Dr. Maria Subert
Lecturer
Office Location
Natatorium Faculty Trailer (46T) 102
Email Address
Courses
- Intercultural Communication
- Small Group Communication
Education
- M.A. in Philosophy at Eotvos Lorant University, Budapest, Hungary
- M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Studies - Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Notes
Maria Subert Ph.D.
Maria Subert earned an M.A. in Philosophy at Eotvos Lorant University, Budapest, Hungary. She continued her studies at the Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
After relocating to the United States, she received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Studies, specializing in Rhetoric and Public Culture (related area: Media), in the Scripps College of Communication at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. She finished her post-graduate studies at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, Geneva, Switzerland/ Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain in 2020.
She has presented at U.S. and international conferences and published multiple book chapters and articles about crisis communication, culturally determined communication strategies, cultural visual narratives, social justice, peace and conflict, and communications and ethnic politics. Dr Subert was representing North America in the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) as a member of the Global Council between 2019-2021; 2021-2023; and 2023-2025.
She has produced documentary films around the world. Her documentary, “Who Carried the Sun” was the official selection of the 101th Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Las Vegas, NV. She is excited to join the Communication faculty at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Latest Publications:
Subert, M. (2025). A Roma heritage pilgrimage: Peace-building and redefining identity. In Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication (S. Roy, Ed.), Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell Publication. ISBN: 978-1-119-24635-0
Subert, M. (2025, March). Portrayals of Roma emancipation and resistance in Hungary: A harmonious and non-violent representation. Peace & Change: A Journal of Peace Research. DOI: 10.1111/pech.12749 Open access http://doi.org/10.1111/pech.12749
Subert, M. (2022). Keeping to our values amid uncertainties of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. IPRA Newsletter, 12(3).
Subert, M. (2021). Hegemonic military masculinity hinders effective response to pandemic crisis. IPRA Newsletter, 11(2).
Subert. M. (2021). We are not victims: The Roma, an outdoor art gallery and the same old story – Critical thinking in communication for development. In U.O. Spring & H. G. Brauch (Eds): Decolonising Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene: Politik-Economics-Society-Science (APESS), 30. Cham-Heidelberg, Germany: Springer International Publishing. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030623159
Subert, M. (2020). A gender-sensitive approach to U. S. crisis communication for COVID-19 and beyond. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 1-3. DOI:10.1111/1468-5973.12325 Open access: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-5973.12325
Subert, M. (2020). Reconsidering the Hungarian Roma fresco village as physical political space and communicative space. In Molnár, N. Merkovity & G. Hajzer (Eds.). Communicatice Space – Political Space. Iurisperitus, HU.
Subert, M. (2019). Motives and legacies behind 2008-2009 Hungarian Roma murders and apologies. Contemporary Justice Review, 22(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2019.1576127 Open access: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10282580.2019.1576127