Academic Portfolio

2026

Hatef, A., Kaliyarakath, R., & Varma, A.
(2026, August). Examining Solidarity Journalism on Gender-Based Violence
in Afghanistan, India, and Nigeria. Paper to be presented at the
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)
Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA.

Varma, A., Kaliyarakath, R., & Hatef, A.
(2026, August). Dangerous Solidarity: A Conceptual Framework for
Understanding the Paradoxical Dynamics of Resisting and Producing Harm.
Paper to be presented at the AEJMC Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA.

Varma, A., & Kaliyarakath, R. (2026, August).
Reconsidering the Kantian Foundations of Dignity in Solidarity Journalism.
Paper to be presented at the AEJMC Annual Conference, New Orleans, USA.

2025

Kaliyarakath, R. (2025, August 7–10).
Digital Journalism as Subversive Memory Work: Addressing Exclusion
Through Journalism and Digital Archiving.
Paper presented at the AEJMC Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.

Kaliyarakath, R., & Varma, A. (2025, August 7–10).
Press Freedom as a Collective Right to Dignity: Journalistic Resistance
Against Repression Through Solidarity Reporting.
Paper presented at the AEJMC Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA.

2024

Kaliyarakath, R. (2024, June 20–24).
Hate Speech in Mainstream Press under Authoritarian Populist Regimes:
Insights from Global South’s Backsliding Democracies.
Paper presented at the Annual International Communication Association (ICA)
Conference, Brisbane, Australia.

2022

Kaliyarakath, R. (2022, August 3–6).
Why anti-misinformation strategies fail: India’s ‘Love Jihad’ and
architectural complexities of conspiracy theories.
Paper presented at the Annual AEJMC Conference, Detroit, USA.

★ Student Paper Award · Religion and Media Interest Group

Kaliyarakath, R. (2022, May 26–30).
Inequitable News Discourse.
Paper presented at the Annual International Communication Association (ICA)
Conference, Paris, France.