U.S. Media Development Seminar Participants

PARC launched its first Media Development Seminar (MDS) this year, which was composed of ten U.S. professors of media, film, journalism, and communications. The MDS followed a program and objectives similar to our successful Faculty Development Seminar launched five years ago. The group visited media centers at four different Palestinian university campuses, met with people at various Palestinian NGOs, and visited print, radio, and TV media outlets. The program included three round table discussions, dinners with Palestinian colleagues in media, and tours of historic sites in a number of West Bank cities.

2014 Media Development Seminar Participants

Ebony Coletu
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric
Pennsylvania State University
Ken Harper
Assistant Professor of Post-conflict Media Development
Syracuse University
Patricia Davis
Assistant Professor of Communications
Georgia State University
Kandace Harris
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Mass Media
Clark Atlanta University
Shahira Fahmy
Associate Professor of Journalism
University of Arizona
Linda Lumsden
Associate Professor of Journalism
University of Arizona
Tami Gold
Professor of Film & Media Studies
Hunter College, City University of New York
Jason Osder
Assistant Professor of Media & Public Affairs
George Washington University
Mary Gould
Assistant Professor of Communications
Saint Louis University
Laurie Rice
Associate Professor of Political Science
Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville