Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are addressed across the research of the school. Sample scholarly and public outputs are presented below in alphabetical order of our faculty names within each category type. They cover topics such as race, gender, health disparities, migration, social justice, marginalized groups, alternative media, and much more.
Kumar, D. (2016). Imperialist feminism. International Socialist Review, 102 (fall), 56-70.
Kumar, D. (2017). Islamophobia and empire: An intermestic approach to the study of anti-Muslim racism. In N. Massoumi, T. Mills, & D. Miller (Eds.), What is Islamophobia? Racism, social movements, and the state (pp. 49-73). London: Pluto Press.
Kumar, D. (2017). Liberalism’s spawn: Imperialist feminism from the 19th century to the War on Terror. In A. Abraham-Hamanoiel, D. Freedman, G. Khiabany, K. Nash, & J. Petley (eds.) Liberalism in neoliberal times: Dimensions, contradictions, limits (pp. 239-250). London: Goldsmiths University Press.
Kumar, D. (2017). National security culture: Gender, race, and class in the production of imperial citizenship. International Journal of Communication, 11 (May), 2154-2177.
Kumar, D., “Race, Ideology, and Empire,” Dialectical Anthropology, Vol 39, Issue 1, 2015. This issue of DA was dedicated to essays critically appraising Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, and my invited essay responds to the solicited essays.
Kumar, D. (2018). See something, say something: Security rituals, affect, and the construction of US nationalism. Public Culture, 30, (1), 143-171.
Kumar, D. (2017). Sifting and winnowing in the post-truth era. Foreword to M. Huff, A. L. Roth, & K. Bendib (Eds.), Censored 2018: Press Freedoms in a “Post-Truth” World (pp. 11-15). New York: Seven Stories Press.
Kumar, D. (2020). Terrorcraft: Empire and the Making of the Racialized terrorist threat, Race and Class, 62 (2), 34-60
Kumar, D. (2018). The right kind of “Islam”: News media representations of US-Saudi relations during the Cold War. Journalism Studies, 19 (8), 1079-1097.
Kumar, D. (2018). Trump, Islamophobia, and US politics. In L. Selfa (Ed.), US politics in an age of uncertainty: Essays on a new reality (pp. 157-170). Chicago: Haymarket Books.
Kumar, D. (forthcoming, 2020). “Islam” and the US Construction of Allies and Enemies on the Global Stage. In M. McAlister, M. Friedman and D. Engerman (Eds.) Cambridge History of America in the World, Vol 3, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Lawrence, E. (2020). “Is Sensitivity Reading a Form of Censorship?” Journal of Information Ethics 29(1), 30-44
Lawrence, E. (2020). "On the Problem of Oppressive Tastes in the Public Library." Journal of Documentation 76(5), 1091-1107.
Lawrence, E. (2020). "The Trouble with Diverse Books, Part I: On the limits of conceptual analysis for political negotiation in Library & Information Science." Journal of Documentation.
Lawrence, E. (2021). "The Trouble with Diverse Books, Part II: An informational pragmatic analysis." Journal of Documentation.
Livingstone, S., Lemish, D., Lim, S., et al (2017). Global perspectives on children’s digital opportunities: An emerging research and policy agenda. Pediatrics, 140, S(2)137-S141.
Dill-Shackleford, K.E., Ramasubramanian, S., Behm-Morawitz, E., Scharrer, E., Burgess, M.C.R., & Lemish, D. (2017). Social group stories in the media and child development. Pediatrics, 140, S(2) 157-S161.
Lachover, E. & Lemish, D. (2018). Women in Israeli journalism: Forwards and backwards. Israeli Affairs, 24(3), 500-518.
Marchi, R. 2016. "News Translators: Latino immigrant youth, social media and citizenship training," Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 94(1): 189-212
Marchi, R. (2021). Migration, Gentrification and Meaningful Properties: Bathtub Madonnas as media in an Italian-American neighborhood in transition, Visual Communication Quarterly, 28:1, 3-18.
Marchi, R. and L.S. Clark (2018). Social media and connective journalism: The formation of counterpublics and youth civic participation, Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism. Online: DOI: 10.1177/1464884918807811
Matsaganis, M. D., & Golden, A. G. (2015). Interventions to address reproductive health disparities among African American women in a small urban community: The communicative construction of a “field of health action.” Journal of Applied Communication Research, 43(2), 163–184. doi:10.1080/00909882.2015.1019546
Zhou, X., & Matsaganis, M. D. (2020). Towards reducing digital divides in media production: What accounts for adoption and use of social media among ethnic media producers. International Journal of Communication, 14, 1004-1024.
Pavlik, John V. “Experiential Media and Disabilities in Education: Enabling Learning through Immersive, Interactive, and Customizable Digital Platforms.” Ubiquitous Learning: An International Journal, Volume 10, Issue 1, March 2017, pp.15-22.
Pavlik, John V., Leland Wood and Margot LeBrasseur, "Readership of Two Mohawk Newspapers," Native Press Research Journal (Little Rock, AR) Winter, 1987: 8-17.
Kumar, D. and Barrett, P. What role did Sexism play in Warren’s failed presidential bid? Commondreams
Matsaganis, M. D., Zhou, X., Cui-Laughton, C., & Zheng, Z. (2016). New York City’s ethnic media in the digital age. University at Albany, State University of New York and Center for Community and Ethnic Media.
Politano, T. (2020). Juan Placencia Starts Over Again. The Acid & Fat of the American Dream. Edible Jersey, Oct. 2020
DiStefano, M. J., Rivera, Y. M., Thrul, J., & Ali, J. (2019). Promoting justice in locating and tracking research participants through social media. American Journal of Bioethics, 19(6), 71-73. DOI 10.1080/15265161.2019.1602187
White, K, Bald As I Am (short documentary film, in production), Producer, Videographer
White, K. (2018, Dec 16). Black activist and scholar: Discrimination is clear, here’s how police practices could be improved. Star Ledger.
White, K., Short documentary on a Black woman’s struggle with alopecia, in collaboratuon with Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania
White, K., Blackness Isn’t Something That Can Be Acquired With a Little Bronzer: On Rachel Dolezal in Quartz (June 13, 2015)
White, K. (2018, July 4). For hope in Trump’s America, I read Sojourner Truth. New York Times.
White, K. “Future Women” (short feature film, 2015), Producer - Screened at Chicago Ethnographic Film Festival (October 2015, won Best Cinematography, Documentary); University of Chicago Arts + Public Life initiative; University of Chicago Arts, Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Popular Culture
White, K. (2015, November 24). How to talk to your kids about race. Role Reboot.
White, K. (2015, June 4). On black women and the demand for their breast milk. Role reboot.
White, K. (2016, May 25). On Freddie Gray and the America I know. Role Reboot.
White, K., Racism Affects Black Boys as Much as Boys. So Why are Black Girls Being Ignored? in The Washington Post (Feburuary 25, 2015)
White, K., To the Black Girls In America, Survival Can Be An Unspeakable Burden” in Quartz (June 10, 2015)
White, K, Wake Up with WURD (radio show), WURD, Guest Co-Host, August 25, 2015
White K. (2018, February 28). What we all can do about racism, Star Ledger/NJ.com,
White, K. (2015, December 29). When will they stop killing us?: On Tamir Rice and being black in America. Role Reboot.
White, K. (2016, March 21). Why you shouldn’t be surprised by Donald Trump’s rise. Role Reboot.
White, K, “The Ring” Uncivil podcast, Guest host, November 2018