Hebatalla El Semary Chair of the Radio & Television Department and Director of Women and Media Studies Research Center Faculty of Mass Communication- Cairo University 01006040140. [email protected]

PERSONAL DATA Academic Rank:

 Full Professor, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University Nationality: Egyptian Marital Status: Married Nationality Of Spouse: Egyptian Contacts:  Home: 0020238860964  Mobile: 00201006040140  E-Mail: [email protected][email protected]

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 1996 Diploma in TV News, from Radio Nederland, Hilversum, The Netherlands

1991 Ph.D. in Mass Communication , department of Radio & Television, Faculty of Mass Communication , Cairo University

1987 MA in Mass Communication , department of Radio & Television, Faculty of Mass Communication , Cairo University

1981 BA, Cairo University, Mass Communication

1977 Graduate of the American College in Cairo (High School Education)

LANGUAGES &COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages: Fluent in Arabic & English

Computer skills: Excellent

Familiar with the below software: PowerPoint -Microsoft word -Excel -Blackboard -SPSS - Final Cut Adobe Premier -Soft Image - Flash

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EMPLOYMENT RECORD 2016 Chair of the Radio and Television Department, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University 2016 Director of Women and Media Studies Research Center/ Cairo University 2014-2015 Chair of Mass Communication Program in English (MCE)/ Sharjah University 2004 -present Full Professor /Cairo University

1998 -2014 Associate Professor / UAE University 2007 Coordinator of Film Studies program / UAE University

1997 Guest Lecturer/ Haniszeidel Foundation (Germany)

1997 Visiting Professor/ Ain Shams University (Egypt)

1995 Lecturer and Trainer/ Fredriech Neumann German Foundation Training Courses held for TV programs production Staff 1995

1996 Associate Professor / Cairo University

1996 Visiting Professor / Vaxjo University (Sweden)

1996 Visiting Professor / Stockholm University (Sweden)

1991 Assistant Professor/ Lecturer /Cairo University

1981 Instructor/ Post Doctoral - Cairo University-Egypt

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Courses taught:

 Undergraduate:

. Cinema in the Arab World (English)

. Practicum in Digital Production (English)

. PR and Media Campaigns (English)

. Communication Theories (English)

. Television Drama (Arabic)

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. News Reporting (English)

. Television News and News Programs (Arabic) . Communication Research Methods (English) . Translation for Communication (Arabic/English) . Introduction to Mass Media (English) . Writing for Radio & Television (English) . Directing Radio & Television Programs (English) . Contemporary Issues in MC (English) . Television Production I ( English) . Television Production II (English) . Communication Research Methods (Arabic) . Media Law and Ethics (Arabic) . Intensive Research / Writing Project (English) . Broadcast Management (Arabic) . Integrated Capstone Course (English) . Visual Communication (English) . Internship Courses (English) . Radio & Television Scriptwriting (English) . Capstone Course ( English) . Media Campaigns ( English) . Television Advertising (Arabic)

 Post Graduate: . Seminar in New Media Studies (English) . Ethical Principles and Practices within Media Organizations (English) . Mass Communication topics (English)

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS 2016 "Threat Appeals in Road Safety TV Advertisements and their impact on Emirati Youth: An Experimental Study", Best Paper Presentation, International Conference on Social Science, Language and Education, San Francisco,USA, March

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2013 "Conducting Research in the Middle East" ,Best Paper Award, BAASANA conference, New York, USA, August

2010 " The Interaction between Education and Globalization: Comparative study of four GCC countries, Session's Best Paper Award: Session: Academic Globalization, 3rd Symposium on Academic Globalization, Orlando, USA, July

2008 " Children, Television Violence, and the Third Person Effect", Ist Place faculty paper, 13th Annual Conference of AUSACE , Richmond, Virginia, USA, November 2008

1998 "The Impact of Television on the Child Reading Abilities & Habits" , First place research paper ,Sheikh Khalifa Bin Sulman Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa Scientific Award , Information Center for Women and Children, Bahrain

1997 United Nations Award & Honorarium Certificate of appreciation in recognition of the significant role undertaken for the promotion of the Egyptian Women and active actions in the national and public work .

