Department of Journalism & Media Studies
School of Communication, Information and Library Sciences
4 Huntington Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone 732-932-7500 ext: 8174
Email dkumar[at]scils.rutgers.edu

Academic Awards and Fellowships 

Top Paper Award, Race and Ethnicity Division, International Communication Association (ICA), 2008 (international)

Young Scholar Leader Award, National Communication Association, CCS division, 2007 (nationwide)

Leader in Diversity Award, Rutgers University, 2007 (university wide)

SCILS Grant, 2008 (school wide)

Research Council Grant, Rutgers University, 2008 (university wide)

Research Council Grant, Rutgers University, 2007 (university wide)

Research Council Grant, Rutgers University, 2005 (university wide)

William C. Archie Grant for Faculty Excellence, Wake Forest University, 2003 (university wide)

Research and Publication Fund Award, Wake Forest University, 2003 (university wide)

William C. Archie Grant for Faculty Excellence, Wake Forest University, 2002 (university wide)

Andrew Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, 1999 (university wide)

University Fellowship, Ohio State University, 1994 (university wide)

Indian National Merit Scholarship, 1990-91 (nation wide)

Bangalore University Merit Scholarship, Bangalore University, 1990-91 (city wide) 

Other Awards and Nominations

Nominated by graduate students for the Mentor of the Year Award, SCILS, 2009

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Research (JMS), Rutgers University, 2007 (departmental award)

Award for Outstanding Contribution to Service (JMS), Rutgers University, 2005 (departmental award)

Nominated for the ICA Best Article Award by the Feminist Scholarship Division, 2005 (international)

Nominated for the ICA Young Scholar Award by the Feminist Scholarship Division, 2004 (international)

RADIO
"Media Matters" with Robert McChesney January 20, 2009
WBAI interview May 1, 2007
CounterSpin interview June 1, 2007
WBAI interview August 1, 2007

WBAI Roundtable on "Islam and the Structure of Global Power"
Part 1 November 18, 2007
Part 2 November 25 2007

VIDEO
BOOK LAUNCH at SUNY-Stony Brook, May 7, 2007

Long Island Alternative Media
Public Access TV
On Islamophobia