Azeta Hatef

120 Boylston Street

Boston, MA 02116

azeta_hatef@emerson.edu

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Mass Communications                                                  May 2019

  • The Pennsylvania State University

  • Dissertation: Alternative spaces of engagement: Constructing meaning

    through traditional and social media among Roma in the Czech Republic

  • Committee: Dr. Matthew P. McAllister (Chair), Dr. Yael Warshel,

    Dr. Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Dr. Matthew Jordan

 

Master of Arts, Media Studies, Syracuse University                                           December 2014 

  • S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications

  • Thesis: From under the veil to under the knife: Women, global

    beauty, and cosmetic surgery in Afghanistan

  • Committee: Dr. Carol M. Liebler (Chair), Dr. Carla Lloyd, Dr. Natalie Koch

                                               

Bachelor of Arts, Media Studies                                                                                 May 2010

  • University of California, Berkeley

Academic Appointment 

Assistant Professor, Journalism Studies                                                         August 2019- Present 

Emerson College  

Peer-Review Journal Articles

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 Communication15, 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.(2018). 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. (2018). 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 Women44 (1), 6-11 & 18-19. 

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 21stCentury 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).

Invited Talks & Public Scholarship

Hatef, A. (December 9, 2021). The challenges and opportunities around building Afghan and Afghan-American narratives. Empowering Afghans: Reframing the narrative and providing support. Hosted by the Afghan Virtual Summit & Muslim Public Affairs Council. 

Hatef, A. (December 2, 2021). Photographing Afghanistan: A panel discussion exploring 20 years of photography and ethics. Hosted by the Photography Ethics Centre and Ethical Journalism Network. 

Hatef, A. (November 2, 2021). How photos of Afghan suffering shown over and over perpetuate inequality and harm. The Conversation. Accessible athttps://theconversation.com/how-photos-of-afghan-suffering-shown-over-and-over-perpetuate-inequality-and-harm-166531

Hatef, A. (October 5, 2021). Afghanistan symposium: 20 years later. Culture and media panel. The University of California at Riverside. 

Hatef, A. (August 25, 2021). Solidarity Reporting on Afghanistan: Resisting dehumanizing portrayals. The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Media.

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

Hatef, A. (Spring 2019). Research on marginalized populations: Insights from emerging scholars. Penn State University, State College, PA

Hatef, A. (Spring 2017). Being Muslim in a Trump America. Invited Panelist on the Vilification of Muslims in Media Panel. Penn State University, State College, PA

Conference Papers & Presentations 

Hatef, A. (2021). A reckoning in journalism education: Examining the approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion in journalism syllabi. Presented at the 2021 Association for Education in Mass Communication and Journalism conference, New Orleans, LA/Virtual due to COVID. 

Hatef, A. (2020). “Creating a new Roma identity”: TV production as an alternative site for identification and identity negotiation. Presented at the 2020 National Communication Association, Indianapolis, IN/Virtual due to COVID

Hatef, A. (2020). “The Facebook is a state of Roma”: Negotiating identities, building communities, and belongingness online among Roma in the Czech Republic. Presented at the 2020 International Communication Association conference, Gold Coast, Australia/Virtual due to COVID. 

Hatef, A. (2019) Reflections on positionality: Negotiating the insider-outsider status. Presented at the 2019 Global Gender Advocacy Summit, Boston, Massachusetts. 

Hatef, A.,& Luqiu, L. R. (2018). Orientalism, gender, and media representation: A textual analysis of Afghan women in US, Afghan, and Chinese media.Presented at the 2018 International Communication Association conference, Prague, Czech Republic. 

Hatef, A., (2018). Examining the construction of Roma identity, voice, and representation.International Communication Association (Pre-conference organizer), Brno, Czech Republic. 

Hatef, A., & Luqiu, L. R. (2016). One belt, one road: Where does Afghanistan fit in China’s grand project?Presented at the 2016 Global Fusion conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 

Berberick, S., & Hatef, A. (2016) Critical race pedagogy in graduate-led communications classrooms. Presented at the 2016 Union for Democratic Communications conference, Detroit, MI, USA. 

Hatef, A., & Cooke, T.(2016). From Radio Shariat to Afghan Star: Afghanistan’s transitional media system.Presented at the 2016International Association for Media and Communication Research conference, Leicester, United Kingdom. 

Hatef, A. (2016). “The most feminist show on television”: A feminist analysis of

British crime drama "The Fall." Presented at the 2016 International Association for Media and Communication Research conference, Leicester, United Kingdom. 

Hatef, A. (2016). Social media as spaces of resistance for Afghan women. Presented at the 2016 International Communication Association conference, Fukuoka, Japan. 

Hatef, A., & Aupperle, A. (2016). Everyone’s replaceable: Motherhood and the commodification of childhood in Lifetime’s Dance Moms.Presented at the 2016 Popular Culture Association conference, Seattle, WA, USA. 

