Communication & Film

Renu Swamy

PhD Student, COMMUNICATION STUDIES

About

I am from Bharat (formerly known as India), the land of diverse cultures, traditions, arts, storytelling, spirituality, and much more. I am an artist and a scholar with formal training in both the fields. My areas of interest in research are media studies, cultural studies, ethnographic storytelling, and documentary filmmaking. I have worked as a Requirement Analyst, Customer Service Executive, Market Researcher, Actor, Voice Artist, Casting Assistant, Writer, Storyteller, and Filmmaker. I worked as a graduate Teaching Assistant for the Communication Studies Department at the East Tennessee State University.

EDUCATION

MA in Communication and Storytelling Studies from The University of Memphis, USA Graduate Certificate in Film Production from East Tennessee State University, USA Post Graduate Diploma in Motion Picture Production from Whistling Woods International, Mumbai, India. Post Graduate Diploma in International Business from Leeds Metropolitan University, England. Bachelor of Information Technology from Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.