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Ambar Basu, Ph.D.

   

health communication, subaltern studies

Assistant Professor
813.974.2145
CIS 3032
abasu@cas.usf.edu

Dr. Basu joined the faculty in August 2008. His research focuses on marginalization, Subaltern Studies, culture and health communication. His recent projects look at HIV/AIDS communication practices in sex worker communities.

Undergraduate course offerings

  • Health Communication
  • Small Group Communication

Representative publications

  • Basu, A., & Dutta, M. (in press). Sex workers and HIV/AIDS: Analyzing participatory culture-centered health communication strategies. Human Communication Research.

  • Basu, A., & Dutta, M. (2008). Participatory change in a campaign led by sex workers: Connecting resistance to action-oriented agency. Qualitative Health Research, 18(1), 106-119.

  • Basu, A., & Dutta-Bergman, M. (2007). Centralizing context and culture in the co-construction of health: Localizing and vocalizing health meanings in rural India. Health Communication, 21(7), 187-197.

Education

Ph.D., Department of Communication, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 2008

M.Sc., Economics, Calcutta University (India), 1995

B.Sc., Economics (Honors), Mathematics, Political Science, 1993.