Hatef, A. (2016). The post-feminist politics of the global cosmetic surgery industry. Presented at the 2016 Pennsylvania State University’s Women’s Studies Graduate Organization conference, State College, PA, USA. 

Hatef, A. (2015) From under the veil to under the knife: Women, global beauty, and cosmetic surgery in Afghanistan. Presented at the 2015 International Association for Media and Communication Research conference, Montreal, Canada.  

Liebler, C., Hatef, A., &Munno, G. (2014). Domestic violence as entertainment: Gender, role congruity and reality television. Presented at the 2014 Association for Education in Mass Communication and Journalism conference, Montreal, Canada. 

Hatef, A., Liebler, C., & Munno, G. (2013). “It's Not Your Fault, You Didn't Recognize Me”: Acceptability of Domestic Violence on Reality TV.Presented at the 2013 National conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media, Atlanta, GA, USA. 

Hatef, A., & Kendrat, S. (2013). “Am I pretty?” YouTube Answers. Presented at the 2013 Association for Education Mass Communication and Journalism conference, Washington, D.C.  Also presented at the 2013 Mid-Winter Association for Education in Mass Communication and Journalism conference, Norman, OK, USA. 

Kalan, M., Hatef, A., & Fers, C. (2013). “The Fact is I’m Gay.” Coming Out as a Public Figure. Presented at the 2013 Association for Education Mass Communication and Journalism conference, Washington, D.C. Also presented at the 2013 Mid-Winter Association for Education in Mass Communication and Journalism conference, Norman, OK, USA. Highlighted in the Commission on the Status of Women Newsletter

 

Awards & Fellowships

Kopenhaver Center Fellow                                                                                                  2020

Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award                          2016 – 2017 

University-wide award recognizing excellence in teaching

Top paper award, Kalan, M., Hatef, A.,Fers, C. “The Fact is I’m Gay.”                          2013

Coming Out as a Public Figure. Mid-Winter Association for Education Mass 

Communication and Journalism conference, Commission on the Status of Women

Division, Norman, OK. 

First place, Berkeley Mobile International Collaborative Competition                                  2008

Grants & Funding

J. William Fulbright Scholarship for Study/Research ($13,200)                                 2017 – 2018 

Don Davis Program in Ethical Leadership Research Grant ($4,000)                                      2018

Don Davis Program in Ethical Leadership Research Grant ($2,000)                                      2016

Marlowe Froke Graduate Scholarship ($980)                                                             2015 – 2016 

Research Experience

Research Assistant                                                                                      August 2012- May 2014

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University 

Served as a research assistant to Dr. Carol M. Liebler on various research 

projects, which were presented at national conferences and published.

Teaching Experience 

Professor

Journalism Department, Emerson College

Global Journalism, JR 260, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2021

  • Sophomore/Junior level course providing students with the appropriate skills and analytical tools to critically engage topics related to global journalism and to prepare students for working/reporting internationally. Course topics include covering conflict and war, positionality and reflexivity, in-depth interviewing, and the ethical considerations of global journalism. 

  • Enrollment: 17-20

Professor

Journalism Department, Emerson College

Discovering Journalism, JR 101, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021

  • Introductory journalism course examining the evolution of journalism in the U.S. through analysis of print, broadcast, and online news. This course considers the role of journalism as a public service in a democratic society. 

  • Enrollment: 30-35

 

Professor

Journalism Department, Emerson College

Ethics for Journalists, JR 251, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2021

  • Journalism course exploring the foundations and theories of ethical thinking. This course focuses on the ethical issues confronting contemporary journalists through analysis of notable case studies. 

  • Enrollment: 20-25

Instructor

Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University 

Mass Media and Society, COMM 100, Spring 2019

  • Introductory communications course focusing on the interactions between mass media and society, including topics related to economics, politics, technology, law, and culture.

  • Enrollment: 100

Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University 

International Mass Communications, COMM 410, Fall 2018

  • Upper-level international communications course focusing on political economy, U.S. foreign policy, war and media, global advertising and consumer culture, global health communication, and global music, television, and film industries. 

  • Enrollment: 50 

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University 

International Mass Communications, COMM 410, Summers 2017, 2018, Online course

  • Independent teaching of COMM 410 online course: Upper-level international communications course focusing on political economy, U.S. foreign policy, war and media, global advertising and consumer culture, global health communication, and global music, television, and film industries. 

  • Enrollment: 32 - 40 

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University 

World Media Systems, COMM 419, Fall 2015; Fall 2016 - Spring 2017

  • Course development and independent teaching of COMM 419: Upper-level comparative international communications course focusing on global media structures, including globalization, media regulation, financing, flow, accessibility, global news reporting, and media imperialism. 

