CURRICULUM VITAE

Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Communication Updated Oct. 16, 2019

GENERAL INFORMATION

402 Bartow Ave. MD2207 School of Communication and Media Social Sciences Building 22 Room 5092 Kennesaw, GA 30144-5591 470-578-7735 [email protected]

EDUCATION______

Aug. 2006-May 2011 Ph.D., Georgia State University, Atlanta, Communication Dissertation title: Webs of Resistance: The Citizen Online Journalism of the Nigerian Digital Diaspora. Comprehensive exams in: Communication in a Global Context, Theories of the Public, Audience Studies, Qualitative Methods, Critical Cultural Studies/Media Theory, and New Media. Committee: Prof. Michael L. Bruner (Ph.D. University of Washington) (chair); Prof. Leonard Teel (Ph.D. Georgia State University); Prof. Ted Friedman (Ph.D. Duke University); Prof. Svetlana Kulikova (Ph.D. Louisiana State University); Prof. Debra Vidali, (Ph.D. University of Chicago) (external member from Emory University).

Jan. 2005-May 2006 M.S., University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Communication GPA: 4.0 on a scale of 4.0 Thesis title: Being Robbed with your Consent: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Cyber- criminal Persuasive Techniques of Nigerian Email Scams Committee: Prof. Tyrone L. Adams (Ph.D. Florida State University) (chair); Prof. Robert Buckman (Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin); Prof. Phil Auter (Ph.D. University of Kentucky).

Jan. 1993-June 1997 B.A., Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, Mass Communication Minors: English and Political Science Degree class: Upper Second Class honors. Honors thesis title: The Political Economy of Mass Communication in Nigeria: A Case Study of and New Nigerian Thesis director: Professor Mike I. Egbon (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison).

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE______

ACADEMIC:

July 2016 to present Associate Professor of Communication (tenured), KSU Teach undergraduate courses in news reporting and writing, concepts in new media, global journalism, mass communication, advanced media writing, interviewing, human communication, multimedia journalism, communication theory, research methods, and a graduate course in survey of global communication. Also advise and mentor students, and conduct research in such topics as online journalism, virtual reality journalism, diasporic media, comparative English grammar, citizen journalism, journalistic objectivity, media and conflict, and social media.

June 2011-June 2016 Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Communication, KSU. Teach undergraduate courses in news reporting and writing, concepts in new media, global journalism, mass communication, human communication, multimedia journalism, communication theory, research methods, and a graduate course in survey of global communication. Also advise and mentor students, and conduct research in such topics as online journalism, virtual reality journalism, diasporic media, comparative English grammar, citizen journalism, and social media

Aug. 2006-May 2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia State University. Instructor of Record for JOUR 1010—News Reporting and Writing (Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Fall 2008); Speech 1000—Human Communication (Spring 2006, Fall 2007, Spring 2008); JOUR 4770—Media Management & Marketing (Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2010); JOUR 2500—Communication Research & Information Technology (Fall 2009, Spring 2010); JOUR 3070—Intro to Theories of Mass Communication (Summer 2010); JOUR 1000—Introduction to Mass Communication (Fall 2010).

Jan. 2005-May 2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Louisiana. Responsible for teaching break-out sections of CMCN 200—Principles of Human Communication (Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006).

June 2004-Dec. 2004 Lecturer, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. Responsible for teaching lower-division-level undergraduate courses in news reporting and writing, newspaper editing and computer-mediated communication.

Jan. 2000-Aug. 2002 Adjunct Lecturer, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Nigeria. Responsible for teaching introduction to mass communication and news reporting/editing to lower-division level students.

NON-ACADEMIC:

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Sept 2018—present Weekly Columnist, The , Ibadan: Write a Saturday back-page political column in the Nigerian Tribune, Nigeria’s oldest surviving privately owned newspaper.

Sept. 2005-Dec 2018 Weekly Columnist, Limited, Abuja, Nigeria. Wrote “Notes From Atlanta” column every Saturday in the Daily Trust on Saturday and “Politics of Grammar” column every Sunday in the Daily Trust on Sunday. Also blog at www.farooqkperogi.com.

