Seminars / Reviews

External Promotion Reviewer: At the invitation of the Chair of the Department of Mass Communication, Dr. Gary Hicks, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, served as an external reviewer/examiner for promotion of a mass communication faculty (Dr. Suman Mishra) to full professor, 2019.

External Promotion Reviewer: At the invitation of the Chair of the Department of Arts, English, and Humanities, Dr. Holly Wilson, Louisiana State University Alexandria, served as an external reviewer/examiner for promotion of a communication faculty (Professor Melissa Laborde) to full professor, 2019.

Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee: At the invitation of the Office of Examination, Allamah Eqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan, served as an external reviewer of Asmat Ullah’s dissertation committee, 2019.

Member of Doctoral Dissertation Committee: At the invitation of the Controller of Examinations, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Kahn, Pakistan, served as an external reviewer of Muhammad Anwr’s dissertation committee, 2019.

External Promotion Reviewer: At the invitation of the Office of Provost, Qatar University, served as an external reviewer/examiner for promotion of a mass communication faculty (Dr. Noureddine Miladi) to full professor, 2018.

At the invitation of the Office of Provost, Claflin University, served as an external reviewer/examiner for promotion of a mass communication faculty (Dr. Patrick Stearns) to full professor, 2018.

External Program Reviewer:  At the invitation of Dean of the College of Administrative and Financial Services, Dr. Nahed Mohamed Matarid, at the Gulf University, Bahrain, reviewed their undergraduate degree program in Mass Communications and Public Relations, Fall 2016.

Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Ms. Kim Sowell, Department of Leadership Studies, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, 2016.

Member, Doctoral Dissertation Committee for Mr. Hussein Khajehjafari, Pardis Alborz, University of Tehran, Iran, 2016.

External Promotion Reviewer:  At the invitation of Dr. Pam Luecke, Professor and Chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications, Washington and Lee University, served as an external promotion reviewer/examiner of a faculty member (Dr. Dayo Abah), 2016.

External Promotion Reviewer:  At the invitation of Dr. H. Paul LeBlanc III, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication, University of Texas at San Antonio, served as an external promotion reviewer/examiner of a faculty member (Dr. Viviana Rojas), 2016.

National Communication Association Institute for Faculty Development: Conducted a one-week seminar on  “Education and Media in the Digital Age: Transformations in Teaching, Learning, Interacting, Communicating, and Collaborating,” Hope College, Holland, Michigan, July 24-29, 2016.

External Promotion Reviewer:  At the invitation of the Academic Secretary and Director of Research Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) and Director of The Sammy Ofer School of Communications, Herzliya, Israel, served as an external promotion and tenure reviewer/examiner of a faculty member, 2014.

Joint Research and Collaboration: At the invitation of the Future University, Cairo, Egypt, traveled there to explore the possibility of establishing joint research collaboration and program development between FUE and Purdue Calumet, June 24-July 30, 2011.

The American Austrian Foundation: Invited to participate in a special 2011 Milton A. Wolf Seminar, Picking up the Pieces: Fragmented Sovereignties and Emerging Information Flows, Vienna, Austria, March 23 – 25, 2011.

External Promotion Reviewer: At the invitation of the Dean of the Annenberg School For Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, served as an external promotion reviewer/examiner, 2011.

NATPE Faculty Fellow: Recipient of the NATPE Educational Foundation Faculty Fellow Grant to participate in the Annual National Association of Television Programming Executives Conference, January 2011, Miami, Florida.

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: Was invited to participate in a two-day retreat, Dialing Back the “Fear Factor”: Reframing the Story of Muslims and Islam in the U.S. Media, Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York, November 11-13, 2009.

IRTS Faculty/Industry Seminar: Was competitively selected and invited by the International Radio & Television Society to participate in the Annual Faculty/Industry Seminar, Disney Channels Worldwide: Leadership and Influence in the Global Marketplace, Burbank, California, August 10-12, 2009.

External Reviewer: At the invitation of the School of Communication and Theater, served as an external reviewer for hiring a new faculty/departmental chair, Department of Broadcasting, Telecommunication and Mass Media, Temple University, Philadelphia, 2009.

External Promotion Reviewer: At the invitation of the Dean of Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, served as an external promotion reviewer/examiner, 2009.

External Promotion Reviewer: At the invitation of the Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, served as an external promotion reviewer/examiner, 2008.

Head, External Evaluation Review Team, Department of Communication, Hope College, Holland, Michigan, spring 2007.

External Promotion and Tenure Reviewer: At the invitation of Temple University (Philadelphia) Served as an external promotion and tenure reviewer/examiner, 2004.

External Promotion and Tenure Reviewer: At the invitation of San Francisco University served as an external promotion and tenure reviewer/examiner, 2005.

IRTS Faculty/Industry Seminar: Was competitively selected and invited by the International Radio & Television Society to participate in the Annual Faculty/Industry Seminar, Out of the Box: Redefining Television, New York City, November 17-21, 2004.

Chinese Edition of Global Communication: At the invitation of the Center for International Studies, Tsinghua University, and Tsinghua University Press gave a presentation at the launching ceremony of the Chinese edition of my Global Communication textbook, November 6, 2003, Beijing, China.

Cultural Environment Movement: Chaired a one-day workshop, Affirming diversity, equity, and justice: African Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and other ethnic and religious minorities, at the Cultural Environment Movement Conference, Ohio University, Athens, March 25-28, 1999.

Bell Atlantic-Temple University Conference on Digital Communication: At the invitation of Bell Atlantic and Temple University participated in a strategic planning session for an international conference on “The Challenge of the Digital Age: A Forum of Diverse Perspectives,” Temple University, Philadelphia, November 20, 1998.

NATPE Faculty Fellow: Recipient of the NATPE Educational Foundation Faculty Fellow Grant to participate in the Annual National Association of Television Programming Executives Conference, New Orleans, January 17-22, 1998.

PhD Examination Committee Member: At the invitation of the Graduate School of Journalism, The University of Wollongong, Australia, served as an external member of the PhD Examination Committee for Ali A. Kia, 1995-96.

TOKTEN/United Nations Program: At the invitation of the United Nations Development Programme and the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Information under the UN’s Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals (TOKTEN) project, served as a consultant for the implementation of a doctoral degree program in Communication Studies at the Allameh Tabataba’e University in Tehran (June 18-August 24, 1994).

C-SPAN Workshop: Was invited by the C-SPAN Television, as one of 35 professors selected nationwide, to participate in the “C-SPAN in the Classroom” seminar, Washington, DC, January 7-8, 1991.