NU-Q Year In Review 2019 NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION Dean’s Introduction 2

HIGHLIGHTS 10th Anniversary: Celebrating a Decade in Doha 6 Dedication of The Media Majlis 9 Visitors and Events 10

ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH Academics 18 Empowering Qatar’s Communicators 19 Reclaiming the Narrative 21 Research 22 Faculty Research 24 Student Research 27 Faculty Appointments 28

STUDENT LIFE Student Life 34 The Media Innovation Lab (MIL) 35 The Impact of an Outlier 38 Student Recognition 40 Convocation 42 Graduation 44

OUTREACH Community Outreach 48 Media Coverage 50

APPENDICES Appendix 1 NU-Q Joint Advisory Board 54 Senior Leadership 54 Faculty 55 Staff 57 Appendix 2: Publications 2018–2019 Books and Other Monographs 60 Edited Volumes 60 Book Chapters 61 Articles in Scholarly Journals 62 Conference Papers 63 Invited Lectures and Panel Participation: Academic Audiences 66 Session Chair or Discussant: Academic Audiences 68 Invited Lectures, Panel Participation, Workshops: 69 Non-Academic Audiences Articles in Other Periodicals and in Conference Proceedings 70 Appendix 3: Creative Work Creative Work 72 Journalistic Work 73 Appendix 4: Memo from the Dean 74 NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 2 3 INTRODUCTION Dean’s Introduction followed by a formal opening in the presence time co-chair H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad On Celebrations, Achievements of its originator, Her Highness Sheikha Moza Al Thani, now CEO of Qatar Foundation, and and a Future of Great Promise for NU-Q bint Nasser, chairperson of Qatar Foundation, welcomed four new members: H.E. Dr. Hamad President Morton Schapiro, and others. A ribbon- bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari, Qatar’s beloved cutting heralded the first exhibition, titled, “Arab minister of state and former minister of culture; Northwestern University in Qatar marked As the NU-Q building exploded with activities, Identities, images in film.” H.E. Hassan Abdullah Al-Thawadi, secretary- its 10th anniversary while moving forcefully Studio 20Q’s film premiere drew nearly 500 general of the Supreme Committee on Legacy into its 11th year of operations with a torrent people as did our second Creative Media Festival, Another achievement was the opening of the and Delivery (World Cup ), and Dr. Ahmad of new and continuing activity. While the a 48-hour marathon where students imagine, Media Innovation Lab, the brainchild of an M. Hasnah, president of Hamad Bin Khalifa anniversary provided a platform for celebration create, and produce an array of projects. Other NU-Q faculty/staff committee. With emphasis University as QF members. Northwestern and thoughtful critique, it was accompanied by events included the Al Jazeera Speaker Series, One on Augmented and Virtual Reality, the MIL University’s newest member is Samir Mayekar, change—including continued student growth and Book program, Middle Eastern Studies and Media offered instruction and demonstrations for NU-Q president of the NU Alumni Association, a expansion of the faculty and staff as well as an & Politics speakers, and more. Concurrently, and visitors as well as a series of public lectures university trustee and deputy mayor of Chicago. array of events. Qatar Foundation reintroduced the celebrated and workshops that brought world experts to I am of course grateful to the Joint Advisory Doha Debates, hosted by NU-Q, and streamed to campus to mentor students. In addition, the MIL The anniversary year began with convocation Board, NU leadership and our faculty, staff, and an audience of millions on video and social media. awarded several grants to NU-Q students to carry featuring famed Hollywood producer and NU students whose great energy and spirit make out projects with peers at other Education City graduate, Jason Horowitz, an international We also faced an unexpected challenge: a NU-Q what it is—a thriving, productive and, partner schools. conference on “The State of the Internet and torrential rainfall that led to flooding in the I think, inspirational enterprise. the Digital Future,” the opening of the Media building, causing the cancellation of classes amid NU-Q’s teaching was the focus of innovative As I conclude my service as Dean in June 2020, Innovation Lab (MIL), and it ended with the considerable damage and equipment loss. What workshops and discussion sessions. These I am confident that the enterprise we built formal dedication of our museum, The Media could have been a major setback became instead continued internally and joined with a program together is poised for a future of continued and Majlis, as well as a spirited alumni homecoming a model of community building with students, organized by the Qatar Foundation. Faculty great promise. for NU-Q graduates. At year’s end, the faculty, and staff joining with the operational and staff also participated in a monthly series of anniversary year was capped off by graduation departments (Facilities, IT, Production, and research colloquia. NU-Q’s faculty research output Onward! with our largest class ever—and the speaker, an others) to clean up the damage to prevent and creative scholarship also grew exponentially, NU-Q alumnus, drawn from the inaugural class disruption of the school and its programs. as Appendix 2 and 3 demonstrate. At the same of 2012. time, the flow of student research activities is Among new activities in the NU-Q building was notable, as they are showcased during our annual Steady enrollment growth was again witnessed in our full-scale Executive Education program, Research Week and at scholarly conferences and 2018–19 with just under 100 new students and a inaugurated on a pilot basis in 2018. Three sets of film festivals in Qatar, internationally, and on the surge in applications during the year that led to masterclasses (with three sessions each) brought a home campus in Evanston. unprecedented growth as the 2019–20 academic flow of adult learners drawn from media industries, year came into view. This growth runs well ahead government, and the not-for-profit sector. The As always, NU-Q’s institutional research project, of earlier projections. three programs on Strategic Communication, the longitudinal Media Use in the Middle East Health Communication, and Sports Leadership/ studies continued apace with the publication of Along with student gains came new faculty Media were conducted by NU-Q faculty experts the 2018 report and accompanying interactive positions, all notable hires, strengthening the and others from major industry and education website (mideastmedia.org) and video. This academic program with greater capacity and programs in the U.S., including the NU home research began in 2013 and is widely quoted by new specialties. Seven new colleagues were hired campus in Evanston. Concurrently, Executive media outlets and in governmental, business, and in spring 2019, the largest addition since 2008. Education is being joined by Graduate Study at scholarly reports. The data sets, available to all, Among them are scholar-teachers with rich the master’s level by dint of collaboration with also lead to secondary analysis publication by academic and professional backgrounds, including NU’s School of Professional Studies. The first faculty and staff. The studies have been generously specialists in digital media studies who will join master’s in sports administration and global funded by Qatar National Research Fund and others to fully inform our global and digital sports communication begins in fall 2019 and will Doha Film Institute. The 2018 report highlights presence in digital design, entrepreneurship, data Everette E. Dennis be joined by others in the years ahead. entertainment media but also contains data and journalism, and emerging media. This infusion Dean and CEO analysis on social media, news media, attitudes of intellectual capital harmonizes well with our With a burst of energy, The Media Majlis Northwestern University in Qatar, 2011–20 toward freedom of expression, and other factors. digital technology assets. at Northwestern University in Qatar began its collateral evening programs—lectures, Our Joint Advisory Committee of NU, QF, and discussions, and film screenings—in winter 2019, independent members said goodbye to long- Highlights NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 6 7 HIGHLIGHTS 10th Anniversary Celebrating a Decade in Doha

Northwestern established its first international campus in Doha in 2008, welcoming the first Homecoming cohort of students for the 2008–09 academic Northwestern Connects, an annual networking year. After a decade of inspiration and ingenuity, occasion offered alumni a platform to expand NU-Q celebrated its 10-year anniversary during their Northwestern network locally and around the 2018–19 academic year with a series of events the world. that included a symposium featuring global media and communication experts; a homecoming On the same night, graduates from various event with alumni, faculty, and students; and the schools, programs, and campuses met at various official dedication of the first university museum locations around the globe including London, in Qatar—The Media Majlis at Northwestern Shanghai, Munich, Vancouver, and Doha to share University in Qatar. in their Purple Pride.

