Shumaila Bhatti, MS, Ph.D
Dr. Bhatti is an environmental scientist studying digital media's role in public perception and participation in the context of environment and health from a justice-oriented lens. Through her research, teaching, and service, she aims at transformative change through the literacy of these socio-environmental systems. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Virginia Tech and Director of the Center for Environmental Security under The Human Security Institute (THIS) in Pakistan. She got her Ph.D and MS (as a Fulbright Scholar) from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, and her B.S. in Environmental Sciences from International Islamic University, Islamabad.
Dr. Bhatti has successfully published five first-authored research papers in leading communication journals, delivered more than 24 presentations and invited talks, and contributed to five books.