School of Journalism

Newly Paul, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 2015, is an assistant professor of print/digital media. Her research interests include political communication, race and gender issues in the media, and women in politics. Her dissertation examined the strategic use of emotional appeals in the political ads of women candidates in the 2008 elections. Newly has five years of experience as a journalist in India and Los Angeles, and has taught classes on news reporting and writing, editing, minorities in media, and political reporting. Her research has been published in top journals such as Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, and PS: Political Science and Politics.

Degrees:
Ph.D. in Media and Public Affairs, Louisiana State University, 2015
Master of Arts in Journalism, University of Southern California, 2010
Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Delhi, 2002