A total of 282 alumni, representing seven classes, reconnected at a homecoming-themed event at Symposium NU-Q’s Courtyard, as faculty and staff welcomed A symposium—The State of the Internet and them back on campus. Fouad Hassan, events the Digital Future—analyzed the implications of coordinator of the club, said the event aimed to global digitization and interconnectivity globally. reinvigorate connections made at NU-Q. “For In addition to NU-Q faculty, the meeting featured many of us who have graduated more recently, international media scholars from Chile and Italy, it was an indispensable opportunity to speak to among other places, as well as special guest Jeffrey those who have been in the industry for the last 6–7 Cole, director of the World Internet Project. years and learn from their experiences,” he said.

The symposium revolved around three panels that tackled media dynamics from a regional and Media Majlis global perspective. The first discussion addressed “The Rise of the Internet in the Middle East,” The dedication of the first university museum in accentuating the dominant and ever-growing Qatar was attended by Her Highness Sheikha levels of penetration and connectivity in parts of Moza bint Nasser, Her Excellency Sheikha Hind the Middle East in comparison to engagement bint Hamad Al Thani, President Morton Schapiro, levels in the U.S. and Europe. Provost Jonathan Holloway, and Dean Everette E. Dennis, along with invited guests, faculty, While the second discussion on “The Internet students, and staff. in a World of Disarray” analyzed the extent of the internet’s influence on businesses and processes, the final panel on“ The Impact of the Suhoor at Graduation Internet in Europe and the Global South” probed into growing concerns about accessibility and The year-long celebration concluded with a special inequality on the internet. suhoor for the entire Northwestern community. Following graduation, NU-Q hosted a suhoor for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and family members to gather and celebrate Northwestern’s 10-year anniversary in Qatar. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 8 9 HIGHLIGHTS Dedication of The Media Majlis at Northwestern University in Qatar

At a ceremony attended by Her Highness Northwestern University President Morton Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Schapiro noted that the museum is an extension Foundation (QF), Her Excellency Sheikha Hind of Northwestern’s commitment to education and bint Hamad Al Thani, Vice Chairperson and research and to reinforcing “its long-standing CEO of QF, President Morton Schapiro, Provost foothold in the Middle East.” Jonathan Holloway, and Dean Everette E. Dennis, Through exhibitions, publications, events, and The Media Majlis at Northwestern University in online resources, the museum engages with Qatar was officially dedicated. themes that connect audiences to an ever- Speaking at the event, Her Excellency Sheikha changing media landscape. Its interactive Hind noted that the museum “demonstrates how exhibition space brings people together, using narratives exist to be explored and challenged the latest digital technologies to challenge rather than simply accepted; and how connecting standard narratives and provide 360-degree with different voices, standpoints, and ideas views on global, regional, and local stories. extends the boundaries of our understanding, “The museum’s interdisciplinary capacity makes it nourishes critical and original thought, and a destination for international visitors and local enriches lives.” citizens as well as students, scholars, and media The Media Majlis is the first museum of its kind professionals interested in exploring the Arab in the region and the first university museum World through a pedagogical lens,” said Everette in Qatar. It is an active and empowering space E. Dennis, dean and CEO at NU-Q. where people can engage with the exhibition’s content and programs, as well as contribute to the global conversation on the continually changing landscape of media.

President Morton Shapiro with Her Highness Sheika Moza bint Nasser Her Highness Sheika Moza bint Nasser touring The Media Majlis NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 10 11 HIGHLIGHTS Visitors and Events

The Polarization Storytelling through Spotlighting Global News for

of U.S. Politics Virtual Reality Water Crisis a New Age

Analysts, journalists, and voters are struggling Sharing a glimpse into creating futuristic stories, Journalists from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Going beyond summarizing the day’s news, with a disrupted U.S. media landscape, Emmy Award-winning producer and editorial Reporting discussed reporting on the depleting VICE Media is on a mission to reinvent TV news Northwestern University Professor Pablo J. director of enterprise and immersive experiences water supply and its effects globally. Ian James, a programming, focusing on national and global Boczkowski told the NU-Q community during at TIME Inc., Mia Tramz, spoke about the role of reporter for The Arizona Republic, and Sharron news, technology, economics, and pop culture. a visit to campus in the fall. His latest book virtual reality content at NU-Q. Lovell, a visual journalist and educator based in Devin Greenleaf, head of planning, and Maral Trump and the Media focuses on this disruption Beijing, urged students to report on issues like the Tramz shared new perspectives and the processes Usefi, line producer at VICE News Tonight and the disconnect between voters and the water crisis that have a global impact, even if they behind producing some of the organization’s most explained the program’s unique approach to traditional media, as well as the emergence of are controversial to cover. notable projects in a quickly developing medium. nightly news at NU-Q. Their approach to fake news and Trump’s use of social media. Her projects have transported audiences to Mars, James has reported for NPR and the PBS unconventional reporting requires data-driven “We need to understand what makes what we are to the glaciers of Iceland, and behind-the-scenes NewsHour, which showcased “Pumped Dry: stories, compelling graphics, and animation. “We seeing now unique, in order to make sense of this with Hugh Jackman to the set of the movie The The Global Crisis of Vanishing Groundwater,” a typically make the format fit the story rather than century-long evolution of the relationship between Greatest Showman. A documentary series she short film he produced revealing the consequences the other way around, which can require us to the press and public,” Boczkowski said. “My book produced won an Emmy Award for Outstanding of groundwater depletion in places around the reconceptualize what a graphic should look like.” tries to make sense of this evolution by looking Digital Innovation. world from India to Morocco. The film focused This flexibility enables VICE News Tonight to at different aspects including the weakening of on the millions of Chinese citizens who have been tell stories that deserve to be shared but typically With the NU-Q community, she provided the press as an institution, the undermining of relocated over the past half-century to make way would not have made it on a TV news program. practical tips on producing VR content: Know their financial and economic capabilities, and the for hydroelectric projects, which has resulted in your audience, understand the technology, and VICE News Tonight produces content with polarization of societies over time—especially millions living in poverty. be selective with the medium. “VR does a lot context and voices from around the world without during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.” of things really well—it’s sort of magical. It can Lovell, whose work was published in National ads or anchors. A 22-minute episode typically create wonder; it can be hilarious or scary. There Geographic books, Newsweek, The Wall Street involves a mix of voice-overs, graphics, and video are many different applications for it,” Tramz said. Journal, and Forbes shared her documentary packages. It has won a Peabody Award for news “Drinking the Northwest Wind: China’s South coverage and questions conventions surrounding She also led a workshop for students, faculty, and North Water Transfer Project.” nightly news programs, branching out from the staff as part of the Media Innovation Lab, which traditional methods of news reporting. provided education on the components of creating The journalists were accompanied by Pulitzer VR and AR content. Center Executive Editor Indira Lakshmanan, Greenleaf and Usefi visited classes and met with an international and national correspondent, students and faculty to discuss digital innovation and columnist for newspapers, magazines, radio, and modern storytelling. They also spoke with and television. two students on NU-Q’s video series NU-Q&A about how journalism has evolved in recent years. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 12 13 HIGHLIGHTS

