teaching & speaking: 

• Tanvi is an adjunct professor of journalism at the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Craig Newmark School of Journalism. Tanvi teaches a fundamental writing and reporting course every fall. She was awarded the 2026 Faculty Appreciation Award. 

• She has been trained by the Bard Institute for Writing and Thinking to teach hands-on, collaborative writing workshops for journalism students. She typically leads 1-2 weeklong writing-to-think intensives every year.  

• Tanvi has spoken at Cornell University, Columbia University, University of Maine, and Northwestern University.

• She is a regular panelist and moderator at journalism, writing, and academic forums such as those hosted by the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) conferences, the New City Critics, the City Museum of New York, the Smithsonian, and the Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

• She often appears on radio shows and podcasts such as Slate’s The Waves, NPR’s Code Switch, In The Thick, The New Stateman’s World Review, and KCRW’s To The Point.