9b31ab Durham sits on the editorial boards of the ''

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'', '' Feminist Media Studies, Critical Studies in Media Communication,'' ''

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'' and ''

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''. From 2007-2016, she was executive editor of the '' Journal of Communication Inquiry.''

Selected publications

References

External links

Profile of Meenakshi Gigi Durham.School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa.
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