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About the Authors 
Diana Nastasia 
Diana Nastasia is currently working towards a Ph.D. in Communication and Public Discourse at the University of North Dakota as 
well as towards a Ph.D. in Literary Theory at the University of Bucharest. She earned an M.A. in Comparative Literature and Literary 
Theory (1996), and B.A.s in Modern Languages and Literatures (1995) and in Philosophy (1997), all from the University of 
Bucharest, Romania. In her home country, she was a lecturer then an assistant professor at the Romanian-American University and 
at the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest. She came to the United States as a Fulbright 
visiting researcher in 2002. Recently, she has been the associate editor of Community Connect: The Journal of Civic Voices 
produced by the University of North Dakota Center for Community Engagement, and the regional coordinator for Eastern Europe of 
the project “Global Report on Gender in the News Media” conducted by the International Women’s Media Foundation. She has been 
elected Student Representative for 2010-2012 on the Board of Directors of the International Communication Association. 
 
Lana F. Rakow
Lana F. Rakow is a professor of communication at the University of North Dakota, where she also is the founder and director of the 
Center for Community Engagement. She earned a Ph.D. degree from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana Institute of 
Communications Research in cultural studies and feminist theory. She also has an M.A. degree in English (American Literature and 
language) and a B.A. degree (journalism and humanities) from the University of North Dakota. Among her four published books is 
Feminist Communication Theory (Sage), co-edited with Laura Wackwitz. Rakow is the author of many other articles and special 
research reports on gender, technology, theory and research, community, and higher education curricula.