CONFERENCE PAPERS 2016 Domestic Violence in Drama and its impact on the Society, the 2nd World Conference on Media and Mass Communication, Bangkok, Thailand, April ( English)

2016 "Threat Appeals in Road Safety TV Advertisements and their impact on Emirati Youth: An Experimental Study", Best Paper Presentation, International Conference on Social Science, Language and Education, San Francisco,USA, March( English)

2015 Emirati Female Candidates' Media Campaigns: A Study on the Federal National Council Elections, IJAS conference , Rome, Italy ( English)

2015 Perceptions of Privacy Measures and Policies among Facebook Users in UAE ,13th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media,Athens, Greece, May( English)

2015 Youth Usage of Arabic Language in New Media : A Future Perceptive, the 14th International Arabic Language Conference, , May( Arabic)

2015 Modeling Digital Ethics or Regulating New Media, the 1st World Conference on Media and Mass Communication, Bejing, China, April( English)

2014 Children's Uses of Facebook in Crisis and Peace: A Comparative Study, the 5th International Multi- Conference on complexity, Informatics, and Cypernetics,Orlando, Florida, USA, March( English)

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2013 Assessing the Effectiveness of Videoconferencing in Education: Case Study of UAEU , presented at the 2013 International conference on Creative Education (ICCE 2013), Singapore, September 21-23 ( English)

2013 Conducting Research in the Middle East, presented at the international Business and Applied Sciences Academy of North America (BAASANA), New York, August( English)

2013 The Credibility of Citizen Journalism and Traditional TV journalism among the Emirati Youth : Comparative Study, presented at the University of Hawaii Conference, , Honolulu ,USA, January( English)

2012 Emirati Youth Trends Toward Some Social Networking Issues, World conference of Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, Orlando, Florida, July ( English)

2011 "Family violence in Gulf drama and its impact on Emirati female relationship with her family: Experimental Study , AEJMC Midwinter conference held at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication /University of Oklahoma, Oklohama, USA ,March. ( English)

2011 Barriers to the Effective use of Technology in Education: Case study of UAE University",INTED 2011 International Technology, Education and Development Conference’’ ,Valencia/Spain, March( English)

2011 Uses of Social Media among Children in Egypt and UAE : Comparative Study, Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) Conference, Beirut ( English)

2011 "The impact of Traffic Safety TV Public Advertisements on a sample of Emirati Youth", Symposium on Media and Traffic Safety, the Arab Traffic Safety Association, , April ( Arabic)

2010 Supervised the student paper conducted by the students: Maha Al Hammadi, Mariam Al Mazroui, and Fatema Al Nayedi. The paper entitled " Emirati Women attitudes towards Health TV programs" . The paper was presented at the Symposium organized by Marami Magazine " Media and Health TV programs", Sharjah, UAE.( Arabic)

2010 Television violence and its Negative Effects on young people, Seminar entitled Negative effects of Visual Mass Media organized by UAEU Students Activities Office , UAEU ( Arabic)

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2010 The Interaction between Education and Globalization: Comparative Study of Four GCC Countries, the 3rd International Symposium on Academic Globalization, Orlando, Florida, USA, July ( English)

2010 Mass Communication Student Perceptions of Media Ethics Course, paper presented at Global Media Ethics Roundtable, Zayed University, UAE, March 22-24 ( English)

2010 Environment Program Lead Pollution Clean-up In Egypt: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices: Case Study, Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2010 ( Joint Paper) ( English)

2010 Impact of TV violence on Children and Adolescents, Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January ( English)

2009 Developing a Strategy for Creating and Assessing Internship Digital Media Curriculum in UAE University, International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2009), Madrid (Spain) on the 16th, 17th and 18th of November( English)

2009 Egyptian Internet Users: Habits and Dangers, African and Arab Audiences: Shared Agendas for Research, University of Westminster, London, 30-31 March ( English)

2008 Television Violence and the Third Person Effect, 13th Annual Conference of AUSACE, Richmond, Virginia, USA, November ( English)

2008 Assessing the Educational Outcomes of the Mass Communication Practicum Courses at UAEU".1st Annual Research Conference of UAEU, April ( English)

2008 Evaluating Media Curriculum in UAEU", joint paper prepared by Dr. Mai El Khaga, Dr, Kamel Hamidou and myself, the 5th Arab Education Forum , Morocco, 2-4 April ( Arabic)

2007 The Impact of TV News Viewing on the Image of Arabs in the Minds of Children, International Conference of Sharjah University: Satellite Television and Cultural Identity: Visions for 21st Century Media, Sharjah, UAE, December. ( Arabic)

2007 Job Satisfaction among Arab Television Directors, Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) conference, Dubai, 27-30 October. ( English)

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2007 Use of the internet by Arab Children: Interactive Relationship between Parents and Children", International Aoir Conference titled: Internet Research 8.0: Let's Play , the Association of Internet Researchers, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 17 - 20 ( English)

2007 The image of the Veiled Muslim women in the Television Social Drama and its Reflections on the understanding of Women in the UAE of their role in the Society, International Conference on "The Status of Muslim Women in Contemporary Societies: Realities and Prospects", Malaysia, August . ( Arabic)

2005 University students' dependence on Television and their level of information regarding Terrorism and Resistance, the tenth Philadelphia University Conference entitled "Terrorism and Resistance", Jordan, April. (Arabic)

2004 The Role of Internet in Egyptian child development, Children and the Mediterranean conference, Genoa, Italy, January. ( English)

2003 Evaluating Training on the use of digital technology in Producing TV programs: Experimental study, Institute of Journalism and News Sciences Conference titled "Media and Communication Careers", Tunisia, October.(Arabic)

2002 Digital Kids: The New On-line Children's Consumer Culture, The annual conference of Arab League, Egypt, May.(Arabic)

2001 The Impact of Radio and Television on the Emirati Child, Arab Broadcasting Union Conference titled "Radio and Television and the Arab Children", Arab League, Tunisia, March ( Arabic)

2001 The Role of Emirati Women in the Media, The Annual Conference of Arab League titled "Arab Women and the Media", Cairo, Egypt, April(Arabic)

1999 Broadcasting Training in the Faculty of Mass Communication (Cairo University): A Future Perspective, Faculty of Mass Communication Conference, Cairo University, Egypt.( Arabic)

1995 The Impact of Television on the Child Reading Abilities & Habits, University of Ain Shams Conference titled " Children and Security " ,Cairo, Egypt, March.(Arabic)

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS 2016 Threat Appeals in Road Safety TV Advertisements and their impact on Emirati Youth: An Experimental Study, the Canadian International journal of Social Science and Education, Vol. 6, Toronto, May . ( English)

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2014 Assessing the Effectiveness of Videoconferencing in Education: Case Study of UAEU , Journal of Teaching and Education, Vol. 3, No. 3 , USA( English)

2013 The Credibility of Citizen Journalism and Traditional TV journalism among the Emirati Youth : Comparative Study, American International Journal of Contemporary Research, Vol.3, No.11. ( English)

2013 Emirati Youth Trends toward some Social Networking Issues, American Based Research Journal, Volume 2, Issue 7, August 2013. ( English)

2013 Pedagogical Strategies of Resistance to Neo-colonial and negative Images of Arab Women in Film, with Trudy Anderson , International Journal of Cinema, No. 1, Avanca, Portugal. ( English)

2012 Perceptions of Job Satisfaction among Arab Female Reporters in Governmental and Non-Governmental TV Stations, Journal of Mass Communication and Journalism ,Vol.2 :135, 2012, USA( English)

2011 Barriers to the Effective use of Technology in Education: Case study of UAE University", Asian Transactions on Science and Technology Journal , Vol.1, Issue 05 , November ( English)