Reassessing the Arab Spring Present and Future Dynamics Arab and Muslim Educating Journalists

Marc Lynch, one of the most widely quoted in Filmmaking Representations in U.S. Media in the Digital Age experts on Middle East politics and media, As in other areas, the digital age has disrupted the The portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in the Tom Goldstein, founding dean of the Jindal questioned the way many people generalize about filmmaking industry on various fronts, bringing U.S. media has resulted in a negative perception School of Journalism and Communication, shared the Arab Spring. about new opportunities and challenges to the and triggered an increase in an anti-Arab and his approach to equipping students “for an field. John Bailey, acclaimed director and prior anti-Muslim sentiment in that country. That is improbable future.” Lynch, a professor of political science and president of the Academy of Motion Picture according to Evelyn Alsultany, a scholar on the international affairs at George Washington In a discussion moderated by Dean Everette E. Arts and Sciences (Oscars), and his wife, award- history of representations of Arabs and Muslims University in Washington, D.C. and the founder Dennis, Goldstein spoke about his experience winning film editor, Carol Littleton, traced this in the U.S. media and on the different forms of and director of the Project on Middle East serving as dean of the journalism schools at trajectory in the history of Hollywood with anti-Arab and anti-Muslim discrimination. Political Science, believes that the conventional Columbia and at the University of California, examples from their own work. way of thinking that results in categorizing the Throughout her talk, Alsultany mapped the Berkeley—the only universities in the United countries in the region as either successes or In a conversation moderated by NU-Q Dean different ways in which Arabs and Muslims States where journalism is taught exclusively at failures is inaccurate. “What we’ve seen are really Everette E. Dennis, Bailey and Littleton noted that have been represented over time, ranging from the graduate level. Reflecting on those experiences, revolutionary transformations at every level from because it is cheaper to create content digitally, “barbarians, to belly dancers and rich sheikhs, and he said that journalism education had been individual to societal to international. Every today’s films have much more material for terrorists.” However, Alsultany did note that there unchanged for many years, but the practice has country has been profoundly affected by what’s filmmakers to work with and this has created has been a recent shift to include more “positive” been affected greatly with the introduction of new happened since 2011 whether or not the leader new challenges. and “sympathetic” representations. digital strategies and mediums. changed.” As a result, Bailey explained, dramatic structure Meanwhile, on the significance of media However, Goldstein advises a “platform He also spoke about the role of televised news and character integrity have become the representations in contributing to the status quo, agnostic” approach that honors the core coverage and emphasized the need for audiences most important and challenging elements in Alsultany said that “certainly, media alone is not principles of journalism such as truth and to gather news from “an integrated media filmmaking today. Littleton added, “When it going to solve the world’s problems, but it is one accuracy, independence, fairness, humanity, and landscape.” comes to budgeting time, film editors are now component in a much more complicated array accountability. “Whatever the technologies are, spending more time combing through footage of political, economic, and social awareness of journalism can improve the content by upholding Lynch has served as a member of the Content rather than focusing on the editing process.” people. There are so many different avenues to these standards,” he said. This should be done Advisory Group for The Media Majlis at produce change, and right now, with so much through an immersive education in the liberal Northwestern University in Qatar since 2012. During the session, the guests screened scenes focus in the U.S. on diversity, it is important to arts—literature, history, anthropology, political He is a contributing editor at the Monkey Cage from two of their films,Silverado (1985) and think about this as a larger institution and find science—that teach students “how to think and blog for The Washington Post and a non-resident The Accidental Tourist (1988), and discussed ways to contribute to the conversation through how to read closely.” senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for the differences in approach—from building a film, media, and social media.” International Peace. suspenseful scene with American cowboys in The professor is a graduate of Yale University and the Wild West, to using close-up shots and warm the Columbia University Law School as well as its lights to develop the ambience for characters in Graduate School of Journalism. He has worked as an intimate scene. a journalist for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, The Associated Press, and The New York Times. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 14 15 HIGHLIGHTS

Sports as “Soft Power”

In the context of Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 FIFA Despite Qatar’s success, such government-led World Cup, geopolitical expert Natalie Koch initiatives and narratives, she explained, are often shared how sports can be used as a means of challenged by participants and media coverage. exerting political influence. Koch is an associate professor of geography and Koch explained how Qatar’s strategic approach O’Hanley Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University’s involves leveraging sports to create a geopolitical Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. identity.

Qatar’s motive is to position itself as “a leader in promoting globalized sport in the Middle East, and a modern, diverse, inclusive, and tolerant place,” said Koch.

Widening Perspectives with VR Techniques

Owing to the demands of a constantly evolving “Strong characters will always push a story industry, journalists Elia Ghorbiah and Viktorija forward, but with 360-degree content especially, Mickute discussed the value of high-impact you have to find people who are willing to really virtual reality experiences. take viewers on a journey with them” said Mickute.

Action, environment, and compelling characters, Ghorbiah and Mickute are journalists at Al the journalists emphasized, are the essential Jazeera’s immersive storytelling studio Contrast VR. components of any engaging VR experience.

To illustrate these components, they held a screening of “Yemen’s Skies of Terror,” a recent film they co-produced depicting the fallen city of Doha Debates Sanaa through the eyes of a child. NU-Q hosted the debut of the relaunched Doha In April, NU-Q hosted a second Doha Debate, Debates in Events Hall this year. The Qatar which focused on the development and integration Foundation (QF) program examines international of artificial intelligence. Also moderated by The Power of Immersive Technology issues using a majlis-style panel discussion and Ghida Fakhry, the panel of experts included Joy Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari, co-founders of the stories allow audiences to view a certain incorporating digital videos, a TV series, blogs, Buolamwini, digital activist at MIT’s Media Lab; NYC-based iNK Stories, discussed the impact of environment, they cannot interact with it or create and a podcast. Nick Bostrom, director of Oxford University’s emerging immersive technologies on storytelling. change in the same way they can through VR.” Future of Humanity Institute; Muthoni Wanyoike, At the debut event in February, the issue was organizer at Code for Africa and Nairobi Women the global refugee crisis. Her Highness Sheikha Though VR, AR, and 360-degree storytelling Using their latest project, HERO, as an example, in Machine Learning & Data Science; and Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of QF and Her often interplay, the Khonsaris demonstrated how they discussed some of the long-lasting effects of Dex Torricke-Barton, former communications Excellency Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani, they also differ in the purposes that they serve. VR, and how it creates new ways of engaging with executive at Facebook, Google, and SpaceX. content and experiences. vice-chairperson and CEO of QF attended the “Different forms and tools allow for different event which was moderated by Ghida Fakhry. points of entry and different levels of immersion,” Panelists included Marc Lamont Hill, a professor said Vassiliki Khonsari. “While 360-degree of media studies and urban education at Temple University; Douglas Murray, a British author and journalist; and Muzoon Almellehan, a Syrian refugee and education activist. Academics and Research NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 18 19 ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH Academics

