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ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University’s Dr. Nuurrianti Jalli has been appointed as advisor/governing council member for the Foundation for Advancing Critical Thinking in South Asia (FACTS Asia). 

In this role, Jalli will serve as an external expert on dis/misinformation and media and information literacy for the organization, a nonprofit educational initiative based in India. The two-year appointment lasts until December 2024.

Jalli, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, joined the NSU faculty in 2021. She is currently the academic coordinator for Northern’s public relations minor in the department of English, Communication, and Global Languages. 

Originally from Malaysia, Jalli received her Ph.D. in mass communication from Ohio University. Her research areas range from mis/disinformation, computational propaganda, media information literacy, to media and democracy in Southeast Asia. Learn more about her work at https://nuurrianti.co/. 

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