Buffalo, NY - The National Communication Association has awarded "The Oxford Handbook of Media and Social Justice" (Oxford University Press, 2024), featuring the work of Canisius University alumna Jasmina Tacheva '10, PhD and Philosophy Professor Tanya Loughead, PhD, the 2025 NCA Distinguished Scholarship Award for Best Edited Book. Tacheva and Loughead co-authored a chapter titled Justice Informatics, Justice for Us All: Liberation from Techno-Ideology.
Tacheva earned a BA in philosophy, German and economics from Canisius University and now serves as an assistant professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies. Loughead is a faculty member in Canisius' Department of Philosophy. Their scholarship examines how the digital sphere intensifies long-standing injustices such as racism and gender violence. Rejecting the notion that technological "fixes" alone can address these problems, the article calls for building collective, abolitionist and feminist movements to confront the deeper economic and social systems that allow such inequities to persist.
"This collaboration between Drs. Loughead and Tacheva is a powerful example of how Canisius faculty and alumni continue to shape national and international scholarship in meaningful ways," said Richard A. Bailey, PhD, associate dean of the School of Arts & Social Sciences. "Their work advances critical conversations about justice in digital spaces and embodies the Jesuit commitment to confronting injustice wherever it occurs."
The article represents the fourth major scholarly collaboration between Loughead and Tacheva, with two additional projects currently underway.
Canisius was founded in 1870 in Buffalo, NY, and is one of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the U.S. Consistently ranked among the top institutions in the Northeast, Canisius offers undergraduate, graduate and pre-professional programs distinguished by close student-faculty collaboration, mentoring and an emphasis on ethical, purpose-driven leadership.