  • Enrollment: 30-50 

Graduate Teaching Assistant for Embedded Travel Program

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

World Media Systems Honors, COMM 419H, Spring 2016

  • Served as graduate assistant to Professor C. Michael Elavsky in an embedded travel program to the Czech Republic. Duties included supervision of undergraduate students and providing support to students while traveling. 

  • Enrollment: 15

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

The Mass Media and Society, COMM 100, Spring 2016

  • Teaching Assistant to Professor Michelle Rodino-Colocino. COMM 100: Introductory communication course focusing on social influences, including economics, politics, technology, law and culture that shape media messages. 

  • Enrollment: 300

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

The Art of Cinema, COMM 150, Spring 2015

  • Teaching Assistant to Professor Kevin Hagopian. COMM 150: Introductory cinema studies course focusing on the emergence of cinema as an institution, global dominance of Hollywood, American film industry organization, including production, distribution, exhibition, vertical integration, the studio system. 

  • Enrollment: 300

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

The Mass Media and Society, COMM 100, Fall 2014

  • Teaching Assistant to Professor Matt McAllister. COMM 100: Introductory communication course focusing on social influences, including economics, politics, technology, law and culture that shape media messages. 

  • Enrollment: 300

Invited Lectures

Analysis of Communication Theory, October 2019

College of Communication and Information, Florida State University

Master’s Proseminar in Mass Communications,COMM 515, 2018

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

 

World Media System, COMM 419, 2015

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

 

Gender, Diversity and the Media, COMM 205, 2015

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

 

Political Economy of Communications, COMM 405, 2015

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

 

Cultural Aspects of the Mass Media, COMM 411, 2015

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

 

International Media Communications, COMM 410, 2015

College of Communications, The Pennsylvania State University

 

Advertising Research and Planning: A Case Study Approach, COM 509, 2014

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University 

 

Media and DiversityCOM 344 Beauty Ideals, 2014

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University 

 

Media and DiversityCOM 344 Beauty Ideals, 2013

S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University 

Certificates & Seminars

Central European University Summer Program: Romani Identities                            July 2018

and Antigypsyism Certificate of Completion 

Budapest, Hungary

 

European Fulbright Diversity Initiative                                                                       May 2018

Participant in the European Roundtable Workshop

Forum on the role of diversity in the Fulbright program 

Berlin, Germany 

EU-US Young Leaders Seminar                                                                                 April 2018

Selected by the Czech Fulbright Commission and Board to participate in 

the 2018 European Union and United States Young Leaders seminar. 

Exploring technological advancements, changes in societal norms, the 

evolution of education, and other topics related to “The future of work.”

Brussels, Belgium

 

Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence Certificate                                                 May 2016

 

Certificate of Recognition, Thesis in Feminist Studies                                                May 2014

Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Syracuse University 

Certificate of Advanced Study in Women and Gender Studies                                   May 2014

Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, Syracuse University 

 

Academic Service

Learning, Equity and Assessment Program (LEAP) Fellow                                       2020- Present

Student Learning Committee (member)                                                                       2019- 2020

Curriculum Committee (member)                                                                                2020- Present

Student Advising                                                                                                        2020- Present

Faculty Search Committee (member)                                                   Fall 2020 & Fall 2021

Academic Integrity Committee Member                                                                      2016-2017

Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

Graduate Students in Communications (GSIC)                                                          2015- 2016

President

Panel Moderator “Partnering for change: Bridging academia with industry”  2016

Panel Moderator “Graduate Student Research”                                                            2016

Panel Moderator “How to Build a CV”                                                                       2015

Graduate Students in Communications (GSIC)

Vice President                                                                                                              2014-2015

Cal Organization of Media Studies (COMS)                                                               2009- 2010

Director of Professional Events

Journal & Conference Reviews

New Media and Society                                                                                   December 2021

International Communication Association                                                       2021, 2022                  

International Communication Gazette                                                            November 2020, 2021

Political Communication                                                                                December 2020

Mediální Studia/Media Studies                                                                        Spring/Summer 2019

Feminist Media Studies                                                                       January 2019, June 2021

Journalism Practice                                                                            January 2019, February 2020

Sociální, Studia(Czech Social Studies Journal)                                                         2018

Mediální Studia(Czech Media Studies Journal)                                                        2017

 

Media Reviews

Reviewer, Public-Service Entries, The George Foster Peabody Awards                    Spring 2017

Community Service 

Fulbright Grantee/Alumni Advisory Board of Europe                                                Spring 2018

Task Force Member                            

  • Alumni member active in developing educational resources, support for individual empowerment, and community development for a diverse body of Fulbright grantees across Europe. Members also connect with Fulbright Commissions across Europe to improve holistic and inclusive programming for Fulbright recipients

Communication Scholars for the Advancement of Media Literacy                             Spring 2017 

Volunteer for the Media Literacy Jamboree: An Event for Girls Grades 6th-8th 

State College, PA

 

Languages 

English - Native

Dari - Fluent