The introduction of a new Executive Education platforms is a key component of their education,” program, continuing to introduce digitally said Mary Dedinsky, director of the Journalism & focused courses that put theory into action, and Strategic Communication Program. the opening of a new museum that explores and Dedinsky pointed to one course, Advanced Online examines media, journalism, and communication Storytelling, as an example of the school’s through global, regional, and local/Qatar lenses curriculum where students engage in a simulated were a few of the developments in the 2018–19 high-pressure newsroom environment where they academic year. are assigned stories that have to be produced on Candy Lee, Professor at Northwestern’s Medill School As one of the largest and most advanced media deadline. schools in the world, NU-Q continued to provide For NU-Q students, those stories come from their students with a holistic education in the study of immediate environment, as well as from locations media. As part of that process, the school’s freshman around the world. Whether writing a story for class began their studies at NU-Q with courses The Daily Q website, producing a documentary, that were designed to provide a firm understanding Empowering Qatar’s Communicators writing an investigative article, or producing an of the industry. Through courses such as Media audio podcast, NU-Q students are learning how An Executive Education program for communication With Qatar set to host the World Cup in 2022, and Society, Media Construction, and Analyzing to explain complex issues in a rapidly changing and media was officially launched this year with communication professionals were offered the Media Texts, students were introduced to media environment. a full year of programming, as well as finalizing opportunity to explore how media mega-events technical and theoretical concepts, while concepts a joint master’s program with Northwestern’s can be used to improve marketing opportunities of journalism in legacy media were remolded to At the same time, students are also learning home campus. The programs are designed for for their companies. Candy Lee, a professor at include inquiry into emerging technology. about the importance of the principle learned communication professionals in the region to help Northwestern’s Medill School who also has worked from legacy media or existing mass media outlets them develop the skills needed to expand and in corporate communication, discussed the Students also took advantage of NU-Q’s state-of- develop Qatar’s media industry. concepts and methods of marketing brands within such as radio, television, and film. “We have to the-art Newsroom where they produced content the sports environment through interactive sessions, keep the legacy media because they are still the in the form of podcasts, video explainers, and Expanding on the school’s undergraduate while Mark Conrad, a professor of law and ethics biggest employers overall and they are increasingly VR/360-degree. “All of these courses empower programs, the Executive Education program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, investing in new forms of media. Particularly here is designed to address the nation and region’s our students to maneuver the more interactive used case studies to analyze ethical breakdowns in Qatar where they are incredibly influential,” growing media and communication industries. and digital components of modern storytelling. in governance rules such as the successful FIFA said Gregory Ferrell Lowe, director of the This year’s program included a series of three Discovering how to tell their stories in new and bribery prosecutions. Craig LaMay, a professor at Communications Program. masterclasses, focusing on sports, health, and NU-Q and an expert in sports journalism, led a innovative ways while utilizing a large array of crisis communication. session on how organizations can use sports as a “NU-Q has a mandate as an institution in Qatar to platform for promotion, branding, and diplomacy. create capabilities and promote research that will Changing demographics in the region and improve the life and well-being of its people,” said changing patterns in media consumption Jairo Lugo-Ocando, director of executive and habits mean that health campaigns and health graduate education. “A large part of why these communication need to be rethought in ways in topics are chosen is because they directly address which they consider the transformation of public the areas of growth in the nation’s industries.” opinion and the media technologies in general. The The masterclass on strategic and crisis final masterclass offered health communication communication focused on teaching the professionals techniques on how to create health participants how to improve the resilience of their communications campaigns. The faculty included organization and protect its reputation, particularly W. Douglas Evans, professor of prevention and during times of crisis. Faculty members included community health and global health at the Milken Brian Houston, associate professor and chair of the Institute School of Public Health at George Department of Communication at the University of Washington University; Nancy Turett, the executive Missouri; Kirsten Walkom, global communications director at APCO Worldwide’s New York office; and director for the humanitarian aid organization Save Susan Dun, an NU-Q professor. the Children; and Ephraim Cohen, general manager

Mary Dedinsky, Director of the Journalism and Strategic of FleishmanHillard New York, a leading public Communication Program relations and marketing firm. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 20 21 ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH

Reclaiming the Narrative

Through its One Book program, NU-Q community members read and discussed a story about a Palestinian family’s displacement during the backdrop of the Six-Day War in 1967. Salt Houses, by the Palestinian-American author Hala Alyan, focuses on the themes of identity and belonging as a result of a constant transitory status.

At a book reading with students, faculty, and staff, Alyan said that her motivation to write the book was that she wanted to relay accurate historical events while also placing those events in a wider context. While recognizing that her book focuses on Palestinians, Alyan pointed out that they are also universal themes. “The thematic things that happen in the novel are not just unique to the Palestinians,” she said, “but are common struggles of refugees Outside of the classroom, students take their while giving them the confidence and experience and immigrants who try to create a home on education a step further through experiential necessary to succeed in their post-graduate career. foreign soil in very disruptive environments.” learning opportunities, where they are able to put As the line between media consumption and these newly acquired theories into action through Alyan also discussed the role and responsibility media learning thins, NU-Q’s coursework is internships and residencies off-campus. of authors and content creators to reclaim their evolving to integrate classroom and real-world narrative and speak from experience. Explaining In their third year, journalism and strategic training and to educate its students on a spectrum that the stories of marginalized and oppressed communication students are required to complete of mediums that range from legacy media to the people are often told by those defined in history as 10-week internships, working alongside media newest and most innovative platforms, equipping “victors,” she said that that had to change and that and communication professionals from some them with the skills they need to excel as “the story of what it means to be Arab should be of the top organizations in the world. This year, storytellers and communicators. told by people who identify as Arabs.” students interned at BBC, VICE News, The Alyan was born in the United States and grew up “The silos are coming down as the programs are Guardian, and AJ+, among others. in Kuwait, the U.S., and Lebanon. She earned a becoming more integrated and preparing students BA from the American University of Beirut and an The training and experience they receive during for the media industry as a whole,” Hariclea MA from Columbia University. While completing their residencies complement the rigorous Zengos, senior associate dean, said. her doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers academic coursework learned in the classroom University, she specialized in trauma and addiction work with various populations. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 22 23 ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH Research

As one of the leading private research universities authored Advertising in MENA Goes Digital, a in the United States, Northwestern University book that explores the evolution of advertising promotes intellectual inquiry among its faculty practices as agencies adopt a more digitalized and students. At NU-Q, contributions to this approach and steer away from more traditional commitment are evident through the publication outreach efforts to social media and the web. of books, reports on the region, presentation of Meanwhile, Joe Khalil, associate professor-in- scholarship at international conferences, and residence and expert on Arab television and participation in local research activities. programming, co-edited Culture, Time and On an institutional level, NU-Q launched an Publics in the Arab World: Media, Public Space annual research project on media use in the and Temporality, which provides readers with Middle East in 2013. This year, it published a a new way of exploring and understanding five-year retrospection, as well as its sixth annual Arab culture and society through the analysis report. The reports compile findings, patterns, of real-life occurrences that shape Arab societal and analyses from NU-Q’s annual survey on structures and experiences. media consumption habits, behaviors, and Animation was edited by Scott Curtis, associate attitudes of Arab nationals in Egypt, Jordan, professor-in-residence. The book, which is written Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the for educational purposes, features a collection United Arab Emirates. of essays that provides a succinct history of Also, this year, three faculty members published animation from its beginnings to the present day. Two NU-Q researchers received special Arts Program, presented her paper “The Un- books on media-related issues. Ilhem Allagui, recognition at the Association for Education in American Refugee,” which challenges American associate professor-in-residence at NU-Q, Journalism and Mass Communication. NU-Q cultural and national narratives. “[Refugees] are Professor George Anghelcev won second place an embodiment of social and political critique, for a paper he co-authored on the psychological challenging ideas of the American Dream and the effects of information searching and paid United States as a melting pot… they present a