2011 Developing a Strategy for Creating and Assessing Internship Digital Media Curriculum in UAE University, International Journal of Basic & Applied Sciences, Vol. 11,No.03, June( English)

2011 Globalizing Media Curriculum at UAE University, 10th Annual Research Conference UAEU, Journal of Public Opinion, Vol. 9, April ( Arabic)

2009 The image of the Veiled Muslim Women in the Television Social Drama and its Reflections on the understanding of Women in the UAE of their role in the Society, Journal of Media Research, Azhar University, Egypt, Vol.9. ( Arabic)

2008 Television Violence and the Third Person Effect, The Egyptian Journal of Mass Communication Research, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University, Vol.4.( Arabic)

2006 Youth and TV reality programs, paper published at Arab Broadcast Journal, Arab Broadcast Union, Vol.3, Tunisia. ( Arabic)

2003 Do Egyptian Parents Watch Children TV Programs? , The Egyptian Journal of Mass Communication Research, Cairo University, Egypt, March, Vol.11. ( English)

2002 The Portrayal of Women in the TV Drama during Ramadan, Arab Broadcast Journal , Arab Broadcast Union ,Vol. 1, Tunisia ( Arabic) | P a g e 8

2002 Remembering Violence: Media Events, Childhood and the Global, Journal of Media Research, Vol. 3, Azhar University, Egypt ( Arabic)

2001 Assessment of Educational Outcomes for Mass Communication Graduates, UAE University, Egyptian Journal of Contemporary Psychology and Human Sciences, , Egypt, April, 2001 ( Funded Project)( Arabic)

2000 Children's Participation in Television Programs: Survey Study, the Egyptian Journal of Mass Communication Research, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University, No. 8, August / October (Arabic)

1999 "Views on Regulations of TV Violence in Egypt" in Unesco International Clearing House on Children & Violence on the screen , article no.2-3 , Nordicom , Sweden ( English)

1999 Broadcasting Training in the Faculty of Mass Communication (Cairo University): A Future Perspective, Faculty of Mass Communication Book, Cairo University, Egypt.(Arabic)

1997 Mass Communication Graduates working in the Egyptian Radio and TV Union: Evaluation Study, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University,Egypt. (Arabic)

1997 The Impact of violence in TV Cartoon on the Egyptian Child, The Egyptian Journal of Mass Communication research, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University, 1997 (Arabic)

1996 Television & the Political Participation of Egyptian Women in People's Assembly Elections (1995) , Journal of the faculty of Education ,Egypt ( Arabic)

1995 The Impact of Television on the Child Reading Abilities & Habits, University of Ain Shams Conference Proceedings titled " Children and Security " , Egypt , 1995. (Arabic)

1995 Job Satisfaction among Newswomen in the Egyptian Television, Journal of Media Research, No.7, Cairo, Egypt (Arabic)

1994 Values in Egyptian Television Child Movies, Journal of the faculty of Education, Vol.2, No.1, Egypt(Arabic)

AUTHORED BOOKS

2000 Training and Producing Radio and TV Programs, Al Shabaab Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

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1998 Radio and TV Production, Al Shabaab Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

REVIEWS

2013 Stress and Job satisfaction among journalists in Benue state, Nigeria, Comprehensive Research Journal of Education and General Studies (CRJEGS) July 2013 ( English)

2010 Vox Populi: Use of Social media by traditional Media in reporting the Iran elections, AEJMC Annual Conference , Denver ( English)

2010 The Structural Embeddedness of Global News Flow: A Social Network Analysis Approach to International News, AEJMC Annual Conference , Denver ( English)

2010 I’m Sister Maria. Please Help Me: A lexical study of 4-1-9 International Advance Fee Fraud Email Communications, AEJMC Annual Conference , Denver ( English)

2010 Media Recipients as a Gate keeping Force: A News Aggregation Website in South Korea , AEJMC Annual Conference ( English)

2010 Globalization of the World’s Leading Television News Broadcasters in Asia: Ten Years Later, AEJMC Midwinter Conference ( English)

