Pallavi Guha is a PhD candidate and an adjunct instructor of journalism at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, UMD. Pallavi has been a professional journalist and media educator for more than a decade. She has worked internationally for many leading media organizations including BBC News and television in London and The Times of India in India. As a journalist Pallavi reported on politics and education including the social changes in UK during the Blair administration, parliamentary elections in India, winners of Special Olympics among others. Pallavi has been an instructor and teaching assistant of several courses on gender, media and communication. She has majored in Political Science from Presidency College, India. She has two Masters' degrees, and an M.Phil. in International Relations from Jadavpur University, India and in Communication from Rutgers University, NJ. Pallavi's research interests include social media communication, gender, politics and media. Pallavi has presented and published at national and international conferences and publications.