Nihar Sreepada

Biography

Nihar Sreepada (Ph.D., Texas Tech University) is an assistant professor at the Manship School of Mass Communication. He previously taught public relations courses in the Department of Communication at Missouri State University. After completing his master’s degree in communication at Deakin University, Sreepada worked as an events and public relations head in various industries, including nonprofit, sports, food and beverage industries (in Australia and India). As an international scholar, he studies identity across various contexts, such as terrorist attacks, digital media, public relations and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He primarily employs theories and perspectives of nationalism, religion and race across digital media spaces.