A FIVE-YEAR RETROSPECTION A FIVE-YEAR EAST: MIDDLE THE IN USE MEDIA advertisements. NU-Q’s Research Manager case for why those concepts need to be rethought,” Elizabeth Lance received a Mary Gardner said Zengos. Other topics explored include social Award for Graduate Student Research from media engagement strategies Qatar’s libraries, the Commission on the Status of Women citizen journalism in virtual reality, and everyday recognizing her dissertation “Mediated visibilities: experiences of those living in civil unrest. Representation and self-presentation in Qatar,” Research from the school also contributes commending it for promoting feminist research to Qatar Foundation’s efforts in the area by and advocacy. “Additionally, the project offers participating in the Qatar Faculty Forum, an insight into the Arab Gulf region, which is largely Education City-wide seminar that convenes understudied in the media field,” she said. academics from neighboring world-class At the same conference, Dean Everette E. Dennis universities on campus: Virginia Commonwealth led a high-level panel on the rise of fake news on University School of the Arts in Qatar, Texas the internet, specifically the role of social media A&M University at Qatar, Carnegie Mellon in driving the blockade on Qatar, referencing University in Qatar, Georgetown University in key findings from NU-Q’s five-year longitudinal Qatar, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, University USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST report on media use in the Middle East. College London Qatar, and Hamad Bin Khalifa

Northwestern University in Qatar IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST M EDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST University. P.O. Box 34102 On campus, faculty exchange ideas at frequent Education City Doha, Qatar MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST research colloquia meetings where they present www.qatar.northwestern.edu ongoing research activities and get feedback from www.mideastmedia.org IN THE MIDDLE EAST A Five-Year Retrospection IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST their colleagues. At one meeting, Hariclea Zengos, MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST M EDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA USE IN THEsenior M associateIDDL deanE EandA directorST of the Liberal MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST MEDIA USE IN THE MIDDLE EAST NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 24 25 ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH Faculty Research Qatar National Research Fund: Research Grants National Priorities Research Program (NPRP) Individual Faculty Projects A Selection Media use in the Arab Gulf: Content innovation strategies Qatar in a changing region for mobile media in Qatar Media and communication in MENA countries Middle Eastern Studies LPI: Everette E. Dennis LPI: John Pavlik (Rutgers University) · Film and the Danish expeditions to the · Everyday life of political violence in Lebanon PI: Justin D. Martin PIs: Everette E. Dennis, Rachel Davis Mersey Gulf states · Sociology of migration in the Middle East Co-funding institutions: Doha Film Institute and (NU-E), Justin Gengler (QU) · The role of media and communication · Museum studies and non-Western curation in Al Jazeera Network Collaborating institutions: Northwestern technologies in the Gulf crisis the Arab Gulf Status: Ongoing; February 2018–February 2021 University, Rutgers University, and Qatar University (SESRI) · New global media players in the Middle East · 18th century reformism in the Muslim world Total Award: $453,000 (QNRF), $30,000 (DFI) Status: Ongoing; October 2015–June 2019 · Advertising, marketing, and strategic · Rentierism in the Arab Gulf Total Award: $726,407 communication in the Middle East · The rhetoric of the Sufi-Salafi controversy National museums and the public imagination: · Religious broadcasting · “Political Islam” A longitudinal study of the National Museum · Free speech in the Arab world of Qatar

· Arab youth and alternative media Other topics PI: Jocelyn Sage Mitchell Submitting institution: University College · Journalism studies in the Global South · Turkish entertainment media and Arab London-Qatar audiences · Journalism education Status: Ongoing; August 2016–August 2019

· Journalists’ use of user-generated content in · Media management Total Award: $17,102 conflict areas · West-African Islamic intellectuals · Sports media, marketing, and governance in the Arab Gulf · History of scientific and medical filmmaking

· British imperial history

Women, media, and communication in · Pedagogy of writing MENA countries · Migration and displacement in world literature

· Women’s meetings and the public sphere · American Great Plains Gothic literature

· Depiction of women in Gulf media · Disaster Science and Technology studies

· Girls’ media culture · Conceptualizations of power in understanding · Women filmmakers in the Middle East oppression

NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 26 27 ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH Student Research Undergraduate Research Experience Program (UREP) Hashtag blockade: Exploring the digital Assessing and improving migrant workers’ Undergraduate Research Grant (URG) landscape of the Gulf crisis access to and utilization of health information and resources Educational constraints in Palestine Primary Faculty Mentors: Jocelyn Sage Mitchell, Ibrahim N. Abusharif, Banu Akdenizli Primary Faculty Mentors: Susan Dun, Noor Abunaba’a, Mariam Al-Dhubhani Status: Ongoing; August 2018–February 2020 Amy Sanders Status: Completed Total Award: $30,000 Total Award: $29,993 Undergraduate Language Grant (ULG) Recipients Natasha Das Salwa Sadek Germany Spain

Internal Scholarly Research Grants Mohamed Eltayeb Hanqueen Wu “The digital gap between urban and rural “National museums and the public imagination: France Portugal areas of Tunisia and its impact on knowledge A longitudinal study of the National Museum and information as apparatus of national of Qatar” development 10 years after the uprisings” Jocelyn Sage Mitchell Conference Travel Grant (CTG) Recipients Ilhem Allagui Middle East Studies Association FilmFest Qumra Film Festival San Antonio, Texas Doha, Qatar “Electrifying Indonesia: Electricity, nation- Maha Essid Mariam Al-Dhubhani Assorted studies on food marketing, building, and development after World War II” TV binge-watching habits, and the role Anto Mohsin of cognitive and affective factors in the dissemination of fake news NU-Q Research and Creative Arts Expo Presentations

George Anghelcev “Eyes on the Prize: Revisited” Marriage in Qatar: An Intimate Choice What I Learned in School or a Sociopolitical Duty? Marco Williams Nur Hussain Omer Alaoui “Qatar Stars” (Nujoom Qatar)

Danielle Beverly “Islamic Learning in Africa” (as an affiliated 426 (narrative film) scholar in residence, Harvard Divinity School) Lebanon’s Politics, Economy, and Art— Maha Essid and Asmaa Benkermi Revive the Lira’s Glory Zachary Wright Alessandra El Chanti Batch 10 (documentary film)

Sana Ansari NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 28 29 ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH Faculty Appointments He has worked as a journalist, broadcast producer, and public relations practitioner. S. Venus Jin from Stony Brook University, and an MA from S. Venus Jin was appointed as professor of Kathleen M. Hewett-Smith Leuphana University in Germany. He has received nine grants from Spain’s Ministry of Culture, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, communication-in-residence for digital media Kathleen M. Hewett-Smith was appointed as Buchholz has taught at Northwestern, Harvard, Cherish DE, the Development Assistance studies. professor and director of the Liberal Arts Program. and Columbia, where her courses revolved Committee, and others. Jin brings substantive knowledge, experience, and Hewett-Smith brings to NU-Q an extensive around Cultural Nonprofit Organizations, Borges-Rey holds a PhD and an MA from the research achievement with a digital media focus to record of leadership in the liberal arts and Global Culture, Media and Cultural Production University of Malaga, Spain, and a BA from the support growth in emerging areas. Her research international education. She has served as Research, and others. University of Zulia in Venezuela. focuses on digital media, social media marketing, associate dean of international studies and Buchholz was an invited Faculty Fellow in and branding, while her teaching areas include professor of literature at Bard College in New Yale University’s Critical Realism Network. new and emerging media, entrepreneurship, and York, as founding dean of arts, humanities, and At Columbia, she won the Robert K. Merton Below, from left to right: communication research methods. social sciences at the Asian University for Women Dissertation Award and was winner of the Eddy Borges-Rey, S. Venus Jin, Spencer Striker, She has taught at the University of Southern in Bangladesh, and, most recently, as head of the Outstanding Dissertation of the American Kathleen Hewett-Smith, Larissa Buchholz, Department of English at the American University Marcela Pizarro, João Quieroga, California, Boston College, and Emerson College, Sociological Association. (not pictured) Anka Malatynska of Sharjah. where she earned tenure as an associate professor She is also the recipient of the Junior Theorist During her career, Hewett-Smith has taught Award of the American Sociological Association, courses in world and South Asian literature, the Junior Theorist Prize of the International literary theory, contemporary culture, literature Sociological Association, the Outstanding Recent of the Middle Ages, academic and critical writing, Graduate Award from Columbia University, a and others. She has developed expertise in Fulbright fellowship, and several other grants South Asian studies with a particular focus on and fellowships. transnational identity in South Asian literature.

