Peer-Review Journal Articles
Hatef, A. (2024). The Representation of Afghans in the American Sitcom United States of Al: Examining the Burden of Representation and Challenges of Media Visibility. Howard Journal of Communications, 1-17.
Hatef, A. (2022). “The Facebook is a state of Roma”: Negotiating identities, building communities, and belongingness online among Roma in the Czech Republic. New Media and Society.
Hatef, A.(2021). “Creating a New Roma Identity”: TV Production as an Alternative Site for Identification and Identity Negotiation. International Journal of Communication, 15, 18.
Hatef, A.,& Luqiu, R. (2020). Media and Intervention: Examining Representations of Afghan Women in The New York Times. Journalism Practice, 1-16.
Hatef, A., & Cooke, T. R. (2020). Winning hearts and minds: A critical analysis of independent media development in Afghanistan. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2020.1740764
Hatef, A. (2017). From under the veil to under the knife: Women, global beauty, and cosmetic surgery in Afghanistan. Feminist Media Studies. Advance online publication. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14680777.2017.1359200
Hatef, A. & Luqiu, L. R. (2017). Where does Afghanistan fit in China’s grand project? A content analysis of Afghan and Chinese news coverage of the One Belt, One Road initiative. International Communication Gazette. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1748048517747495
Liebler, C., Hatef, A., Munno, G. (2016). Domestic violence as entertainment: Gender, role congruity and reality television. Media Report to Women. 44 (1), 6-11 & 18-19.
Public Scholarship
Hatef, A. (November 12, 2023). “Secrets and Sisterhood” and the burden of Afghan representation. Los Angeles Review of Books. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/secrets-and-sisterhood-and-the-burden-of-afghan-representation/
Hatef, A. (November 2, 2021). How photos of Afghan suffering shown over and over perpetuate inequality and harm. The Conversation. Accessible at https://theconversation.com/how-photos-of-afghan-suffering-shown-over-and-over-perpetuate-inequality-and-harm-166531
Hatef, A. (2020, June). “You have one-minute remaining:” What my parents have taught me about distance, loss, and uncertainty. In S. Ramasubramanian (Ed.). Quarantined Across Borders Blog Series. Media Rise. Accessible at: https://www.mediarisenow.org/qab
Hatef, A. (2020, April). “Media for social change.” Campus on the Commons podcast. Accessible at https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/emerson-college-school-of-communication/campus-on-the-common-bright-ideas-from-emerson-colleges-school/e/69253830
Book Chapter
McAllister, M. P., & Hatef, A. (2018). Just how commercialized is children’s culture. In N. A. Jennings & S. R. Mazzarella (Eds.), 20 questions about youth & the media (2nd ed.) (pp. 185-195). New York: Peter Lang.
Book Reviews
Hatef, A. (2016). Review of Heather Savigny and Helen Warner, The politics of being a woman: Feminism, media and 21st Century popular culture, in Feminist Media Studies, 16 (4), 750-751.
Hatef, A. (2016). Review of Rachel Alpha Johnston Hurst, Surface imaginations: Cosmetic surgery, photography, and skin, in Women’s Studies International Forum. Vol. 55 (p. 47-48).