Service

Department and University Service

  • Chair, Accreditation Committee, 2024-0n
  • Chair, Faculty Research Enabling Committee, 2023-2024
  • Coordinator, Diversity, Fall 2021-2022
  • Vice Chair, Student Success- enabling Committee, Spring 2019-2023
  • Vice Chair, Faculty Research Enabling Committee 2024
  • Member, Faculty Research enabling Committee, the Department of Mass Communication, 2018-on
  • Member, Assessment Committee, Fall 2021-on
  • Member, Quality Assurance and Curriculum Committee, the Department of Mass Communication, 2016-2019
  • Member, Reaccreditation Committees, the Department of Mass Communication, Qatar University, 2017-2019
  • Vice chair, Faculty Recruitment Committee, the Department of Mass Communication, Qatar University, 2016-17
  • Member, Academic Committee, Department of Mass Communication, fall 2015
  • Member, Student Admission Committee, Department of Mass Communication, since 2015-on
  • Chair, Accreditation Committee, Department of Mass Communication, fall 2009-2013
  • Member, Faculty Peer Review Ad hoc Committee, fall, 2015, spring 2014, fall 2014.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Mass Communication, College of Arts & Sciences, Qatar University, fall 2014 and spring 2015
  • Member, Ad hoc committee reviewing proposals of student capstone projects, Strategic Communication specialization track. April, 24th, 2015
  • Member, Ad hoc Committee for Faculty Peer Review, fall 2014
  • Member, Student Admission Committee for the Department of Mass Communication, College of Arts & Sciences, fall 2014, spring 2015.
  • Member, College of Arts & Sciences (CAS) Committee for preparation of department entry test for students, fall 2012, fall 2013
  • Chair, Capstone Committee, Department of Mass Communication, September-December 2013
  • Member, Scientific Committee for the 2nd International Conference “Media and the art of Manipulation”, Department of Mass Communication, September 2013-April 2014
  • Member, Organizing Committee for the 2nd International Conference “Media and the art of Manipulation”, Department of Mass Communication, September 2013-April 2014
  • Chair, Coordinating Committee for the AUSACE 2015 conference, hosted by the Department of Mass Communication, College of Arts & Sciences, Qatar University, fall 2014 & spring 2015
  • Chair, Recruitment Committee, Department of Mass Communication, Spring 2009
  • Member, Mass Communication Assessment Committee, since spring 2010
  • Member, the Accreditation Committee for the College of Liberal Arts and Science, Qatar University, 2008-2009.
  • Coordinator, Middle East Partnership (MEPI) Grant 2008-2011
  • Assistant Chair, Committee for Academic Affairs for the Program of Mass Communication and Information Science, Qatar University, 2008-2009.
  • Assistant Chair, Graduation Projects Committee, Department of Mass Communication and Information Science, Qatar University, 2008-2009.
  • Coordinator, Learning Outcomes for courses within the Department of Mass Communication, Since Fall 2007
  • Chair, of the Social Committee, the Department of Mass Communication and Information Science, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 2007-2008.
  • Member, Library Resources Committee, the Department of Mass Communication and Information Science, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 2007-2008

Service to the Profession

  • Site Visit to the College of Communication, Sharjah University (November 26-28, 2022).
  • Site-visit chair, to review the Bachelor of Mass Communication & Public Relations program offered by Ahlia University (AU) as part of the education review offered by the Education and Training Quality Authority (BQA), Kingdom of Bahrain (May 7-11, 2017).
  • Site-visit member, to review the Multimedia and Graphic Design Program, Department of Multimedia and Graphic Design, University College of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Bahrain, as part of the Programs-within-College Reviews of Programs offered by the Directorate of Higher Education Reviews (DHR) of the National Authority for Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Education and Training (QQA). December 11-16th, 2016
  • Site-visit member, Media and Public Relations Program, the Department of Media and Public Relations, College of Business Administrations of the Gulf University, the Kingdom of Bahrain as part of the Programs-within-College Reviews of Programs offered by the Directorate of Higher Education Reviews (DHR) of the National Authority for Qualifications and Quality Assurance Authority of Education and Training (QQA). December 7th-12th, 2014
  • Member, Consultancy team to prepare a Strategic Plan for Communication and Media Team Supreme Council for Family Affairs, September 2012-September 2013
  • Judge, logo competition organized by the Department of Mass Communication for the 2nd International Conference “Media and the art of Manipulation”, Department of Mass Communication, spring 2014
  • Co-Founder, Advisory Board for the Department in 2009.
  • Advisory Board member, for Qatari Youth ICT Study, Supreme Council for Information, Communication and Technology (ICT Qatar,) 2009-2010

Journal Refereeing

  • International Journal of Communication, Annenberg, USC, November 2021
  • Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture, October, 2021
  • Diaspora Studies, Tyler & Francis, August, 2021
  • Diaspora Studies, Tyler & Francis, April 1, 2020
  • Diaspora Studies, Tyler & Francis, December 21, 2018
  • Mass Communication and Society, Routledge, April 2010 and November, 2015
  • Journal of Magazine and New Media, September 2013
  • The Journal for the Study of Race, Nation, and Culture, Routledge Publication, 2010

Graduate Thesis Co-Supervision

2017-2019 Nada Fouad (M.A. Gulf Studies, Qatar University