Alina Dolea is Associate Professor in Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy and 2022-24 USC CPD Research Fellow. Her research is situated at the intersection of public diplomacy, migration, media and communication studies, with a focus on discourse. She is particularly interested in the emotions of migration and the role diasporas have come to play in public diplomacy, reproducing, but also contesting and disrupting the state’s strategic communication. She has published in International Communication Gazette, Nations and Nationalism, Public Relations Review, Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, among others.