james Siguru Wahutu is an expert in the sociology of media, with an emphasis on genocide, mass violence, and ethnicity in sub-Saharan Africa.
He has also written about global media patterns in covering genocide in Africa, on ethnicity, land, and politics in Kenya, and on the Kenyan media’s experimentation with social media platforms. Wahutu’s research has appeared in African Affairs, African Journalism Studies, Sociological Forum, Media, Culture, and Society, and Global Media and Communication. He is an Assistant Professor in New York University’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, and a Faculty Associate at the Berkman Klein Center of Internet and Society at Harvard University.
