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Sut Jhally

Male
E-Mail
sutj@comm.umass.edu
Telephone
(413) 545-4609
Personal website
http://www.sutjhally.com
Interests
Media Literacy, Political Economy, Advertising, Educational video production

Role(s)
Researcher, Activist/Advocate


Current Institutional Affiliation(s)


Discipline(s)

  • Cultural Studies
  • Communications
  • Sociology

Biography

Ph.D., Simon Fraser University, 1984
M.A., Victoria University, 1980
B.A., University of York, 1977


Professor Jhally is a well-known national commentator on the role of media in politics and culture who has appeared in such publications at The Nation, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The Observer (London), The Toronto Sun and The Christian Science Monitor.

He joined the university in 1985 and is a professor of communication. In 1991 he founded the Media Education Foundation, based in Northampton, Mass., and is its executive director. Professor Jhally is the producer, writer and editor of the videos, Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear and the Selling of American Empire; Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land (2004); U.S. News Media and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (2003) and Wrestling with Manhood: Boys, Bullying and Battering (2002). Professor Jhally has also published several books, including The Spectacle of Accumulation: Essays in Media, Culture & Politics (2006); Enlightened Racism (2005) and The Cosby Show, Audiences and the Myth of the American Dream (1992).

Professor Jhally earned a bachelor's degree in history/sociology and a master's degree in sociology from the University of York in England in 1977 and 1978, respectively; a master's degree in sociology from the University of Victoria in Canada in 1980 and a doctorate in communication from Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1984.