Jan. 2005 to present Editorial Consultant, Faith & Soul magazine, Lafayette, Louisiana. Write and edit news stories and suggest ideas for the magazine

Sept. 2002-June 2004 Researcher, Presidential Research and Communications Unit, Abuja, Nigeria. Responsible for writing the public policy speeches for Nigeria’s president and part of a team that managed the President’s public communication. Also wrote and edited content for www.nigeriafirst.org – the official website of the Public Communications Unit of the Presidency in Nigeria.

Feb. 2000-Aug.2002 News Editor, Weekly Trust and Daily Trust Newspapers, Abuja, Nigeria. Responsible for editing and writing news stories, assigning stories to reporters and administering the newsroom.

April 2001-June 2001 Features Editor, New Nigerian Newspapers, Kaduna, Nigeria. Responsible for editing and writing extended news reports and features stories, generating story ideas, presiding over story-budget meetings and assigning stories to reporters.

Feb.2000-Nov. 2000 Assistant News Editor, Weekly Trust, Kaduna, Nigeria. Responsible For investigative news reporting and writing, and copyediting.

Oct.1998-Jan. 2000 Reporter/Researcher, Weekly Trust, Kaduna, Nigeria. Responsible for writing general-interest news reports and in-depth investigative stories.

June 1998—Sept.1998 Reporter/writer, Daily Newspapers, Kano, Nigeria.

June 1997-June 1998 Staff Writer, Katsina Newsweek, Katsina, Nigeria.

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS______

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Society of Professional Journalists National Communication Association American Communication Association International Association for Media and Communication Research

HONORS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS______

August 2019 Third Place Faculty Paper Research Award, History Division, at the 102nd Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in Toronto, Canada

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August 2018: Recognized by the KSU Career Services Center as a Faculty Who Has Been Named in Surveys as Having “Made the Greatest Difference in the Life of One or More Students This Year.”

August 2017 Recognized by the KSU Career Services Center as a Faculty who Has Been Named in Surveys as Having “Made the Greatest Difference in the Life of One or More Students This Year.”

Feb. 2017 Outstanding Research and Creativity Award, School of Communication & Media, Kennesaw State University

August 2016 Recognized by the KSU Career Services Center as a Faculty who Has Been Named in Surveys as Having “Made the Greatest Difference in the Life of One or More Students This Year.”

April 2016 Top-Rated Research Paper, 17th International Symposium on Online Journalism, University of Texas at Austin

Feb. 2016 Outstanding Research and Creativity Award, School of Communication & Media, Kennesaw State University

Aug. 2015 Recognized by the KSU Career Services Center as a Faculty who Has Been Named in Surveys as Having “Made the Greatest Difference in the Life of One or More Students This Year.”

Jan. 2016 Recognized by the Editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, the world’s oldest referred scholarly journal in mass communication, for being an outstanding reviewer for the journal.

Aug. 2014 Recognized by the KSU Career Services Center as “Making a Difference in the Life of a Graduate” after Survey of Recent KSU Graduates

Oct. 2014 Recognized by the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences as an Outstanding Faculty Member in the college

April 2014 Department of Communication's 2014 Outstanding Alum Award, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

April 2009 Department of Communication Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Graduate Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta.

May 2006 Outstanding Graduate Student in Communication, University of Louisiana, Lafayette.

April 2006 Inducted to the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

June 1997 The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Prize for the Best Graduating Student in Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

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1993/94 University Scholarship Award for the Outstanding Second Year Student in the Department of English and European Languages, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

1992/93 University Scholarship Award for the Outstanding First Year Student in the Department of English and European Languages, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria

TEACHING, SUPERVISION, & MENTORING______

COURSES TAUGHT AT KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

1. COM 1109—Human Communication, 4x 2. COM 2133—Writing for Public Communication, 1x 3. COM 2230—Introduction to Mass Communication, 4 x 4. COM 2020—Communication Sources and Investigations 4 x 5. COM 3330—News Reporting and Writing, 17 x 6. COM 3310—Concepts in New Media, 10 x 7. COM 4300—Special Topics (Global Journalism), 1 x 8. COM 4480—Communication Theory, 1 x 9. COM 4488—Multimedia Vision of Community (Capstone course), 4 x 10. COM 7100—Survey of Global Communication (Graduate course) 3 x 11. COM 71600—Communication and Technology Seminar (Graduate course) 2x 11. JOUR 4420—Advanced Media Writing 8 x

New Course Developed & Taught: COM 4300—Special Topics (Global Journalism), 1 x

STUDENT SUPERVISION AT KSU

Mentor of Undergraduate Scholar of Research and Creative Activities / Center for Sustainable Journalism, KSU: 1. Mentored Claire Bohrer, to write an honors thesis titled “Marginalized Youth Voices Amplified on Virtual Worlds,” which will be presented at the Honors presented at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research University of North Carolina Asheville, April, 2016.