Her professional awards include a Mellon Foundation Digital Humanities Summer Institute Eddy Borges-Rey Award, a grant from the AMICAL Digital Eddy Borges-Rey was appointed as an associate Humanities Institute, a Human Rights Fellowship professor-in-residence for digital journalism from the Oak Foundation, and a Title VI U.S. and emerging media in NU-Q’s Journalism & Department of Education Research Grant in India. Strategic Communication Program—a new Hewett-Smith received her PhD and MA in position aimed at understanding the evolving English from the University of California, Irvine, media ecosystem represented by the digital and a BA in English from the University of revolution and its impact on news, information, Colorado, Boulder. and journalistic practice.

Borges-Rey was a senior lecturer in journalism studies and associate dean for research and Larissa Buchholz knowledge exchange at the University of Larissa Buchholz, assistant professor of communi- Stirling in Scotland, where he also served as cation studies in the School of Communication at program director of the master’s program in Northwestern University in Evanston, joins NU-Q communication and media management. for the 2019–20 academic year. He is an expert on the interplay between media, Coming from Harvard University, where she technology, and freedom of information with held a coveted Junior Fellow appointment in the specific emphasis on data journalism, open data, Society of Fellows for three years, Buchholz joined big data, social computation, code and algorithm Northwestern University in 2016. She earned studies, artificial intelligence, and automation. a PhD from Columbia University, a master’s NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 30 31 ACADEMICS AND RESEARCH

in marketing communication. Her most recent ALPHA selection at the 2017 Web Summit in She was recognized as one of the “Top Ten experience is as a tenured associate professor Lisbon as well as the 2019 Tokyo Slush Startup Rising Stars of Cinematography” by America Marcela Pizarro of marketing at Sejong University, an AACSB Showcase. His digital book app, History Cinematography Magazine and named 1 of Marcela Pizarro joins NU-Q’s Journalism and accredited business school. Adventures, was an official selection at the 2018 5 “Generation Next DPs” by the International Strategic Communication Program for the and 2019 Step Conference Startup Showcase. Cinematographers Guild. Her achievements include 12 grants from 2019–20 academic year as assistant professor- universities and other organizations, as well as He is the recipient of several grants, fellowships She received an MFA in cinematography from the in-residence in the Journalism & Strategic a Teaching with New Media Award at Boston and other awards, including the Oxford Summer American Film Institute and a BFA summa cum Communication program. College, and earlier honors for her work with Research Institute fellowship, academic staff laude from New York University. Before coming to NU-Q, she had worked at Al students at the Annenberg School. development grants, and support from the Gates Jazeera English since 2008, most recently as Foundation. Jin received her PhD and MA degrees in producer/director of Al Jazeera’s media and communication from the University of Striker holds a PhD in Digital Media from the João P. Queiroga culture show The Listening Post. Concurrent with her work at Al Jazeera, Pizarro was a guest Southern California’s Annenberg School University of Wisconsin, Madison, a master’s in João P. Queiroga joined NU-Q’s Communication lecturer in international journalism at City for Communication and a BA in mass digital media and design from Indiana University, Program as assistant professor-in-residence with a University, London, in 2013, a lecturer at the communication and media arts from Yonsei and two BA degrees in Radio-TV-Film and history focus on documentary film studies. University in South Korea. from the University of Texas at Austin. University of Kent in Latin American film and Mr. Queiroga is a documentary film producer and literature in 2009, and is an ongoing industry chair of the Postproduction Department at New advisor for the BA in Journalism at the University of Leeds. Spencer Striker Anka Malatynska York Film Academy (NYFA), where he teaches documentary craft, documentary postproduction, Prior to joining Al Jazeera, she was a senior Spencer Striker was named associate professor- Anka Malatynska was named assistant and 360-degree documentary. In his role leading producer and video journalist for The Associated in-residence for communication, specializing in professor-in-residence for cinematography in the the postproduction curriculum at NYFA, he Press, with assignments in London, Washington, digital media design. Communication Program. oversees faculty across all departments— and Latin America where she covered science, Documentary, Journalism, VR, Filmmaking, Striker’s research is organized around digital Malatynska comes with extensive experience culture, sports, and politics as well as produced and Cinematography. media design and embraces interaction design, in filmography in Hollywood and elsewhere. news, scripting, sub-editing, and video editing. mobile media, transmedia creative production, She has conducted short courses, workshops, His professional experience includes serving as She has published articles on reading the culture entrepreneurship, game media, and social media. and masterclasses at the American Film video editor for Accenture and PLC, production of journalism through the practice of theory in Institute, Canon’s professional workshops on team member for Viacom, Inc., and holding He has taught at the University of Wisconsin, the Journal of Applied Journalism and Media cinematography and producing at Fearless Film internships at WGN-TV Chicago, the Cannes Whitewater, Indiana University at Bloomington, Studies, and an interview with the Chilean painter global workshops, as well as Yellow Submarine International Film Festival, and Beijing and the Ivy Tech Community College and and visual artist Eugenio Dittborn on “Clashes masterclasses in India. International Movie Festival. currently serves as associate professor of digital in Memory in Post-Dictatorship Chile,” in the media at the American University in Dubai (AUD). Currently, she serves as artist-in-residence and His filmography includes assignments as director/ Hispanic Research Journal. assistant professor of practice in Film and TV at editor of “Digging For Life,” “Playin’ in the At AUD, Striker has taught courses on Design In 2017, her work as writer and director on Northern Arizona University. Band,” “I Can Only Be Mary Lane,” “Our Skin,” Concept for the Web, Fundamentals of Web “Media Theorized, Reading Against the Grain,” “Arde,” “Emerald Ice,” and several others. Design, Computer Graphics, and Topics in Her creative portfolio includes a host of film and an online project showcasing the work of leading Visual Communication. TV productions, including Breaking Fast, Call of His work has been screened at the Women of media thinkers, won a coveted Webby Award. the Wild, Brothers, Scandal, Little Women, Ruth, the Lens and Doc’ Rock N Roll film festivals In addition to his teaching experience, Striker has Pizarro has a PhD in Latin American and I’m Dying Up Here, and others produced by in London, and at other venues in Australia, been active in the digital media industry, having Cultural History from the University of London, leading networks such as 20th Century Fox HBO, Switzerland, Germany, Portugal, and China. served as founding creative director of the Silicon where she had a grant from the British Academy Netflix, Lifetime, Hallmark, and Amazon. Valley startup Galaxyz, Inc. and producer and An MFA graduate of Northwestern in AHRC, a master’s in Spanish and Latin American product manager of Kno Inc. Malatynska has garnered acclaim for her work documentary media, he has a BA from Lake Studies from University College London, and a BA in film and documentary production, and in the Forest College and also studied at the University in Fine Arts from the University of Nottingham. His projects have garnered some of the highest various roles she occupied in this field, such as of Auckland, New Zealand, and Beijing awards in the digital media field, including the camera operator and director of photography. University. His honors and awards include a Webby, which he has won three times. His work Fulbright grant and a professional development has also been featured at major national and grant from NYFA. international conferences, including a prestigious Student Life NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 34 35 STUDENT LIFE Student Life

