Maria Bogdan, media theorist and journalist. Her main research interest is related to media representation and the modern forms of racism. She has been doing her PhD at the Corvinus University of Budapest, focusing on the media representation of the Roma in Hungary. She is a Fulbright Alumna and has done part of her PhD research for a year at Columbia University in the City of New York. She made her graduate studies at the University of Pécs and the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest. She worked as a journalist at different television programs and radio stations. She has work experiences in the field of film making. She was an assistant lecturer at the University of Pécs for six years and has been teaching at other universities in Hungary as well. She is the member of the Fulbright Hungary Association, board member of the European Roma Cultural Foundation. She is a researcher at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.