STUDENT ADVISING (other than student supervision) at KSU

1. Undergraduate students, 40 per year. 2. Mentored Sunil Pokhrel, a Ph.D. student in International Conflict Management, on theory and method for his dissertation that examined print media coverage of conflicts in Nepal.

STUDENT ADVISING OUTSIDE KSU 1. Member, Doctoral Dissertation committee for Yunana Ahmed, Rhetoric, Theory, and Culture program, Michigan Technological University. Dissertation title: “Language, Rhetoric, and Politics in a Global Context: A Decolonial Critical Discourse Perspective on Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Campaign.”

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SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING; RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL SERVICE; AND/OR ADMINISTRATION &

PUBLICATIONS______

Scholarly Books: Kperogi, F.A. (2015). Glocal English: The changing face and forms of Nigerian English in a global world. New York: Peter Lang.

Kperogi, FA (2020). Nigeria’s Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation. Rochester: Rochester University Press.

Refereed Journal Articles:

Kperogi, F.A. (in press). “Sharia or Death: The Mass Mediated Rhetoric of Theocratic Populism in Nigeria’s Muslim North.” The World Complexity Science Academy Journal (WCSAJ).

Kperogi, F. A., Adams, T. & Pitasi, A. (2019). "Digitalization: The Internet of Things in the Turbulent Convergence of Our Times." Central European Political Science Review 20, 76.

Fabregat, E. & Kperogi, F. A. (2018). White Norm, Black Deviation: Class, Race, and Resistance in America’s “Post-Racial” Media Discourse. Howard Journal of Communications. DOI: 10.1080/10646175.2018.1491433.

Kperogi, F. A. (2018). “Your English Is Suspect”: Language, communication, and the pathologization of Nigerian cyber identity through the stylistic imprints of Nigerian e-mail scams. Journal of Communication Inquiry. 42, 3, (2018):218–240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0196859918771351.

Witt, L., Kperogi, F.A., Sinclair, G.W., Bohrer, C., & Negash, S. (2016). Journalism: How one university used virtual worlds to tell true stories. International Symposium on Online Journalism Journal, 6 (1), https://isojjournal.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/journalism-how-one-university- used-virtual-worlds-to-tell-true-stories/.

Kperogi, F. A. (2015). Marxist theory of the media or theory of the media by Marxists? Reconciling Adorno with other Marxist media theorists. Journal of Communications Media Studies, 7, 61-78.

Kperogi, F. A. (2013). Clash of civilization or clash of newspaper ideologies? An analysis of the ideological split in British newspaper commentaries on the 2002 Miss World riots in Nigeria. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 23 (1), 121-143.

Kperogi, F. A. (2013). News with views: Post-objectivism and emergent alternative journalistic practices in America's corporate news media. The Review of Communication, 13 (1), 48-65.

Kperogi, F. A. (2011). Cooperation with the corporation? CNN and the hegemonic cooptation of citizen journalism through ireport.com.” New Media & Society 13, (2), 314–329.

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Kperogi, F. A. (2008). Guerrillas in cyberia: The transnational alternative online journalism of the Nigerian diasporic public sphere. Journal of Global Mass Communication, 1 (1/2), 72-87.

Refereed Chapters in Books:

Kperogi, F.A. (forthcoming). Tough Love to People with Tough Luck: Obama’s Communicative and Rhetorical Engagement with Africa. In E. Obadare, Connections and Disconnections: Africa, Africans and the US in the Age of Obama. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press.

Kperogi, F. A. (2016). Networked social journalism: Media, citizen participation, and democracy in Nigeria. In B. Mutsvairo (Ed.), Participatory politics and citizen journalism in a networked Africa: A connected continent (pp. 19-33). Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.

Kperogi, F. A. (2016). Habermas in the African e-village: Deliberative practices of diasporan Nigerians on the Internet. In D. Coombs & S. Collister (Eds.), Debates for the digital age: The good, the bad, and the ugly of our online world (pp. 287-304). New York: Praeger /ABC-CLIO.

