Meenakshi Gigi Durham

Meenakshi Gigi Durham is an Indian American professor of feminist media studies and a writer. Durham was born in Mangalore, India but moved to the United States and then Canada at a young age. She is a full professor and CLAS Collegiate Scholar at the University of Iowa, with an appointment in School of Journalism and Mass Communication; she also holds appointments in the Department of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies and the Department of English.She was previously a Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Vice President for Research & Economic Development. She was also the Associate Faculty Director of the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, an Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and Faculty Ombudsperson for the university.