Prof. Silvio Waisbord, PhD

Silvio Waisbord is Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, United States. He is the author and editor of nineteen books and articles on journalism, politics, media, and communication for social change. His latest books are (co-edited with TJ Billard) Public Scholarship in Communication Studies (University of Illinois Press, forthcoming), and The Routledge Companion to Media, Disinformation and Populism (co-edited with Howard Tumber). He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Communication and International Journal of Press/Politics. He is President-elect and Fellow of the International Communication Association. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, San Diego and a licenciatura in sociology from the University of Buenos Aires.