Kperogi, F. A. (2012). The evolution and challenges of online journalism in Nigeria. In E. Siapera & A. Veglis (Eds.), The handbook of global online journalism (445-461). Oxford: Wiley- Blackwell.

Kperogi, F. A. (2010). Divided by a common language: A comparison of Nigerian, American and British English. In M. O. Afolayan (Ed.), Multiculturalism in the age of the mosaic (53-63). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Kperogi, F. A., & S. C. Duhe. (2008). A ‘tribe’ migrates crime to cyber space: Nigerian Igbos in 419 e-mail scams.” In T. L. Adams & S. A. Smith (Eds.), Electronic tribes: The virtual worlds of geeks, gamers, shamans, and scammers (269-288). Austin: University of Texas Press.

Kperogi, F. A. (2006). Kparo: Study of the emergence and death of a minority language newspaper in Nigeria. In A. Salawu (Ed.), Indigenous language media in Africa (60-70). Lagos, Nigeria: Center for Black and African Arts and Civilization.

PRESENTATIONS

Refereed Conference Presentations:

Kperogi, F.A. “Victorian Eyes: Examining Nineteenth-Century American Journalism Through Three Major English Travel Writers,” Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto, Canada, August, 2019.

Kperogi, F.A. “At Home Abroad, Abroad at Home: Transnational Journalism in the Age of Social Media and Diasporic Citizen Media Formations,” Paper presented at the international conference titled Journalism across Borders: The Production and “Produsage” of News in the Era of Transnationalization, Destabilization and Algorithmization, September 26th – 28th, 2018, Technische Universität, Ilmenau, Germany.

Kperogi, F.A. “Obama’s Communicative and Rhetorical Engagement with Africa.” Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the African Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 11, 2017.

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Witt, L., Kperogi, F.A., Sinclair, G.W. Bohrer, C. & Negash, S. “Journalism: How One University Used Virtual Worlds to Tell True Stories.” Paper presented at the International Symposium on Online Journalism, University of Texas at Austin, April 15-16, 2016.

Kperogi, F.A. “From Colonial Evangelism to Guerilla Journalism: A Public Sphere History of the Nigerian Press,” Paper Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington, DC, August, 2013.

Kperogi, F.A. “The Rhetorical Strategies of Colonial Education in Nigeria,” Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Orlando, Florida, November, 2012.

Kperogi, F.A. “Post-Objectivism and the Cooptation of Alternative Media Practices by the Corporate Media,” Paper presented on the panel “Moving Beyond Objectivity: The Role of Media,” Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Orlando, Florida, November, 2012.

Kperogi, F.A. “Political and Human Rights of Nigerian Journalists,” paper presented on the panel “Human Rights and Resistant” at The Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies, Armstrong Atlantic University, Savannah, Georgia, October 20, 2012.

Kperogi, F.A. “Representations of China in African Media,” Roundtable session on "China in Africa: Public Diplomacy, Political Economy and/or Geopolitics?" International Studies Association, San Diego California, April 1, 2012.

Kperogi, F.A. “Sharia or Death: Islamic Fundamentalism as a Hegemonic Discursive Strategy in Nigeria,” Religious Communication Association Preconference of the National Communication Association, San Francisco, California, Saturday Nov. 13, 2010.

Kperogi, F.A. “Alternative and Citizen Journalism: Mapping the Conceptual Differences,” Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Denver, Colorado, August 2010.

Kperogi, F.A. “Cooperation with the Corporation? CNN and the Hegemonic Co-optation of Citizen Journalism through iReport.com,” Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois, November, 2009.

Kperogi, F.A. “The Electronic Village Square as a Public Sphere: An Analysis of the Deliberative Practices of Diasporan Nigerians on the Internet,” Annual Convention of the National Communication Association, San Diego, California, November, 2008.

Kperogi, F.A. “Looking at Nineteenth-Century American Newspapers Through the Eyes of Victorian Travel Writers,” Congress of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico, October 2008.

Kperogi, F.A. “Clash of Civilizations or Clash of Newspaper Ideologies? An Analysis of the Ideological Split in British Newspaper Commentaries on the 2002 Miss World Riots in Nigeria,” Conference on Media, War and Conflict Resolution, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, September, 2008.

