Professor and Department Chair Dr Ambar Basu from the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida writes on and about the intersections of culture and communication in marginalized health settings. His research and teaching focuses on material and discursive dimensions of underprivilege in the context of global capital formations. With particular emphasis on theorizing culture as a site of transformation, his scholarship documents and analyzes narratives about health that emerge from dialogue between his self (as the researcher), and research participants.  

Dr Basu’s scholarship embraces a mix of methods such as critical ethnography and autoethnography, and highlights the implications of knowledge production in collaboration with underprivileged communities. Self-reflexivity is an integral lens/method that shapes his work.

Dr Basu has served as Senior Editor for Health Communication, and co-edits a Routledge book series titled Critical Cultural Studies in Global Health Communication.