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In coordination with an undergraduate-run organization called Students Teaching Students, CAS department faculty members mentor exemplary students who develop and teach 1-credit courses on a variety of subjects that advance expertise in communication and its role in public life. This semester, Associate Teaching Professor Lori Bedell is supporting undergraduates Kara Miller (who was in Lori’s RCL course a few years back) and Jess Strait as they teach a course titled “Period Talk: The Impact of Stigma on the Menstrual Equity Movement.”
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Veena Raman

Associate Teaching Professor in Communication Arts and Sciences
vvr101@psu.edu
(814) 865-3601
314 Sparks Building University Park, PA 16802
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Curriculum Vitae

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Curriculum Vitae

https://cas.la.psu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2022/04/Veena-VR-2024-cv.pdf

Education

B.A., Bangalore University, India, 1997
M.A. in Media Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 2001
Ph.D., in Mass Communications, Pennsylvania State University, 2006

Professional Bio

Dr. Raman teaches courses on rhetoric and civic life,  political communication and technology, and communication ethics. She also studies the role of digital media in politics and democratic governance. Her research has examined the use of new media technologies for electronic governance, their impact on the public sphere, and the ethical issues involved in using social media for political purposes. She is the author of the book, Information Technology and Participatory Democracy: A Case Study of Bangalore City (March, 2010), Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany and several book chapters on digital governance, and the virtual public sphere. Her current project focuses on the role of citizen participation in local and national environmental policies and the digital aspects of environmental advocacy.