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Kperogi, F.A. “Marxist Theory of the Media or Theory of the Media by Marxists? Reconciling Adorno with other Marxist Media Theorists,” Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Chicago, August, 2008.

Kperogi, F.A., AlRooni A., Hairab, H.,Saleh, I. & Völkel, J.C. “Cross Cultural Perceptions of the UN: Roundtable Discussion,” ACUNS 2007 Annual Workshop Panel, CUNY, New York, June 7, 2007.

Kperogi, F.A. “Guerrillas in Cyberia: The Transnational Alternative Online Journalism of the Nigerian Diasporic Public Sphere,” New Media and Global Diaspora Conference, Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI October 5, 2007.

Kperogi, F.A. “‘You are not an Indigene; You are a Settler’: The Rhetoric of Transformation and Contestation of Identities under Sharia in Nigeria,” American Communication Association Annual Conference, Taos, New Mexico, October 2007.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

July 2019. “Communication Skills for Leaders.” Paper Delivered at the Leadership Workshop for Lagos State Local Government Chairmen, Center for Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University.

Dec. 2018. “How Leaders Communicate,” Talk delivered at the “Leadership, Governance, Conflict Management and Resource Mobilization Workshop” by the Center for Conflict Management, Kennesaw State University

April 2018. “Creating Meaningful Dialogue in a Social Media World,” Talk delivered at the University of West Georgia’s Department of Communication Lecture Series.

Sept. 2017. “Digital Media Activism, Democracy and Participation in Nigeria,” Paper presented at the "Africa at a Crossroads” speaker series, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

Jan. 2017. “Citizen Journalism and Nigeria’s Digital Diaspora,” Baraza presentation at the Center for African Studies, University of Florida.

PANEL MODERATION AND DISCUSSION

2018. “How do we conceptualize cross-border journalism?” Roundtable Discussion at the Journalism across Borders: The Production and “Produsage” of News in the Era of Transnationalization, Destabilization and Algorithmization conference, Technische Universität, Germany.

2015. “Global Information Flows,” Invited guest lecture for Mr. Ken Hill’s KSU1111 Global Issues course, Kennesaw State University, October 23.

2015. “Global Information Flows,” Invited guest lecture for Mr. Ken Hill’s KSU1111 Global Issues course, Kennesaw State University, October 22.

2014. “Global Information Flows.” Invited guest lecture for Mr. Ken Hill’s KSU1111 Global Issues course, Kennesaw State University, October 23.

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2014. “Global Information Flows.” Invited guest lecture for Mr. Ken Hill’s KSU1111 Global Issues course, Kennesaw State University, October 25.

2014. “Trends Global Media.” Invited guest lecture at Dr. Joshua Azriel’s COM 7710 Survey of Global Communication course, October 13.

2014. Panel chair and discussant, “Negotiation: Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management in a Changing World” held at Kennesaw State University (KSU) and organized by KSU’s Conflict Management Programs on April 10-12.

2013. “Citizen Media and Global Communication.” Invited guest lecture in Dr. Joshua Azriel’s COM 7100 Survey of Global Communication graduate seminar, October 7.

2012. “Understanding Models of Journalism.” Invited Guest lecture in Dr. Joshua Azriel’s COM 7600 Communication and Technology graduate seminar, March 14.

2012. “Citizen Media Movements around the World.” Invited guest lecture in Dr. Joshua Azriel’s COM 4300 Special Topics class, November 7.

2012. “Recent Political Developments in West Africa (Senegal, Mali and Guinea Bissau).” Invited Roundtable discussion sponsored by the Center for African and African Diaspora Studies, KSU, April 18.

2012. Presenter, “An Exploration of the Citizen Online Journalism of Nigeria’s Migratory Elite.” KSU’s AADS Brown Bag Series, March 21.

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS______

Funded Projects as PI:

Co-Principal Investigator, “Marginalized Youth Voices Amplified on Virtual Worlds,” (PI Leonard Witt), 2015 Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education grant, project Online News Association, $35,000, June 2015-February 2016.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY

University:

2017. Member, KSU Foundation Research and Creative Activity Award Committee

2015. Participated in Summer Commencement on July 29, 2015.

2014. “Tomorrow’s World Today.” Invited Panelist at the annual Global Challenges Panel organized by the Department of First-Year and Transition Studies, University College, Kennesaw State University, October 29.