2010 Does Technology Really Transcend Traditional Cultural Differences? A Content Analysis Comparing Internet Advertising in the United States, China and South Korea, AEJMC Midwinter Conference ( English)

2010 Applying the “Manifesto for Change” to Journalism Education, WJEC Paper Competition, USA ( English)

2010 Teaching the future: A case study in preparing journalism students to work in a new (and multiple) media future, WJEC Paper Competition, USA ( English)

2010 Media convergence and journalism education, WJEC Paper Competition, USA( English)

2009 E-learning as an alternative to physical expansion?- Exploring the internet’s potential as a platform for teaching Broadcast Journalism in a developing world context, WJEC Paper Competition, USA ( English)

2009 How Journalism Ethics Evolve among Undergraduate Students, WJEC Paper Competition, USA ( English)

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GRANTS 2013 Threat Appeals in Road Safety Advertisements and their impacts on the Emirati Youth: An Experimental Study , THE UAEU Center-Based Interdisciplinary Research Grant competition ,

2012 Assessing the Media Campaigns of the Emirati Female Candidates in the National Council Elections 2011, joint project with Dr. Mai Al Khaja & Dr. Nasrin Murad. ( received a grant from the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, UAEU)

2002 Assessing the Educational Outcomes of the Mass Communication Curriculum at UAEU, joint paper with Dr. Essam Selim ( received a grant from UAEU)

POST GRADUATE SUPERVISION

Supervisor of Ahmed AL Mansoori, Ph.D Student, UAEU

Member of the Advisory board of the Ph.D student ,Sameh Al Marzouqi, UAEU

Nada Ibrahim , The Relationship between Egyptian University Students ‘Exposure to Political Satire Programs their Satisfaction of the Political Performance, Department of Radio and Television, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University. ( English)

Reham Salah , The Impact of Virtual Communities Usage on Identity among the disabled, Ph.D, Department of Radio and Television, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University. (English)

Dina Magdy, The impact of Social Media Usage on Depression, Ph.D. , Department of Radio and Television, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University., ( English)

INTERNAL & EXTERNAL EXAMINER & DISCUSSANT

I acted as internal and external examiner & Discussant for PHD students in Vaxjo University, Cairo University, UAEU & Sharjah University.

(RECENT) SERVICE TO ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATIONS: 2016 Conducting the Fullbright merit-based (application) Review for the Egyptian Student Program in the fields of Journalism and Mass Communication 2016 Chair of the Radio and Television Department, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University 2016 Member of the College Council, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University

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2016 Member of the Graduate Studies Committee, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University 2016 Member of the English Section Committee, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University

2016 Chief Editor of the Radio & Television Department Scientific Journal, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University 2016 Organized and Supervised the Radio & television Department Graduation Projects ‘Festival, , Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University 2016 Head of the Organizing Committee, International Conference of the Faculty of Mass Communication 2016 Director of the Women and Media Studies Research Center, Cairo University 2015 Coordinator of the Tourism Initiative” Egypt in your Eyes”, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University 2014-2015 Member of the International Accrediation Committee, College of Communication, Sharjah University ( The College of Communication received full accreditation by ACEJMC ( 2016) 2014-2015 Member of the College Council, Sharjah University 2014-2015 Member of the College Search Committee, Sharjah University 2014-2015 Member of the Conferences Committee, Sharjah University 2014-2015 Chair of Journal Classification Committee, Sharjah University 2013 Member of the College Graduate Committee , UAEU 2013 Chair of the Curriculum Committee, Mass Communication Department, UAEU 2013 Chair of the Practicum Committee, Mass Communication Department, UAEU 2013 Member of the Committee formed to prepare the report for the external reviewers, UAEU . 2013 Member of the Search Committee for the Job of Instructor in the department, UAEU 2013 Member of the Search Committee for the Job of Senior Broadcast Supervisor, UAEU. 2012 Served as Acting Chair of Mass Communication Department , UAE University 2012 Chair of the Department Review Committee, UAEU 2012-2013 Member of the TV Studio Committee, , MC Department, UAEU. 2012-2013 Member of Entrance exams' committee, MC Department, UAEU. 2012 Member of the Search committee, UAEU. 2011 Member of the College Curriculum Committee, UAEU.

