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Neda Jahanbani
 

Doctoral Student

Phone (949) 246-2320

Email neda.jahanbani1@gmail.com
Address New York, NY

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ABOUT

Neda is interested in studying media systems, intergenerational and intercultural communication, diaspora, and hegemonic belief systems, specifically in relation to pre-revolutionary Iran. Before joining Columbia’s Ph.D. program, Neda earned her M.A. at New York University, where she wrote her thesis on issues of masculinity in intergenerational Iranian American households. Neda also holds a B.A. from The University of California, San Diego, where her research focused on the pre-revolutionary National Iranian Radio and Television system. In her free time, Neda is an advocate and foster for shelter dogs in New York City.

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WORK EXPERIENCE
 

September 2022- September 2023

NYU College of Arts and Sciences Academic Standards

Graduate Student Assistant

  • Work directly with students to aid in petition requests

  • Manage emails, petitions, calls, and decision letters

  • Work directly with the Dean of CAS to make sure the laws under FERPA are being observed and protected

October 2021- June 2023

Barnard University Digital Humanities Center

Graduate Student Assistant

  • Help plan and coordinate events

  • Proofread Zoom event transcriptions for accessibility

  • Run the department's Twitter, Vimeo, and Cross-List Promotions

  • Create the tri-semesterly newsletter and the system in which it is put together

May 2019- June 2021

Content Strategist

FullSpeed Advertising 

  • Conducted in depth research about marketing and E-commerce 

  • Worked directly with clients to ensure marketing goals are met

  • Ghost-wrote posts for the company's blog regarding topics such as: E-commerce, online optimization, advertising benefits, and growth via social media platforms.

September 2019 - September 2020

Yelp

Franchise Account Executive

  • Independently managed and developed a pipeline through Salesforce CRM to generate new leads within my book of business, while working simultaneously with a team to hit our monthly goals. 

  • Worked through the full sales cycle to generate new clients: introductory calls, qualifying business needs/goals, identifying the appropriate budget, and negotiating the close with business owners.

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EDUCATION

2023- Present

Columbia University 

Ph.D. student, Dept. of Communications

Columbia Graduate School of Journalism

New York, NY

2021-2023

New York University

Master's Degree, Media and Cultural Communication

New York, NY

2017-2019

University of California, San Diego

Bachelors Degree, Dept. of Communication Studies

San Diego, CA

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Columbia Doctoral Provost Diversity Fellowship Recipient (2023)

  • Earned "Highest Distinction" from faculty on my Honor's Thesis: The Revolution and Media: Stories from Pre- Islamic Republic Iran (2019) 

  • Undergraduate Honor's Thesis submitted for publishing (2021)

  • Received full funding to present at The Conference on Communication & Media Studies in Dublin, Ireland (2022)

  • Winner of the Steinhardt Creative Project Grant (2022-2023)

  • Winner of the Emerging Scholar Award  for the Seventh International Conference on Communication & Media Studies (2022)

  • Iranian American Immigration and Masculinity: Relationships of Fathers and Their Children (2023)

EXAMPLES OF WORK

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CONTACT

Phone (949) 246-2320

Email Neda.jahanbani1@gmail.com

Address New York, NY

LinkedIn

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