Dr. Jyotika Ramaprasad is professor in the School of Communication at the University of Miami, Florida.  Her major teaching areas are: communication and global social change; cultures and communication; media literacy; communication theory; participatory action research; and quantitative research methods.  She is trained in dialogic pedagogy and is now under training to teach a course on collaborative learning across cultures.  Her current research is in international communication, social change communication, and journalism studies.

Dr. Ramaprasad has been involved in curriculum development in East and Southern Africa and South Asia.  Her work in Europe involves teaching in Austria and working in North Macedonia with the Romas and healthcare providers to facilitate social change towards more positive interactions.  Her health-related social change communication work has been implemented in Uganda, and health is the focus of her current project with migrants in Florida.  Besides, Dr. Ramaprasad’s environmental projects have been implemented in Vietnam (on flood preparedness) and Miami (on artificial coral reef development and testing).

Dr. Ramaprasad’s research has been published in reputed journals like Social Marketing Quarterly, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, International Communication Research Journal, Asian Journal of Communication, Mass Communication and Society, The Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics, Journal of Advertising, and Digital Journalism.  She has also edited two books, one of which received the 2020 Best Book Award of the International Journal of Press/Politics.  She is on the editorial board of publications like Journalism and Mass Communication, Journalism Studies, and International Communication Research Journal.  Dr. Ramaprasad has also served as vice dean for graduate studies at the University of Miami and as associate and interim dean at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Dr. Ramaprasad’s Fulbright-Nehru project is involved in teaching social change communication in instructional settings and through experiential engagement in a community social issue to enable participatory learning and outreach.  The goal is to guide ethical corporate social responsibility among MICA’s business students and to localize solutions and creative communication through research-based understanding of community culture and communication practices.