Dr. Sonali Kudva, Methodist University assistant professor of Communication & Media, has been selected for the Alex Trebek Legacy Award Fellowship through the Television Academy Foundation.
Since 2021, the Foundation has offered fellowships in honor of the late television icon and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek and financially supported the award winner’s trips to its three-day conference, held at the Television Academy’s North Hollywood campus in California Oct. 22-24. The conference connects college classrooms with the television industry by providing media professors with curriculum-enhancing seminars on the latest in the art, science and business of television with prominent leaders in entertainment.
Born and raised in India, Kudva holds three master’s degrees and a Ph.D. She began her career in journalism after being hired on the spot by a newspaper editor who saw her potential…