Dharmananda Adhikari

Dharma Adhikari earned his bachelor’s in English and Philosophy, and a master’s in English and American literature in Kathmandu. He worked as a reporter, editor, and columnist before a Fulbright Scholarship led him to the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received MA and PhD degrees in journalism.  He taught at the University of Missouri and Georgia Southern University in the US, and then at Shantou University in China, before joining XJTLU. During the 2010s, he actively contributed to non-profit media initiatives, focusing on journalism training, policy research, and media writing. He has written for global press outlets and continues to write a media criticism column in the Kathmandu Post. He is the author of "A Compassionate Journalist" (2010), a biography of Bharat Dutta Koirala, a 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning journalist. He has also co-authored four other books on communication topics. His research explores the intersections of journalism, society, and emerging media, delving into specific areas such as news and editorial practices, international reporting, media representations, media ethnography, and news literacy.

Intersections of journalism, society and emerging media (journalism, news and editorial practices, international reporting, representations in media, media ethnography, news literacy, etc.)

Associate Professor, Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 2022-

Associate Professor, Shantou University, Guangdong, China, 2017-2022

Affiliate faculty, Pokhara University, Nepal, 2008-2016

Visiting faculty, Kathmandu University, Dept. of Languages and Mass Communication, Spring 2008

Assistant Professor, Georgia Southern University, USA, 2004-2007

Teaching Instructor, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-2004

Supervised, co-supervised student projects, including undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD dissertations.

Taught, co-taught, introduced or helped develop courses, including:
XJTLU: COM262 News Reporting, COM157 Introduction to Journalism Studies, COM155 Rhetoric and Media Analysis

Shantou University: Intro to Journalism, News Reporting and Writing (grad), International Reporting, Multimedia Journalism, Global Media Systems, Media Literacy (grad.; introduced), Qualitative Research Methods (grad.)

Pokhara University: Journalism Studies, Opinion Journalism, Media Literacy and Criticism, Investigative Journalism, Visual Communication (also introduced, developed these grad courses)

Georgia Southern University: Intro to Journalism, News Reporting and Writing, International Media Systems, Online Journalism (introduced), Mass Media Theories

University of Missouri-Columbia: Intro to Journalism (undergrad course), Mass Media Seminar (graduate course)

Scholastic achievement award (first class first in B.A., nationwide), Tribhuvan University, 1990.

International Journalism Exchange Fellow, jointly hosted by the International Center for Journalists (ICJ), American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) and Freedom Forum, Washington DC, Oct.-Nov. 1996.

Fulbright Scholar, Missouri School of Journalism at Columbia, 1998- 2000.

Outstanding Editorial/Op-ed/Commentary Award, SAJA, New York, 2006.