Payal Arora PhD

Assistant Professor

Biographical Note

Payal Arora is an Assistant Professor in International Communication and Media at Erasmus University in the Netherlands. Her expertise lies in social computing, informatics, new media, ethnography, and international development. Her recent work has been published in several peer-reviewed scholarly journals including Information Communication and Ethics in Society (ICES), International Journal of Cultural Studies (IJCS), Education Philosophy and Theory Journal (EPTJ), Association for Academic Computing and Education Journal (AACE), International Journal of Education & Development using ICT and the like. Her recent book by Ashgate Publishing, Dot Com Mantra: Social Computing in Central Himalayas entails an exploration of social practice with computers and the Net in Almora, India, including the analysis of key ICT initiatives at the ground level.
Payal Arora earned her Doctorate in Language, Literacy and Technology from Columbia University, Teachers College in New York, a Masters degree in International Policy from Harvard University, and a Teaching Certificate from the University of Cambridge. For more details, please check her website: www.payalarora.com