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Dr. Meghana Rawat

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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 3050

Theories of Communication, Summer 2026

COMM 3020

Communication Research Methods, Spring 2026

COMM 4970R

Independent Study, Spring 2026

COMM 3320G

International Business Communication, Spring 2026

Presentations

Linabary, Jasmine R (Author Only), Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), Corple, Danielle J (Author Only), Array, Ruby (Author Only), Wilkerson, Henry , International Communication Association, "That's an Agonizing Question’ Reflecting On Identity While Seeking to ‘Shift Power’ in International Development", Capetown, South Africa. (June, 2026)

Oak, Bedlam (Chair), Blevins, Maria (Panelist), Rawat, Meghana (Panelist), Rice, Rebecca (Panelist), Taylor, Julie (Panelist), Western States Communication Association, "Outties vs. Innies_ Organizational Toxicity and Resistance in Severance ", San Diego. (February, 2026)

Linabary, Jasmine R, Corple, Danielle J, Rawat, Meghana , International Communication Association, "Tech for Transformation_ A Framework for Women’s Digital Empowerment ", Denver. (June, 2025)

Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), Shields, Ashleigh N (Author Only), Venetis, Maria K (Author Only), Western States Communication Association , "Applying Communication Privacy Management Principles to Menstrual Health Disclosure_ An Examination of Menstrual Health in Northern India. ", Alburquerque. (February, 2025)

Allen, Jordan (Chair), Blevins, Maria (Panelist), Rawat, Meghana (Panelist), Hernandez, Leandra (Panelist), Yoshimura, Christina Granato (Panelist), Murphy, Jeremy (Panelist), Downing, Sophie (Panelist), Lane, Grant (Panelist), Western States Communication Association, "Supporting Scholars_ The Promise and Problems of Academic Friendship held in Albuquerque", Albuquerque. (February, 2025)

Corple, Danielle (Chair), Corple, Danielle (Panelist), Array, Array (Panelist), Array, Array (Panelist), Array, Array (Panelist), Array, Array (Panelist), Vilamil, Astrid (Panelist), Kang, Dongjing (Panelist), Elhendi, Rana (Panelist), Rawat, Meghana (Panelist), National Communication Association, "#ShiftThePower: Challenging Dominant Paradigms, Building More Just Organizing Practices ", Organizational Communication , New Orleans. (November, 2024)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Rawat, Meghana , Venetis, Maria K, Shields, Ashleigh N, "Applying Communication Privacy Management Principles to Menstrual Health Disclosure Practices in Northern India" . Journal of International & Intercultural Communication.

Rawat, Meghana , Wright, Temiloluwa Oluwagbotemi , Krishna, Arunima , (2026) "Public Relations in the African Context_ A Review of Current Scholarship" (Issue: 1, vol. 1). New York: Routledge.

Rawat, Meghana , "Menstrual Health in South Asia_ At the Crossroads of Culture and Change " . Routledge.

Linabary, Jasmine , Rawat, Meghana , Corple, Danielle , (2025) "#SHIFTTHEPOWER: Centering Women’s Voices for Change In and Beyond the Development Sector" .

Linabary, Jasmine R, Corple, Danielle J, Rawat, Meghana , "Tech for transformation_ A framework for women’s digital empowerment" . Journal of Applied Communication Research.

Adekunle, Tiwaladeoluwa , Rawat, Meghana , Adekunle, Toluwani , Stenulson, David , (2025) "Challenges in Community Engagement_ Insights from A Participatory Evaluation of a Health Program Serving Minoritized Older Adults in Indiana" . Journal of Community Practice. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2025.2553536

Awards

Outstanding Mentoring of a Student’s Capstone Thesis

Integrated Studies Department - January, 2026

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service

COMM 3020

Communication Research Methods WE, Fall 2021

COMM 3530

Public Relations and Strategic Communication Writing, Fall 2021

COMM 3140

Social Media Content Creation Strategy, Fall 2021

Afandi, Harriet , Awalode, E J, Benjamin, Sherna Alexander, Corple, Danielle , Francis, Elizabeth , Lanyero, J Brend , Kalu, Chinyere , Linabary, Jasmine , Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), Sundaram, Rasika , Verrall, Tamarack , #ShiftthePower Global Summit 2023, "Co-designing Collaboration_ How a Global Network of Women Changemakers and Academics Are Exploring Ways to #ShiftThePower in the Women’s Development Sector", , Global Funds for Community Foundations, Bogota, Colombia. (December, 2023)

Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), Western States Communication Association , "Opportunities and challenges of collaborative work_ An examination at the meso-level of public health collaborations in Indiana. ", , 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 , "Acceptance, Tolerance and Connection toEnvironment and Others_ Building an Understanding of the Spiritual but not Religious", , Paris, France. (May, 2022)

Rawat, Meghana (Presenter & Author), International Communication Association , "Community Health Workers and their SocialContexts_ A Qualitative Network Analysis of County Level Public Health RelatedCollaborations in Indiana", , 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)

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.

Eise, Jessica , Rawat, Meghana , (2021) "Applying structurational divergence theory to climate change adaptation in a localized context_ understanding adaptive potential of coffee producers in Risaralda, Colombia" (Issue: 6, vol. 49). Journal of Applied Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2021.1970792