Margaret D'Silva

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Margaret D'Silva is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Louisville. She specializes in intercultural communication and how mass media affect people. Her research looks at public health campaigns, children and television, and global media.

Education and career
- She earned a PhD in Communication from the University of Kentucky and an MA in Literature from the University of Mysore in India.
- She has served as editor of the journal Intercultural Communication Studies and worked on the boards of international intercultural communication groups.
- She has held leadership roles, including Chair of the APAC Division of the National Communication Association and Chair of SSCA's Intercultural and Popular Communication Divisions.
- She is director of the Institute for Intercultural Communication.

Awards
- Presidential Award for Multicultural Teaching from the University of Kentucky.
- Awards for Excellence in the Art of Teaching and Excellence in Research from the Kentucky Communication Association.

Research
- Her work focuses on the intersection of media, intercultural communication, and health.

Publications
- Books (co-authored):
- Mediated Intercultural Communication in a Digital Age (Atay & D'Silva, 2019)
- Intercultural Communication, Identity, and Social Movements in the Digital Age (D'Silva & Atay, 2019)
- HIV/AIDS: Prevention and Health Communication (D'Silva, Hart, & Walker, 2009)
- Journals: She has written over 40 scholarly articles, including studies on:
- Drug use prevention for high sensation seekers
- Cultural representations of HIV/AIDS in Indian print media
- Factors affecting recall of anti-drug public service announcements
- Reflexivity and positionality in researching African-American communities

In short, Margaret D'Silva is a respected scholar who studies how media and culture influence health and society, and she has contributed through books, numerous articles, and leadership in professional associations.