Portrait of Dr. Manu Pokharel

Dr. Manu Pokharel

  • Associate Professor at Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts & Communication
  • Program Faculty at Department of Communication Studies, College of Fine Arts & Communication

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Department Scholarship, Awards, and Recognition Committee. 2023 - Present.
  • Member, C3 Representative. 2023 - Present.
  • Faculty Advisor, Nepalese Student's Association at TxSt. 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journalism Studies. December 2023 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, DC Health Conference. December 1, 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Health Communication. January 2022 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Health Communication. 2020 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, International Communication Association. November 1, 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Graduate Faculty Committee. September 2019 - Present.
  • Member, BioCOMM Research Lab Development Committee. September 2019 - Present.
  • Informal Mentor, Prospective Nepali International Students. August 2019 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, National Communication Association. April 15, 2018 - Present.

2025

  • Member, Masters Thesis Proposal Committee. 2024 - 2025.
  • Member, BS in Applied Communication Proposal Committee. 2023 - 2025.
  • Member, UPAC Messaging Committee. August 2022 - 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Mass Communication and Society. December 2025.
  • Participant, Fall 2025 Graduation Ceremony. December 2025.
  • Member, Chair Search Committee. May 2025 - December 2025.
  • Participant, Comm Studies End of the Year Celebration. December 5, 2025.
  • Participant, Interpersonal Communication Faculty Search. November 11, 2025 - November 13, 2025.
  • Nomination Letter for the Student Organization of the Year Award. April 2025.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Southern Communication Journal. March 2025.
  • Participant, Political Communication Faculty Search. January 24, 2025 - January 29, 2025.

2024

  • Reviewer / Referee, Frontiers in Communication. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Science Communication. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Applied Psychology Health and Wellbeing. 2024.
  • Member, Research Assistant Policy Committee. 2023 - 2024.
  • Member, FY2025 REP Review Committee. October 2024 - November 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Psychology & Health. 2023.
  • Speaker, Translational Health Research Center. October 23, 2023.
  • Member, Faculty Search Committee. November 2022 - May 2023.

2022

  • Presenter, Bobcat Day. November 12, 2022.

2021

  • Co-advisor, Communication Graduate Student Association (CGSA). September 2019 - December 2021.
  • Member, FY2021 Outstanding Thesis Award Review Committee. September 2021 - October 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Applied Communication Research. February 2021 - September 2021.
  • Methods Coach, CoSearch-Tx State. September 17, 2021 - September 18, 2021.

2020

  • Co-advisor, Communication Guild. October 2019 - 2020.
  • Organizer, Communicating (In)Justice: Native American Transgender and Non-Binary Experiences of Discrimination, Violence, and Resistance. November 2020.
  • Member, FY2021 REP Review Committee. October 2019 - November 2020.

2019

  • Member, Public Health Minor and Health Communication curriculum update committee. 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AIDS & Behavior. 2017 - 2019.

2017

  • Reviewer / Referee, Southern Communication Journal. 2017.