service
"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."
MAYA ANGELOU
service & Leadership
2021
Communication Mentor for The Hatch,
Bowling Green State University
2020-21
Vice-President, Graduate Communication Association, Bowling Green State University
2019
Public lecture at TedxBGSU 2019, “The Legitimacy of Online Feminist Activism.”
2018-19
President, India Students Association, Bowling Green State University
2019
Guest Lecture, Feminist Activism, Gender, Media and Culture, Bowling Green State University
2019
Guest Lecture, Communication & India, Communicating in Global Contexts, BGSU
2019
Guest Lecture, Introducing India, BG City School, Bowling Green
2018
Invited Lecture, Let’s Talk Diwali, Crim Elementary School, Bowling Green
2015
Editor, Footnotes, annual magazine, School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
2015
Organizer, DigiNaka, School of Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
2013-14
Editorial Head, Linguishita, National Service Scheme newsletter, Kamala Nehru College
2012
Editor, Communique, annual newspaper, Department of Journalism, Kamala Nehru College
recognitions and awards
2021
Winifred O. Stone Graduate Student Award, Bowling Green State University
2015
Budding Journalist, Kamala Nehru College
2021
Outstanding International Graduate Student Award, Bowling Green State Univesity
2021
School of Media and Communication Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award
2021
Second Place at the 3MT Competition, BGSU
praxis
Verma, T. (2022) Identity Politics & Intersectionality, Invited talk at Ivy Tech Community College as part of their Employee Diversity Series
Verma, T., Shetterley, J. & Vierrether, T. (2021). Talking About Sexual Harassment in the Classroom, It’s On Us Teach-In, Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
Burns, A., Hadeel, S., & Verma, T. (2018). “Sexual harassment and consent in middle schools”, at North Baltimore Middle School, North Baltimore, Ohio.