Razvan Sibii

Newswriting and Reporting; Intro to Journalism; Social Justice Journalism; American Struggles; Immigration and Mass Incarceration (Honors); International Journalism; Opinion Writing; Journalism Ethics; Media Criticism

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Razvan "Raz" Sibii holds a Ph.D. and Master's in Communication from UMass Amherst, as well as a B.A. in Journalism/Mass Communication from the American University in Bulgaria. His scholarly, pedagogical and journalistic interests focus on issues of language, identity construction, immigration and incarceration. He has worked as a full-time print reporter in his native Romania, and is currently a columnist for the Daily Hampshire Gazette (Western Mass.) writing about the "wicked problems" of immigration and mass incarceration, and a contributor to several Romanian-language publications (PressOne.ro, PressHub.ro, Libertatea). Winner of the 2022 SBS College Outstanding Teaching Award, and two-time finalist for the University Distinguished Teaching Award.