2013. Panelist, “The Seven Global Challenges that are Shaping our World Now and in the Future,” organized by the University College, KSU, November 6.

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2012. “Telling Your Own Story Through Journalism and Social Media.” Invited guest lecture organized by the African American Male Initiative, Kennesaw State University, November 13.

2012. Panelist, “Global Challenges Panel Discussion,” Organized by the University College, KSU, November 12.

2012-Speaker, Global Challenges Video Series. One of 7 KSU professors who wrote and delivered a video series on global challenges. Mine, titled “Global Challenge 4: Information,” has attracted the most views.

College:

2019: Member, CHSS Promotion and Tenure Committee

2015- 2016, CHSS Representative, Outstanding Research and Creative Activity and Book Awards Committee

2014-2015, Member, Grants and Contracts Search Committee. Sifted through a pile of applications, interviewed candidates virtually and in person, and recommended a candidate.

2012-2016: Faculty and Staff Awards Committee, member. Participate in selecting winners from a pool of nominees to receive teaching, scholarship, and service awards.

2011-2013- Summer Research Grant Review Committee, member. Responsible for reading, evaluating summer grant proposals and recommending winners to the dean. Evaluated 31 proposals in 2 years.

2011-2015, CHSS International Committee (formerly QEP International Committee). Responsible for advising the Dean’s Office on study abroad issues and proposals, and institutionalizing the global learning award process.

Department or Program:

2018- Chair, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Search Committee.

2018- Member, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Search Committee.

2018- Member, Graduate Director Search Committee

2017- present- Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Communication and Media

2017—Member, Promotion and Tenure Guidelines Committee

2015-2016- Member, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Search Committee

December 2, 2015—Guest Speaker, War of Words Writing Competition, School of Communication and Media, Kennesaw State University

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2015-2016- Member, School of Communication and Media Faculty Awards Committee

2015- Member, Department of Communication Curriculum Committee.

2013- 2015, Member, Scholarship Committee. Reviewed up to 48 student applications every year for the Assurant Scholarship for $3,000 and the Department of Communication National Advisory Board Scholarship for $1,000. Also reviewed and recommended part-time faculty for the part-time distinguished teaching award.

2013-2014- Member, Department of Communication Chair Search Committee. Drew a long list of candidates, reduced it to a short list, conducted Skype interviews, identified 3 candidates to bring to the campus, conducted reference checks, attended job presentations, on-campus interviews, and recommended a candidate.

2012- Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Master of Arts in Integrated Global Communication program. Interviewed a candidate, assessed his job talk, attended meetings to decide on candidate’s performance, and made recommendations for hiring

2011- 2013, Member, Graduate Admissions Committee. Responsible for recommending candidates for admission to the Master of Arts in Integrated Global Communication program.

2011-201, Student Advisory Council, member.

THE PROFESSION

Service to Journal:

May 2019 Sociolinguistics, a scholarly yearbook published by the Institute of the Polish Language at the Polish Academy of Sciences (anonymous peer reviewer).

Nov. 2018 Journal of Postcolonial Writing (anonymous peer reviewer)

Oct. 2018 African Journalism Studies (anonymous peer reviewer)

Oct. 2018 Journal of Postcolonial Writing (anonymous peer reviewer)

April 2018 Communication Theory (anonymous peer reviewer)

November 2016 Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties (anonymous peer reviewer)

August 2016 Journal of African and Asian Studies (anonymous peer reviewer)

June 2016 Journalism Practice (anonymous peer reviewer)

September 2015 Journal of African Media Studies (anonymous peer reviewer)

July 2015 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (anonymous peer reviewer)

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June 2015 Communication Theory (anonymous peer reviewer)

Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015 Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly (anonymous peer reviewer)

Aug. 2014-Oct. 2014 Communication Theory (anonymous peer reviewer)

Oct. 2012 SAGE Open (anonymous peer reviewer)

July 2011 Global Media Journal-Africa edition (anonymous peer reviewer of two articles.

