Welcoming Dariya Orlova, CREEES Visiting Professor

CREEES is pleased to introduce Dr. Dariya Orlova. Dr. Orlova will serve as CREEES Visiting Professor during Spring Quarter 2016. During her time here, she will offer REES 206/306, titled "Media, Democratization and Political Transformations in Post-Soviet Societies."

Dr. Dariya Orlova is a Senior Lecturer and media researcher at the Mohyla School of Journalism (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine). She received her PhD in Mass Communication in 2013 from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy with a thesis on "Representation of 'Europe' in the Mediatized Discourse of Ukrainian Political Elites."

Dr. Orlova recently has been working on several research projects, including comparative analysis of media coverage of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine and exploration of the evolving changes in Ukrainian journalism culture after EuroMaidan. Her research interests include: political communication, media transformations in post-Soviet countries, journalism culture, media and national identity. She is also an editor of the Ukrainian website of the European Journalism Observatory network and used to work as a journalist for the leading English-language publication in Ukraine, Kyiv Post.