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Dr Devina Sarwatay

Presidential Fellowship

School of Communication & Creativity Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries

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Devina Sarwatay, PhD, is a globally-engaged scholar of digital cultures advancing interdisciplinary research on young people’s media practices & digital citizenship. Her teaching spans inclusive, research-led pedagogy across diverse cohorts. Through leadership in international associations & institutional committees, she fosters collaborative conversations and communities committed to equity, innovation, & social impact. Her research agenda is grounded in Critical and Cultural Communication and Media Studies at the intersections of Technology, Media, and Society. She conceptualises her work through the ‘Big Three’ interrelated strands: Digital Communication, Competency, and Comportment which respectively examine Experiences and Practices, Abilities and Literacies, and Citizenship and Ethics. In her academic career over the last decade, she has gained experience in research projects, generating outputs like conference presentations and journal articles, and building collaborations. Her latest (award-winning) work is published in Information, Communication & Society, Social Media + Society, Media International Australia, Journal of Communication, and Routledge and Wiley Handbooks.

Email: Devina.Sarwatay@citystgeorges.ac.uk | Socials: @DevinaSarwatay | ORCiD: 0000-0003-3453-5786

Qualifications

  • PhD, University of Hyderabad, India, August 2017 - April 2023
  • UGC-NET, University Grants Commission, Ministry of Education, India, May 2017

Employment

  • Editorial Board: Assistant Editor, Media, Culture & Society, United Kingdom, March 2026 - present
  • Organizing Executive Committee, 2026 International Conference on Social Media & Society, United Kingdom, June 2025 - present
  • Publishing ThinkIN Group, British Academy, United Kingdom, June 2024 - August 2025
  • International Liaison, International Communication Association (ICA), United States, May 2024 - present
  • Presidential Fellow, City St George's, University of London, United Kingdom, December 2023 - present
  • Vice Chair, International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Uruguay, July 2023 - present
  • Core Team, Media Education Lab, United States, February 2023 - present

Languages

English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review), French (can read, write, speak, understand spoken), Gujarati (can read, write, speak, understand spoken), Hindi (can read, write, speak, understand spoken) and Marathi (can read, write, speak, understand spoken)

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Geographic Areas

  • Asia - South Central
  • Europe

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Chapters (6)

  • Stephens, K.K., Wolfers, L.N. and Sarwatay, D. (2025). Prioritizing global inclusivity in a growing scholarly community. Critical Communication Research with Global Inclusivity (pp. 207-220). Routledge.
  • Sarwatay, D. and Raman, U. (2025). Access/Use. Children, Media, and Technology (pp. 16-35). Routledge.
  • Raman, U. and Sarwatay, D. (2022). Teaching and learning media practice in India during distanced times. The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic (pp. 277-285). Routledge.
  • Raman, U., Casey, N., Donohue, C., Edwards, S., Friesem, Y., Lisy, J.G.... Sarwatay, D. (2022). Intercultural Dialog. The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic (pp. 296-303). Routledge.
  • Sarwatay, D. (2020). “We Don't Do That Here” and “Isme Tera Ghata, Mera Kuch Nahi Jata”. (pp. 85-95). Wiley. ISBN 9781119166870.
  • Sarwatay, D. (2020). “We Don’t Do That Here” and “Isme Tera Ghata, Mera Kuch Nahi Jata”: Young People’s Meme Cultures in India. Handbook of Media Education Research (pp. 85-95).

Journal articles (18)