The Media Innovation Lab (MIL)

NU-Q this year launched the Media Innovation The theme this year was “Virtual and Augmented Lab (MIL), which offers students, faculty, and staff Reality in Storytelling and Media,” and included an opportunity to bring innovative ideas together three experts in this area being invited to visit and experiment with new technologies to address NU-Q to share their insights and meet with challenges in the media landscape and reshape the students. future of storytelling and communications. The first visitor, Mia Tramz, an Emmy-winning “The MIL is designed to stimulate curiosity, producer and editorial director of enterprise and While the University’s academic programming working with other people and as a bridge encourage interdisciplinary conversations, and immersive experiences at Time Inc., spoke about equips students to thrive in the media and between the students and the administration,” enable our students to create tangible change in virtual reality as a new tool for storytelling. “VR the media industry around them,” said Everette E. does a lot of things really well—it’s sort of magical. communications industry, as well as government, El Chanti said. Dennis, dean and CEO at NU-Q. “It will also serve It can create wonder; it can be hilarious or scary. business, and higher education, an array of Lolwa Al Thani, editor-in-chief of the NU-Q as a springboard to turn big ideas into practical There are many different applications for it,” opportunities from student clubs to international news website The Daily Q, learned similar products and processes.” Tramz said. travel help mold them into bold leaders, creative lessons in leadership. Introducing highly engaging thinkers, and engaged global citizens. The new collaborative space houses an array of Elia Ghorbiah and Viktorija Mickute, journalists animated explainer videos, comic strips, “student augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) from Al Jazeera’s immersive storytelling studio Eleven clubs and organizations on campus reflect street style” tutorials, in-depth student features, equipment to enhance media engagement. It also Contrast VR, spoke to NU-Q students about using the diverse interests and identities of the student and video narratives to the site, Al Thani wanted provides a grant program for students from across 360-degree video to create high-impact virtual body. The NU-Q Student Union, which boasts to make it more accessible to its target audience— Education City who are able to propose projects reality experiences. “Strong characters will always one of the largest memberships, convenes class students in Education City. related to virtual and augmented reality. push a story forward, but with 360-degree content representatives every week to discuss concerns especially, you have to find people who are willing And her hard work saw results. By the end of the The area where MIL is located is divided into a to really take viewers on a journey with them and and ideas on campus. Alessandra El Chanti, lab area—where specialized headsets such as academic year, The Daily Q saw a significant walk them through every part of their daily life,” president of the union, said that leading the group Oculus Go, Samsung Gear, Google Daydream, and increase in social media followers and web traffic. Mickute explained. gave her opportunities for leadership development HTC Vive Pro can be used—and a workshop area “Having been at the paper since my freshman year and personal growth. equipped with a Google Jamboard that can send Media professionals led by Resolution Films’ Simon means I know what I’m asking of my reporters, information recorded during virtual meetings to Ferguson, group CEO, and Elysia Windrum, senior Regular meetings with students and the and I’m able to understand what makes a story remote participants. film editor and NU-Q alumna, laid out the process administration helped her evaluate policy support impactful and interesting to our audience,” by which video concepts are taken from the from students, ascertain budget allocations, plan Al Thani said. The crux of the project, however, revolves around storyboarding stage to client approvals. “You’re its educational aspect. Each year, the MIL will schoolwide events, address issues, and establish given a specific, set amount of cash to deliver Students also learned about leadership by meeting address a specific media-centric theme by reliable communication with faculty. “Leading the project…putting a plan in place allows you with and observing leaders in the industry. In arranging a series of workshops, lectures, and the student body has helped me further develop to be prepared for anything that might drive up New York City, students who participated in the activities around it. those production costs and account for lost time,” my leadership skills and gain valuable experience Global Media Experience met with executives, Ferguson told the group. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 36 37 STUDENT LIFE

editors, and directors at Facebook, ABC on Al Jazeera English’s Witness program and personally, it is an acknowledgment of those they received training in skilled and unskilled Eyewitness News, Meredith Corporation, and nominated for a Student Academy Award. warriors who refused to lean on anyone but labor and then worked with a local nonprofit VICE Media. In addition to seeing how they themselves,” said Al-Nassiri. organization to build bathrooms and other This year, Amal Al-Muftah’s filmSmicha and thrive in high-pressure work environments, the infrastructure in the area. “We had the unique Nada Bedair and Rawan Al-Nassiri’s film Students are also encouraged to use their skills students also learned more about how these opportunity to work alongside locals and Treasures of the Past were recognized at Ajyal and creativity to tell stories from a global organizations operate—how they gather news and members of their community and learn first-hand Youth Film Festival. Al-Muftah’s film, which tells perspective. The Pulitzer Center on Crisis develop content. how these challenges can be faced and eventually the story of the bond between a young girl and Reporting has awarded fellowships to several fixed,” Nada Bedair, a student leader said. Students at NU-Q are also offered opportunities her grandfather, who is beginning to show signs NU-Q students. This year Ayilah Chaudhary, outside of the classroom to express their creative of senility, was also included on Qatar Airways’ Isabella Palma-Lopez, and Amna Al-Baker “Just as classes are an investment educationally, interests and bring their ideas and perspectives to entertainment programming. reported on the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims the extracurricular activities at NU-Q are an life through various media. in Pakistan. “The grant helped us report on an investment to one’s character and personality,” Al-Nassiri and Bedair’s documentary film follows underreported issue and gave us mentorship El Chanti, president of the student union, explains. The annual Creative Media Festival challenges three older Qatari women as they defy gender from Pulitzer staff and journalists, allowing us to “Participating in these helps build one’s character students to create an original piece, project, or stereotypes by starting their own businesses. It produce a project that we were proud to share,” through enhancing leadership skills, teamwork, production using any medium on a set topic was also screened at the Middle Eastern Studies Chaudhary said. expanding interests and hobbies, and creating within 48 hours. This year’s festival was managed Association annual meeting in Washington countless memories with other fellow wildcats.” almost entirely by NU-Q students with guidance D.C. “The award is a celebration of the Qatari Another immersive learning opportunity for from Northwestern School of Communication women from previous generations who constantly students is the annual service learning trip, alums Tom Casserly, a New York-based theater fought against forced gender stereotypes. To me which this year took students to Kenya where producer, and George Bajalia, an anthropologist/ theater director based between Morocco and New York. Caitlin Cassidy, an actor-singer- theatremaker based in NYC, also provided support and advice to the students.

The theme was “Legacy & Promise,” and students created films, photography exhibitions, music, spoken-word poetry, and dance performances to express their interpretation of that theme. Jawaher Al Moawda said that the 48-hour time frame forced her to explore new ways to portray her message. “The festival created a platform for us to experiment and come up with new ways to express our opinions,” Al Moawda said.

