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C.V.
 

Education

2019 - 2024

Ph.D. in Information

Dissertation title: "You have to feed the beast:" Sexual violence news coverage in the digital age

Concentration: Media, Culture, and Technology

University of Toronto

2017-2018

Master of Media

Journalism and Communication

University of Western Ontario

2014-2017

Bachelor of Arts

English Literature, double minor in Philosophy and History

McGill University

Research Funding

2021-2024

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship- Doctoral (CGS-D)

In support of doctoral research.

2021-2022

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Collaborative Scholars Grant

In support of "The process of decentering Whiteness": Newsletters, journalists of color, and the entrepreneurial push. In collaboration with Dr. Nicole Cohen.

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Role: Principal investigator.

2021-2022

Critical DH Learning Community grant

In support of Entering the Digital Humanities in crisis: Developing a framework for crisis response in and with DH.

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With Haley Bryant, Camille Intson, Arun Jacob, Dr. Rebecca Noone, and Dr. Julia Polyck-O’Neill.

2020-2021

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

In support of doctoral research.

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Accepted in 2020, declined in 2021.

University of Pennsylvania

Annenberg School for Communication

Email

nelanthi.hewa [at] asc.upenn.edu

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