Azeta Hatef, Media Scholar
Associate Professor of Journalism Studies at Emerson College.
Azeta Hatef’s scholarly work explores questions related to identity, belongingness, and representation, with a specific focus on media and Afghanistan. Dr. Hatef’s research has examined the complex beauty industry in Afghanistan as well as the development of independent media in the country and the relationship between representations of Afghan women in U.S. news media and intervention. Her current research focuses on the Afghan diaspora and representation of Afghans within U.S. news media and popular culture in the aftermath of the War on Terror campaign.
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Read more at the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Read more at The Conversation.
"You have one minute remaining:" What my parents have taught me about distance, loss, and uncertainty."
In this essay, I reflect on how the novel coronavirus has resurfaced conversation around trauma & displacement for my Afghan refugee family.
In this in podcast, I discuss my research centering media, identity, and belonging.
Doctoral candidate studies how media shocks culture
Interview with Azeta Hatef
FulBright RESEARCH Scholar
Fulbright Research Scholarship recipient in the Czech Republic examining the construction of meaning through traditional and social media among Romani communities.
Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award 2016 – 2017
University-wide award recognizing excellence in teaching