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Rohan Grover Assistant Professor SOC | Communication Studies

Degrees
PhD, Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
MA, Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
BS, Economics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Bio
Rohan Grover is an Assistant Professor of AI and Media at American University’s School of Communication. His research explores the politics of technology policy, with a focus on the ethical and political dynamics of implementing data privacy law and AI governance. His current book project draws on ethnographic research in the privacy tech industry to argue that the politics of technology policy are found not only in the letter of the law or its effects, but also in its sociotechnical relations.

Grover's research has been published in journals such as New Media & Society, Political Communication, the International Journal of Communication, Telecommunications Policy, the Journal of Information Policy, The Information Society, and at CHI. His work has been supported by the NSF-funded Law and Science Dissertation Grant and recognized with the James R. Cleary Prize for Student Media Law & Policy Research as well as top paper awards from the International Communication Association. He has also received support from major funders across the fields of communication, computing, political science, and media studies.

Previously, Grover was a product manager and data strategist at digital media and political advocacy organizations including HuffPost, MoveOn, Planned Parenthood, and Upworthy. He is also affiliated with the UNC Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life (CITAP) and the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet).
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Teaching

Fall 2025

  • COMM-365 Digital Media and Culture

  • COMM-514 Censorship and Media