Koherin Farhanaz

PhD Student and Graduate Assistant

Department of Communication

Bio

Koherin Farhanaz is a Ph.D. student and a graduate teaching assistant in Communication at the University of Connecticut. Her research focuses on political communication, media framing, and computational approaches to studying elections and political contexts in the Global South, with a primary regional focus on Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Her methodological interests include framing analysis, content analysis, and computational methods. She also has a secondary research interest in health communication.
Before beginning her doctoral studies, Koherin spent 11 years as a broadcast journalist in Bangladesh. During her journalism career, she covered three parliamentary elections, five city corporation elections, and multiple by-elections. Her professional experience covering politics and elections informs her scholarly interest in how news media construct and communicate political events, actors, and electoral processes.

Education

• M.A. in Mass Communication (2026), Texas Tech University
• M.A. in Communication (2023), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
• B.S.S. in Media Studies and Journalism (2013), University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh

Courses Taught

• COMM 1000: Process of Communication

Publication and Conference

Farhanaz, K., & Hossain, M. S. (2026). News framing in The Daily Star: A content analysis on general elections of Bangladesh under caretaker government and party government. News Research Journal, 47(1), 6-25.
Farhanaz, K., & Sternadori, M. (2026, June). Through the feminist lens: A comparative study of media framing of female candidates in Bangladesh’s general elections 2018 and 2024 [Paper presentation]. International Communication Association 76th Annual Conference, Cape Town, South Africa