I’m glad to share a new publication in Advances in Global Health titled “Counter-Narratives of Urban Hydrocolonialism.”
This essay reflects on the mass water shutoffs in Detroit between 2014 and 2020, during which an estimated 141,000 households lost access to clean drinking water due to unpaid bills.
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Very cool surprise to open today’s National Communication Association (NCA) “Comm Notes” mailing list and see my research article with Christine Nyawaga, PhD, featured in Communication Currents! 🤩 🩷
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I have a new publication out, with Christine Nyawaga, in the National Communication Association journal Communication and Race. Our research examines how Black workers in STEM fields manage their intersecting social identities on enterprise social media (ESMs), which have become ubiquitous in contemporary workspaces to aid with job-related tasks, such as collaboration, supervision, and tracking workflow.
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This paper probably takes the prize for “Longest time between study design and publication” – a whopping THIRTEEN years! 😁 Nevertheless, the issues we investigated still remain crucial, despite a “minor” event like a global pandemic happening in the meantime, and perhaps a key reason I’m excited to see it in print is because it’s finally out there! That, and the amazing collaboration with Wayne State Department of Communication alum Kelsey Mesmer (Asst. Professor at St. Louis University) and Patrice M. Buzzanell. 🩷
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A new publication is always thrilling, and even more so when it’s with a wonderful student turned collaborator! The journey this paper traversed, from class paper to conference talk to adding new theoretical lens to finally publication in the Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, has been incredible and I’m glad to have worked with Allison Lucas on it! 😊 Read the article here.
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My new paper, coauthored with Christine Nyawaga, is finally out in print at the Journal of Professions and Organization, part of a Special Issue on “Opening up the meanings of ‘the professional,’ professional organizations, and professionalism in communication studies.” Our paper is titled, Black frontline workers navigating everyday workplace tensions through professionalism, and you can see it here.
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Rahul Mitra 