Professor, International Media and Cultural Studies,
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program
Director, Global Honors Program
University of Washington, Tacoma
Box 358436, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100
Phone: (253) 692-5651
Email: divya@u.washington.edu
Web: http://faculty.washington.edu/divya/
McMillin uses postcolonial theory and qualitative research methods to explore continuities and disruptions in processes of imperialism, colonialism, and globalization.
In International Media Studies (2007, Blackwell Publishing), McMillin argues for a postcolonial turn in the study of the political economy and reception of global and local media. In Mediated Identities: Youth, Agency, and Globalization (2009, Peter Lang Publishing), she examines the material conditions that produce youth workers and consumers.
McMillin’s empirical and theoretical explorations of how globalization is accommodated in various parts of the world, particularly India, have been published in the Journal of Communication, Popular Communication Journal, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, Indian Journal of Gender Studies, and the International Communication Bulletin, to name a few.
Her book chapters have been published in such anthologies as Re-Orienting Global Communication (2010, University of Illinois Press), South Asian Technoscapes (2008, Peter Lang), Girl Wide Web (2006, Peter Lang) and Planet TV (2003, New York University Press). Her conference presentations have won top paper awards.
McMillin also works collaboratively with the Internationales Zentralinstitut für das Jugend-und Bildungsfernsehen of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company (Germany) to promote high quality programming for children's television worldwide.