Azeta Hatef, Media Scholar
Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies at Emerson College.
My scholarly interests focus on issues of social media as activism for underrepresented groups, gender and identity, and media systems in a global context, using a combination of ethnographic methods such as interviews and participant observation, as well as textual and political economic analysis.
All photography provided by Azeta Hatef
My recent piece on the ethics of photographing human suffering. 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