Vamsee Juluri received his PhD in Communication from the
University of Massachusetts in 1999. His research interest is in
the globalization of media audiences with an emphasis on Indian
television and cinema, mythology, religion, violence and Gandhian
philosophy. He is the author of three books,
Becoming a Global Audience: Longing and
Belonging in Indian Music Television (Peter Lang,
2003/Orient Longman, 2005),
The
Ideals of Indian Cinema (Penguin India, forthcoming) and
The Mythologist: A Novel
(Penguin India, 2010). His work has been published in journals such
as
Communication Theory,
Television and New Media, European Journal of Cultural
Studies, and
Critical
Studies in Mass Communication and in various scholarly
anthologies on globalization, audiences, and Indian cinema. He has
also written numerous op-eds and feature articles for the
San Francisco Chronicle,
Times of India, Open Magazine,
India-West and
Hinduism
Today, among other publications, and is a frequent
contributor to
The Huffington
Post . He has been quoted about media matters in the
Christian Science Monitor, India-Abroad, BBC World Service, Al
Jazeera television, and KPIX-CBS, and is a recipient of the College
of Arts and Sciences in the Media Award. His teaching areas include
Media Audience and Research, International/Global Media, Media,
Stereotyping and Violence, and Understanding India, a USF
International Program course.
More information on Prof. Juluri's recent novel,
The Mythologist, is available
here.
