Doctor Asha Chand
Senior Lecturer,
Communication, Creative Industries & Screen Media
Biography
Asha is Associate Dean International (ADI) South Asia, Senior Lecturer and Journalism Area Convenor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts. She is an academic and journalist with a combined industry experience of more than 40 years.
She is a 2023 recipient of the Nav Rattan (nine jewels) of India. Asha received the award in Delhi on the eve of India's Republic Day (January 26) celebrations, amid much pomp and ceremony. She was among only nine Non Resident Indians (NRIs) chosen out of a diaspora of several million Indians across the globe, for this award which salutes her for 'keeping the flag of India high' via her teaching, research and community work.
Asha was recognised for her journalism and research at the House of Commons in London in October, 2018 with the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Samman award, followed by the 2019 Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) award on the eve of India's Republic Day in Delhi. In 2021 she won an Australian journalism teaching award from the Journalism Education Research Association of Australia (JERAA). She became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK and fellow of Badugulang, Western Sydney University's Centre for Teaching and Learning Excellence, in 2020.
Asha's research interests are in culture, journalism:Constructive News and Solutions Journalism, marriage, media, migration and society. She has also published on journalism research and the use of media technologies in story telling. Her research work has been published in national and international journals. Her PhD research, titled Migration, Match-Making and the Media: Fiji Indians in Sydney has contributed significantly in understanding the Indian diaspora and its continuation of cultural practices across the globe..
Dr Chand has won Australian national recognition for excellence in tertiary teaching. She is a 2015 recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s excellence in teaching award for her role in developing hybrid online courses at Western Sydney University.
Dr Chand has been successful with Australian Government New Colombo Plan funding and took a group of students to Nepal on a study tour in 2016 to report on the aftermath of the 2015 earthquakes. She led a similar study tour to Fiji in 2017 and one to West Bengal, India, in 2018.
Asha migrated to Australia in 1998 and joined Western Sydney University's journalism program in 2003. Prior to this, Asha was the Chief of Staff at The Fiji Times, Fiji's national daily newspaper then published by News Limited. Asha's journalism experience stretches from local politics to international coverage of meetings such as the Commonwealth Heads of Government in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1997 where she met Nelson Mandela.
Asha also supervises PhD and Master of Research students in the areas of her specialisations.
A full list of Asha's publications can be found here: Google Scholar
Find more on her website: https://ashachand.wordpress.com
This information has been contributed by Doctor Chand.
Qualifications
- PhD University of Western Sydney
- MProfComm University of Western Sydney
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Communication, Creative Industries & Screen Media
Contact
| Email: | A.Chand@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9685 9102 |
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| Location: | ED.G.85 Parramatta |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 100556 Introduction to Journalism, 2014
- 100556 Introduction to Journalism, 2020
- 101173 Internship, 2018
- 101173 Internship, 2020
- 102061 Feature Writing, 2014
- 102061 Feature Writing, 2020
- 102063 News Teams, 2014
- 102063 News Teams, 2020
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Chand, A. (2013), 'Reinventing the media sphere : Fiji Indian voices down under', Bridging Imaginations : South Asian Diaspora in Australia, Readworthy 9789350182796.
- Chand, A. (2007), 'Indian, Fijian Foods Add Spice to Sydney's Appetite', Rural Indian Markets, Icfai University Press, Hyderbad 09725326.
Journal Articles
- Tang, C. and Chand, A. (2021), 'Panda meets Koala : a comparison ofjournalism education practices in China and Australia', Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, vol 15, no 1 .
- Chand, A. (2021), 'Haagerup, Ulrik - Constructive News: How to Save the Media and Democracy with Journalism of Tomorrow, 2e, Aarhus University Press, 2017, (pp. 158), ISBN 10: 8771844503', Global Media Journal: Australian Edition, vol 15, no 1 .
- Chand, A. (2017), 'It's Time...a speech that shaped a life and Australia', Media Development, vol 4 , pp 29 - 33.
- Chand, A. (2009), 'Political Activism: The New Mantra for Fiji Indians in Global Sydney', The Global Studies Journal, vol 2, no 2 , pp 117 - 130.
- Chand, A. (2007), 'The Land Down Under vows Bollywood Style: for Richer or richer', The International Journal of Diversity in organisations, communities and nations, vol 7, no 2 , pp 215 - 224.
- Chand, A. (2007), 'The Fiji Indian Chutney Generation : The cultural spread between Fiji and Australia', International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, , pp 131 - 148.
- Chand, A. (2006), 'The Dynamics of Diversity in Sydney's Indians', International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, vol 4 .
- Chand, A. (2004), 'Ethnic Media and Fiji Indians in Sydney', Australian Journalism Review, vol 26, no 1 , pp 145 - 154.
Conference Papers
- Chand, A. (2017), 'Digital story telling gives voice to Sydney's senior Blacktown legends', International Conference on Journalism and Mass Communications, Singapore.
Exhibitions
- 2007, 'The Chutney Generations'
Other Publications
- 2019, 'Chutney Generations Exhibition video narrative', Recorded Work
- 2007, 'Chutney Generations. An Australian-Fijian-Indian Cultural Extravaganza', Published Work
I am currently researching and writing about online dating which is built within the context of a postmodern society which is networked, mobile and global. My research examines the use of new media technologies in finding a match for marriage, known to the Indian Diaspora as a way of life. The research attempts to gauge an understanding of the sociological impacts of hyper-communication, especially the use of dating sites in forming intimate relationships online while evaluating marriage (which also feeds migration) for Australia’s political andsocial economies.
Globalisation, while opening up the world of possibilities simultaneously helps lock in the Indian community into its own cultural cluster through dating and marriage. This research is an extention of my 2012 PhD titled The Chutney Generation: Fiji Indian Migration, Match-Making and Media in Sydney.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Chand.
Supervision
Doctor Chand is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects
Current Supervision
| Thesis Title: | Perceptions, Impressions and Frames: Political Actors on the Stage of Human Life |
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| Thesis Title: | Social Media Approach for E-Marketing |
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Media
| Title: | Solutions Journalism and Constructive News |
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| Description: | This resources is being used by all journalism schools across Australia and the South Pacific |
| Title: | Chutney Generations |
| Description: | A three month exhibition and publication on the Australian Fiji Indian cultural extravaganza |
| Title: | Models of Achievement |
| Description: | A $21.2 million Commonwealth Government funded Bridges to Higher Education programme |