2011-Present Member, Higher Committee of AL NAWA Award, UAEU.

2011 Member of Teaching Assistants (TA) Committee, Mass Communication Dept., UAEU.

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2011 Organized an" Advising Workshop" to help my colleagues in serving as advisors, particularly the new faculty in the department. 2010-Present Member of the College Peer Evaluation of Teaching (PET) Committee, UAEU. 2010 Member of Fine Arts Committee, CHSS, UAEU.

2010 Member of Students 'affairs Committee, Mass Communication Dept., UAEU

2009 Served as Coordinator of Film Studies Program, English Literature Department, UAE University'

2009 Member of International Women's Day Organizing Committee, UAEU

2009 Director and Supervisor of a Student Performance in the Girls Campus. The Performance aimed at explaining the New Vision Curriculum to the students in an attractive and enjoyable way.

2008- 2013 Chair of the Curriculum Committee , Mass Communication department, UAE University ( developed a New Curriculum for Mass Communication Department that was lately approved by the University Curriculum Committee. The New Curriculum meets recognized standards and serves the evolving needs of UAE.

2008-2011 Advisor of Probation Students, Mass Communication Dept., UAEU

2006 Vice- Chair of Quality- Assurance Unit , Mass Communication Faculty , Cairo University 2006 Internship Coordinator , Radio & and TV Department, Mass Communication Faculty , Cairo University

2005 Internship Coordinator , Division of Language & Communication, UAEU .

2004-2006 Students Association adviser (Boys Campus), Division of Language & Communication, UAEU 2003 Member of Teaching Outcomes Committee, faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, UAEU.

2000-2014 Chair of Scheduling Committee, Mass Communication Department, UAE , University

(RECENT) SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS/ORGANIZATION

2016 Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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2016 Keynote Speaker," Role of Media in the fight against illegal Immigration" Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cairo, Egypt, May. 2016 Organized, in collaboration with the National Council For Women, a Round Table Discussion " Media and Violence against Women", Women and Media Studies Research Center, Cairo University , Egypt, May. 2016 Chaired the session"Media's Role in Public Relations and Marketing",2nd World Conference on Media and Mass Communication,April

2016 Chaired the session ' Studies involving Social Media, 2nd World Conference on Media and Mass Communication,April.

2016 Organized and chaired the Panel "Egyptian Women: Acheivements and Ambitions, Women and Media Studies Research Center, Cairo University, March.

2015 Coordinator of " Egypt in your Eyes" Tourism Initative, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University.

2013 Research Paper Reviewer, AEJMC Midwinter & Annual Conference, USA

2013 Manuscript Reviewer, Comprehensive Research Journal of Education and General Studies (CRJEGS) 2012 Reviewer, Qatar National Research fund . I reviewed a proposal entitled :

" Temporal Information Environment" 2012 Member, Editorial Board of Communication & Societies Online Research journal 2012 Co- chaired the session" Control Systems and Communication Technologies" in the 16th World Multi- Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics., Orlando, Florida, July . 2012 "Event Management" Workshop, Muncipality, UAE

2012 "Event Management" Workshop, Al Wagan Muncipality, UAE 2012 "Communication Skills "Workshop , STRATA, UAE .

2012-2013 Member, Awards Committee, AUSACE: We developed an Abstract/ Paper Evaluation Form for the AUSACE Annual Conference.

2012 Moderator, Panel organized as part of the activities of " Women and Culture" campaign .

2011 " Media Campaigns" Workshop , Center of Continuing Education, UAEU

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2010 Member,Advisory Reference Group, World Summit on Media for Children and Youth, Karlstad, Sweden 2010 2010 Discussant, Poster session: Viewing the other: "We" see "them", AJEMC Annual conference, Denver

2010 Reviewer, 2010 Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, USA 2010 Keynote Speaker, Symposium entitled " The negative Effects of Visual Media" , UAEU Students 'activities.

