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- E-Mail:
- asinghal@utep.edu
- Telephone:
- 915-747-6286
- Website:
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- Interests:
- Film/Television Production, Health, Education
- Discipline(s)
- Communications
- Role(s):
- Researcher
- Location(s) of Work:
- China, India
Current Institutional Affiliation(s) (Past Affiliations)
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Department of Communications
The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas, United StatesProfessor
Biography
Singhal teaches and conducts research in the areas of diffusion of innovations, organizing and communicating for social change, and the entertainment-education communication strategy. Three of Singhal’s eight books have won competitive awards: Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action and Entertainment-Education: A Communication Strategy for Social Change, received the National Communication Association’s Applied Communication Division’s Distinguished Book Award for 2004 and 2000, respectively, and India’s Communication Revolution: From Bullock Carts to Cyber Marts received the CHOICE 2002 Outstanding Academic Title Award. In addition, he is author of some 125 peer-reviewed essays, including in such journals as the Journal of Communication, Communication Theory, Communication Monographs, Management Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Communication Quarterly, and International Communication Gazette.
Dr. Singhal's research in the U.S. and developing countries has been supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, The National Science Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, UNAIDS, UNICEF, and others.
Dr. Singhal's research in the U.S. and developing countries has been supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, The National Science Foundation, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, UNAIDS, UNICEF, and others.
Publications and Resources
Books
- Wendy Papa, Michael J. Papa, Arvind Singhal. Organizing for Social Change: A Dialectical Journey of Theory and Praxis. Sage Publications, 2006
- Everett Rogers, Arvind Singhal. India's Information Revolution. Sage Publications, 1990
Journal Articles
- Michael J. Papa, Arvind Singhal. Organizing for Social Change through Cooperative Action: The [Dis]empowering Dimensions of Women's Communication. Communication Theory.