Research & Strategic Development Advisor
Jordan earned his doctorate in Mass Communication from the University of Wisconsin. His dissertation focused on the media uses of Indian Americans in the Greater Chicago area and how that media use helps them connect to India and Indians. His other areas of expertise are in race and ethnicity, media history, public relations and research. His work considers how communication mechanisms and ideologies can contribute to democracy and dignity, how journalism and public relations function in democratic societies and how media products and industries contribute to the formation of group and individual identity.
Jordan joined SAAPRI to continue the work he began in his doctoral work. In addition to being responsible for guiding SAAPRI’s programming and communication strategies, Jordan teaches college-level communication courses, primarily at DePaul University and researches and writes about South Asian Americans in media and culture. Working with SAAPRI to improve the daily lives of South Asian Americans is more than an academic exercise–his spouse is from India and they are raising a multi-ethnic daughter in the suburbs of Chicago.