Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Rao, N & Power, S. (2021). “Communities Change When Individuals Change”: The Sustainability of System-Challenging Collective Action. European Journal of Social Psychology. Journal article | PDF

Rao, N. & Lingam, L. (2020). Smartphones, Youth, and Moral Panics: Exploring Print and Online Media Narratives in India. Mobile Media & Communication. Journal article | PDF

Rao, N. & Ulrich, K. (2020). Effect of pre- and post-paid incentives on mail survey response. Survey Practice. Journal article

Other Publications

Lingam, L., Bhallamudi I., & Rao, N. (2018). Adolescent Subcultures & Smartphones: Exploring the Implications for Gender, Sexuality and Rights. Tata Institute for Social Sciences, Mumbai. Click here for PDF

Conference Presentations

Rao, N. & Ulrich, K. (2019). Effect of pre- and post-paid incentives on mail survey response. Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR) 44th Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.

Rao, N. (2019). “Communities Change Because Individuals Change”: Strategies for Sustaining Collective Action. Presented at the MAPSS 4th Annual Graduate Student Academic Research Conference. Chicago, IL.

  • Organized invited panel: “Imagining Subversive Futures”

Rao, N., Bhallamudi, I., & Lingam, L. (2017). Why Loiter: Women Claiming Online Public Spaces. Presented at the IT for Change National Dialogue on Gender-Based Cyberviolence. Mumbai, India.

Rao, N. (2015). Memory and Prediction in Online Language Processing. Presented at the Center for the Advanced Study of Language Summer Language Scholars Symposium. College Park, MD.