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Dr. Teel is the founding director of the Center for International Media Education. He holds a Ph.D. in British colonial history and, as Center director, has traveled widely -- in the Middle East, North and Central Africa, South and East Asia, and Europe. He is author or co-author of four books, including a text on journalism which has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, and Armenian. He oversees the development and conduct of media professionalism workshops notably for developing civic journalism and economic journalism. Contact: |
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Dr. Hongmei Li (Ph.D., USC) is an assistant professor of international communication affiliated with CIME. She is doing a two-year George Gerbner Postdoc Fellowship at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania in 2008-2010. She co-organized the 7th Chinese Internet Research Conference in May 27-29, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania. Hongmei Li's research interests focus on advertising, and consumer culture, nationalism, cultural identity, gender studies, nation branding, culture of new technology and Chinese culture, politics and society. She has presented at many national and international conferences. She has published recently in Communication Theory, Critical Studies in Media Communication, the International Journal of Communication and Public Relations Review. She has also published many book chapters. For more information, see Dr. Li's Curriculum Vitae. Contact: |
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Svetlana V. Kulikova, PhD (Louisiana State University) is an assistant professor of international communication affiliated with CIME. Prior to completion of her doctorate in mass communication and public affairs in 2008, she worked in her native country of Kyrgyzstan as a media instructor, Journalism Department Chair and Public Relations Director at American University - Central Asia. Dr. Kulikova also holds a Master degree in political science from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary). Her research interests are in the area of international and political communication,Internet and democratization, and political economy of mass media. Contact:(Fx) 404-413-5634, skulikova@gsu.edu, One Park Place #630 |
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Shawn Powers is an Assistant Professor at Georgia State University and an Associate Director at the Center on International Media Education. Dr. Powers has previously served as a research fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Oxford University's Program in Comparative Media and Law and at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Global Communication Studies. He received his Ph.D from USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism and specializes in the geopolitics of information and information technologies. Shawn's research interests include mass media and society, new and social media technologies, diasporic communities, globalization and traditional and public diplomacy. He has conducted field research in Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, Eastern and Western Europe and North America.
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May Fawaz is a Lebanese journalist presently doing her Ph.D in Communication at Georgia State University, with emphasis on Middle East journalism. Before coming to Georgia, May worked as a news anchor and producer for Future News in Beirut. She was the producer and presenter of an English news bulletin and a contributor of several articles to local newspapers. May is presently co-authoring a book chapter on journalism in the modern Middle East with her adviser, Professor Leonard Teel. She is equally teaching journalism at GSU and is actively involved with CIME and AUSACE. |
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Jon is pursuing a Masters in Anthropology with biocultural research interests in neurodiversity, genetic testing, anthropological genetics and a Masters in Public Health with interests in environmental epidemiology and genetic epidemiology. Jon is pursuing a Masters in Anthropology with biocultural research interests in neurodiversity, genetic testing, anthropological genetics and a Masters in Public Health with interests in environmental epidemiology and genetic epidemiology. As winter is coming, he will use mixed methods protocols to research the genetic testing and history of core Melungeon descendants, and the genetic and political demography of their settlement areas in Appalachia. Before coming to Georgia State he worked as a Web Content Editor and Social Media Manager for Fitzgerald+Company administering websites for local non-profit projects. |
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Amber Welch is a graduate student currently serving as a graduate research and teaching assistant while working toward the completion of a Masters in Mass Communication. Her research interests include globalization and international communication with a focus on social media technologies. Before coming to Georgia State, Amber worked in public relations and social media advising for a regional corporation and a local non-profit organization. |
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Kiana is originally from the freezing city of Flint, Michigan. She moved to Atlanta, Georgia during the blazing hot summer Olympics in 1996, an experience that she will never forget. As a Presidential Scholar, she majors in film and journalism with a concentration in telecommunications and public relations. She has always wanted to express her thoughts, ideas, knowledge and experiences through writing or other media such as television. Apart from her education, Kiana's passion has been in community service, international studies and writing. This interest led her to Spain and Morocco in the summer of 2008, which allowed her to experience first hand a culture she studied. In the summer of 2009, Kiana further expanded her horizons as an intern working with the 2010 Census in the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. |