Siva Vaidhyanathan

Siva Vaidhyanathan
Vaidhyanathan speaking at the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum
Born	1966 (age 57–58) Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	University of Texas at Austin (BA, PhD)
Occupations	Cultural historian media scholar

Siva Vaidhyanathan (born 1966) is an American cultural historian and media scholar, and the Robertson professor of Media Studies at the University of Virginia.^[1] Vaidhyanathan is a permanent columnist at The Guardian and Slate; he is also a frequent contributor on media and cultural issues in various periodicals including The Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Slate, and The Baffler. He directs the Center for Media and Citizenship at the University of Virginia, which produces a television show, a radio program, several podcasts, and the Virginia Quarterly Review.^[2]