Service to Professional Association:

May 2019 Reviewed and ranked 3 conference papers each for the Electronic News Division and the Critical and Cultural Studies Division of the Association for Education in Journalism

and Mass Communication (AEJMC). May 2018 Reviewed and ranked 3 conference papers for the Cultural and Critical Studies Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

May 2018 Reviewed and ranked 2 conference papers for the Electronic News Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

April 2017 Reviewed 3 papers for the Political Communication Interest Group of the AEJMC

March 2017 Reviewed three conference papers for the Cultural and Critical Studies Division of the AEJMC

May 2015 Reviewed and ranked 3 conference papers for the Communication Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

April 2014 Reviewed and ranked 3 conference papers each for the Political Communication Interest Group and for the Communication Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

May 2013 Reviewed and ranked 3 conference papers for the Communication Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

May 2012 Reviewed and ranked 3 conference papers for the Communication Technology Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).

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Other Manuscript Reviewing Activities:

March 2019 Sage Publishing (book manuscript reviewer)

June 2018 Routledge (book manuscript reviewer)

May 2017 Palgrave Macmillan, New York (book chapter reviewer)

May 2016 Palgrave Macmillan, New York (book chapter reviewer)

Feb. 2016 Palgrave McMillan, New York (book chapter reviewer)

Dec. 2013-Feb. 2014 Diasporic Africa Press, New York (book manuscript reviewer).

THE COMMUNITY

Professionally-Related Service to the Community:

2015- “Internet Marketing for Local Farmers,” Paper presented to local farmers at the 5th Annual Tennessee Local Food Summit, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, Dec. 5.

2015- “Search Engine Optimization: Meaning, Uses, and Abuses.” Paper presented at the PRSA- GA Writing for the Web and SEO Basics Workshop at KSU, May 19.

2015- Member, Media Advisory Committee, Harrison High School, Kennesaw, GA. Meet a few times in the year to advise Mr. William Phelps, the school’s Broadcast – Video Production Instructor on broadcast writing and broadcast studio issues.

2011- Guest Speaker at Fulbright seminar on “Media’s Impact on the Global Human Rights and Democratization Movement on November 4.

2011. Discussant, “Promoting Civil Society through New Media,” Workshop Organized by the Georgia Council for International Visitors for Visiting Journalists from Belarus, November 7.

Paid and/or Nonpaid Consultation:

July 22-July 23, 2016—Editing and News Writing in the Age of Search Engine Optimization, Two-Day Workshop for Reporters and Editors at Daily Trust, Abuja, Nigeria.

Nov. 23-Nov. 28, 2015- Media Training on Conflict Sensitive Reporting for Newspaper and Online Media Professionals, British Council, Nigeria.

Dec. 13—Dec. 14, 2013- Trained Reporters, Correspondents and Editors of Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, and Sunday Trust in Abuja, Nigeria, on Modern News Reporting and Feature Writing Techniques.

August 5, 2013—August 9, 2013-- Trained Nigerian high court judges on Public Speaking during a Leadership and Ethics Seminar organized by Kennesaw State University’s Center for Conflict Management.

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August 2—August 5, 2012— News Writing Workshop for Reporters, Correspondents, and Editors of Blueprint Newspaper in Abuja, Nigeria.

July 9—July 10, 2010—“News Writing in an Era of Opinion Journalism.” Workshop for Selected Editors of The Market newsmagazine, Abuja, Nigeria.

WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

September 2015 Participated in a three-week CTL Online Course Development workshop and certified to teach online for KSU.

September 6, 2014 Journalism Conference, “A one-day conference will arm communications professionals with the tools and knowledge to THRIVE, not just survive, in a dynamic media landscape,” sponsored by the Center for Collaborative Journalism, Mercer University, Atlanta.

April 7, 2012 “Teaching Mass Communication in the Era of Convergence,” webinar organized by Bedford/St. Martins Communication and facilitated by Richard Campbell and Christopher Martin.

May 9-10 2012- Digital Media Summit, Atlanta, facilitated by CEOs/reps of brands like Twitter, Google, ESPN, Mashable, Klout, Pandora, Gilt Groupe, Adobe, CNN, YouTube, Huffington Post, Coca- Cola, StumbleUpon, etc.

January 27, 2012 “Wise Owl Advising Information Session” conducted by First- Year & Undeclared Advising Services. Covered KSU General Education Requirements and KSU Academic Policies/Procedures.

Sept 16, 2011 Orientation for International Faculty organized by the Education Abroad Office and CETL at the CTL House.

June 11, 2011 USG Ethics Policy Course.

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