2010-2012 Member, Judging Committee, Habib Award : I participated in judging students 'entrees in the fields of graphic design, Animation, Documentary, Short film and Broadcast Journalism.

2010 Session Chair, Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, 2010

2009 Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Middle East Media, A refereed Annual Journal published by AUSACE.

2009 Reviewer, Journal of Social Affairs, refereed Quarterly Journal Published by The Sociological Association and the American University of Sharjah

2009 Specialized Certificate in PR Management ,Center of Continuing Education, , UAEU, May .

2008 Session Chair, Arab Media and Identity Symposium, organized by Mass Communication Dept. UAEU.

2008 Member, discussion group ,The Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, session organized to evaluate the content of Al Hurra TV channel, 2008

2008-2010 Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Sharjah University, Sharjah, UAE

2008 Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Social Affairs, refereed Quarterly Journal Published by The Sociological Association and the American University of Sharjah

2005 Writer and Producer of the Weekly Children Program " Health of Our Kids" broadcast by the Egyptian Television (1st Channel)

2002 Consultant and Member of the Planning Committee for Media Campaigns/ Environmental Ministry in Egypt

2001 Member of the UAEU Media Committee

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2000-2010 Member of The UNESCO International Clearinghouse on Children and Violence on the Screen , Nordicom , Sweden

SELF DEVELOPMENT

2013 Advanced uses of Final Cut Pro, workshop by Two four 54 , Abu Dhabi

2013 Film Production, workshop by Two four 54 , Abu Dhabi

2013 Photoshop, workshop by Two four 54 , Abu Dhabi

2009 Video Journalism, training course, held at Abu Dhabi Media Zone, twofour54 Tadreeb, Thompson Foundation, Reuters

2007 " Blackboard" Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, UAE University

2005 "Flash" training course, IT Center, UAEU.

2002 SPSS, IT Center, UAE University, 2002

2001 "Soft Image" training Course, IT Center, UAEU.

2000 " Teaching Assessment Tools", Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, UAE University.

1998 " PowerPoint /Advanced " IT Center, UAE University, 1998

1997 Capstone Course, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, UAE University,

MEMBERS OF CULTURAL EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

2010- Present Member of the UNESCO International Clearing House on Children and Violence on the Screen, Nordicom, Sweden.

2010 Member, Advisory Reference Group, World Summit on Media for Children and Youth Karlstad Sweden

2008-2012 Member, Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE)

2007 Member of the Judge Committee for Documentary Films Awards -Dubai Press Club

2003 Member, Advisory Board for Arab States Broadcasting Union (A.S.B.U.) Tunisia

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2000 Member of Ladies International Circle, El Ain, Abu Dhabi UAE

1997 Member of the United Nations Egyptian Assembly, Cairo, Egypt

1993 Member of the Friends of TV Screen and Microphone Association, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University

1981 - present Member of the American College Alumni, Cairo, Egypt

BIOGRAPHICAL CITATION

 2013 Who's Who in Humanities Higher Education (WWHHE), USA  2006 The Marquis " Who's Who in the World" , Twenty Third Edition, USA

REFERENCES

 Prof. Mona Al Hadidi : Ex-Dean of the IAEMS and Professor of Mass Communication, Cairo University, Egypt E-mail:[email protected] Tel: 00201224015230

 Prof. Ali Noor Mohamed :Professor of Public Relations and Former Chairman of the Mass Communications department, UAEU E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 00971501121946

 Dr. Trudy Anderson: Ex-Coordinator of Film Studies Program, English Literature Department, UAEU E-mail: [email protected]

 Prof. Essam Selim: Acting Dean of the College of Communication,Sharjah University, Sharjah, UAE E-mail: [email protected] Tel.: 00971503031489

 Prof. Gehan Yousry , Dean of the Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University Tel: 00201001017114

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