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Faculty Member

Dr. Meghana Rawat

Biography

Dr. Meghana Rawat (Ph.D. Purdue University) is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Utah Valley University. Her research centers on the structural challenges and organizational networks which influence social issues such as women's health, climate change, and organizational changes. Specifically, Dr. Rawat studies how organizations and individuals build relationships with each other to influence systemic changes in society by using qualitative methods. Her work has been published in communication journals at the regional and national levels. At UVU, she currently teaches classes in strategic communication and social media writing, global communication practices, and research methods and theory.

Education

PhD, Purdue University, 2021

Major: Organizational Communication

MA, Purdue University, 2017

Major: Public Relations

MA, University of New South Wales, 2011

Major: Advertising

BA, University of Delhi, 2009

Major: Mass Media and Mass Communication

Teaching

COMM 3020

Communication Research Methods, Spring 2026

COMM 4970R

Independent Study, Spring 2026

COMM 3320G

International Business Communication, Spring 2026

Presentations

Linabary, Jasmine (Co-Presenter), Rawat, Meghana , Corple, Danielle (Chair), National Communication Association, "#ShiftThePower: Challenging Dominant Paradigms, Building More Just Organizing Practices ", Organizational Communication , New Orleans. (November, 2024)
Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), Western States Communication Association Conference, "Opportunities and challenges of collaborative work_ An examination at the meso-level of public health collaborations in Indiana. ", Western States Communication Association, Phoenix, Arizona. (February, 2023)
Linabary, Jasmine R (Presenter & Author), Corple, Danielle J (Presenter & Author), Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), ASPEN conference for Engaged Learning, "Reimagining ‘Development’: Using Co- Design to Build a More Participatory Research Process", ASPEN, Aspen, Colorado. (July, 2022)
Eise, Jessica (Author Only), Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), International Communication Association Conference, "Acceptance, Tolerance and Connection toEnvironment and Others_ Building an Understanding of the Spiritual but not Religious", International Communication Association, Paris. (May, 2022)
Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), International Communication Association Conference, "Community Health Workers and their SocialContexts_ A Qualitative Network Analysis of County Level Public Health RelatedCollaborations in Indiana", International Communication Association, Paris, France. (May, 2022)
Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), Sanchez, Virginia Sanchez (Author Only), Shields, Ashleigh N (Author Only), Morgan, Melanie (Author Only), Kentucky Conference of Health Communication , "A Qualitative Application ofStructurational Divergence Theory to Evaluate Socio-Cultural Structures in the Nursing Sector", University of Kentucky, Louisville, Kentucky. (April, 2022)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Adekunle, Tiwaladeoluwa , Rawat, Meghana , Adekunle, Toluwani , Stenulson, David , "Challenges in Community Engagement_ Insights from A Participatory Evaluation of a Health Program Serving Minoritized Older Adults in Indiana" . Journal of Community Practice.
Rawat, Meghana , Adekunle, Tiwalade , (2023) "Participatory Approaches to Determine Effectiveness of Locally Led Peacebuilding Strategies_ Role of Communication Scholarship." . Rowman & Littlefield.
Rawat, Meghana , Novorita, Allison , Frank, Jaclyn , Burgett, Stevie , Cromer, Risa , Ruple, Audrey , DeMaria, Andrea L., (2023) "“Sometimes I just forget them”: capturing experiences of women about free menstrual products in a U.S. based public university campus" (Issue: 1, vol. 23). BMC Women's Health. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-023-02457-2
Eise, Jessica , Rawat, Meghana , (2023) "Spiritual but not religious seek unrestricted connection to selves, others, and earth_ Formative research on the explosive growth of an ‘inactive public’ beyond the organization" (Issue: 1, vol. 49). Public Relations Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2022.102276
Rawat, Meghana , Shields, Ashleigh N., Venetis, Maria K., Seth, Jyoti , (2023) "Women’s Agentic Role in Enabling and Dismantling Menstrual Health Taboos in Northern India_ A Culture-Centered Approach" (Issue: 4, vol. 38). Health Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1970296
Venetis, Maria K., Shields, Ashleigh N, Rawat, Meghana , Seth, Jyoti , (2022) "Predicting Menstruation-Related Topic Avoidance between Daughters and Mothers in Two Regions of Northern India" (Issue: 4, vol. 87). Western Journal of Communication.