One of the most established clubs at NU-Q, Studio 20Q, conducts workshops, training sessions, and networking events throughout the year to help student screenwriters, producers, cinematographers, and animators refine ongoing projects. In addition, a grant-funding program provides funding for short narratives, documentaries, music videos, animation, and experimental films.

Grant winners from the club often go on to screen films at such venues as Cannes, Sundance, and other major film festivals worldwide. Past documentary films and short films have also been broadcast NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 38 39 STUDENT LIFE

The Impact of an Outlier

In the familiar spirit of “ideas worth spreading,” the “We cannot make change by being copycats, Asrar, who was an intern at USA Today and a “When we take these two together—the moral legacy of TED was brought to NU-Q in February no matter how good of a copycat we can be,” journalist at Al Jazeera Media Network, added a framework inside with a focus on things that should with a lineup that saw faculty and students come he emphasized. “We can only make change by new perspective to the discussion in an address actually matter—we end up with, hopefully, life in together and alumni return to campus. being outliers.” titled “Working for the Outlier,” in which he the normal distribution, which is where the vast cautioned against measuring success by the majority of us, as humans, will be.” The first installment of TEDxNorthwesternUinQatar As a survivor of the war in Yemen, Al-Dhubhani reputation or popularity of an employer. took the concept of the “outlier” as its central described how otherwise undesirable outlier Launched in 2009, TEDx is an international theme, exploring its impact through four diverse situations in life can engender surprisingly “Where you are doing it should never be more community that celebrates locally driven ideas perspectives from students Yassine Ouahrani and good results. important than what you’re doing,” he said, by sharing them with community members and Mariam Al Dhubhani, alumnus Shakeeb Asrar, and revealing that working at Qatar Foundation taught elevating them to a global stage. Some of the Professor Susan Dun. While some of these situations are natural blessings him more about journalism than any previous best talks from TEDx events have gone on to be in disguise, Al-Dhubhani, who turned her struggles media-focused job due to the nature of his tasks featured on TED.com and received millions of views Ouahrani began the discussion by repositioning into a successful documentary “Just Another and the many opportunities for involvement. from audiences across the globe. the outlier, as a master of the self, at the center of Memory,” left the audience wondering what can the sphere of influence—now falsely attributed they do if the responsibility falls on them. Finally, Professor Dun advised the room against to anyone who has merely mastered the tools of aspiring toward an outlier status defined by influence. “Every single person has their own war, their own riches and fame, illustrating with examples the scars, and struggles. I managed to twist mine and psychosocial ramifications of this pursuit. Using figures in the history of religion as a point get a voice not just for me, but for my people and of departure, he argued that it was the special my country. What about you? What will you do?” Citing Stephen Covey and Mark Manson, she laid character of the likes of Abraham and King David— she asked. bare the myth of exceptionalism that testifies their patience, ability to confront their loneliness to everybody’s greatness and suggested an and communicate their views—that was truly alternative route. revolutionary. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 40 41 STUDENT LIFE Student Recognition

Media and Research Awards

Each year the university holds its major media JOURNALISTIC WRITING and research award competition, highlighting the Fareehan Elgakhlab best student work across a variety of disciplines Shining Light in Dark Areas: Investigative in journalism, communication, and research. The Journalism in Qatar nominees are determined by NU-Q faculty and NARRATIVE FICTION then judged by a panel of judges from local and Khadija Islow, Amal Barakat, Noor Al-Meer, regional media operations that include Al Jazeera and Alya Al Mansoor Media Network, Memac Ogilvy, Ginger Camel, 4C and members of NU-Q’s community. NEWS THE WINNERS OF THIS YEAR’S EVENT WERE: Rahma El-Deeb, Saad Ejaz, Nada Qaddourah CREATIVE WRITING Separate but Unequal: The Segregation of Hassan Al-Jahni Migrant Workers in Qatar Emsahar RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: HUMANITIES DOCUMENTARY Omer Alaoui Alessandra El Chanti Marriage in Qatar: Social Choice or Revive the Lira’s Glory Sociopolitical Duty?

FUNDED MOVING IMAGE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: SOCIAL SCIENCES Mariam Al-Dhubhani Iffah Kitchlew Dean’s Award winner Alessandra El Chanti Just Another Memory Weakening the Hunter Dynasty: California’s 50th Midterm Election FUNDED NEWS Tony El Ghazal and Rahma El-Deeb STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS Spotlight: Jordan Horowitz Hassan Al-Jahni 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic Sports Museum Plan Book

2019 Senior’s Recognition Ceremony

At a luncheon, hosted by Dean Everette E. Dennis, STUDENTS RECEIVING RECOGNITION WERE: several graduating seniors received recognition DEAN’S AWARD for their academic excellence across a number Alessandra El Chanti of disciplines. This includes students who have achieved scholastic honors, awards for the three STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD programs, student leadership, and the Dean’s Jawaher AlMoawda Award. Certificates were also awarded for students who had completed programs in Strategic COMMUNICATION AWARD Communication and Middle East Studies. Asmaa Benkermi

LIBERAL ARTS AWARD Nawal Faisal Aqeel

JOURNALISM AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AWARD Asmahan Ibrahim Qarjouli NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 42 43 STUDENT LIFE Convocation

Marking the beginning of the 2018–2019 academic we listened to what the movie wanted, to what the year, NU-Q’s Convocation welcomed the Class of movie needed, we gave it the space and time and care 2022 after an enriching week of orientation activities. it deserved. Instead of defining our success by the results, by what we expected people to think of the Hollywood producer Jordan Horowitz delivered the movie, we found our success in the process,” he told keynote address at the welcoming ceremony. the audience. A Northwestern alumnus with a degree from the Also speaking at the convocation was NU-Q Student University’s School of Communication, Horowitz Union president Alessandra El Chanti, who reinforced invited the incoming freshmen class to abandon the Horowitz’s message and urged the freshmen to idealism of their fantasies in favor of the urgency of venture beyond the silos of their departments. the process. “Here at NU-Q, communication students are not Explaining his advice, Horowitz noted that giving in only filmmakers and journalism students are not to the temptation of lofty expectations—often the only reporters; we are grander than just that. We’re cause of real-life disappointment—comes at the risk researchers, leaders, storytellers, and aspiring of not learning to trust the creative process instead. professionals in the vast field of media. There is so The latter, he claimed, explains the success behind much to learn and even more to create. Here, you are La La Land, the musical comedy-drama he produced, allowed to dream bigger. You have all the resources in which was nominated for 14 Academy Awards this university to make that happen,” she said. and received the Best Picture awards at the Golden This year’s convocation, which celebrated the largest Globes, BAFTAs, PGA, and Critics Choice Awards admitted class in the school’s history, was the first ceremonies. formal occasion of the year and kicked off NU-Q’s “Instead of forcing things to be a certain way for year-long 10th-year-anniversary celebration. reasons outside of the film itself, we were patient,

Convocation speaker Jordan Horowitz

42 43 NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 44 45 STUDENT LIFE Graduation

NU-Q had a special keynote speaker at this year’s While at NU-Q, Al-Saadi served as president of graduation ceremony. NU-Q alum Sara Abdulla the student body, won Education City’s President’s Al-Saadi, director of public diplomacy at the Award—the highest honor awarded to a student— Embassy of the State of Qatar in Washington, and garnered praise for an award-winning film that D.C., returned to her alma mater to address the was also featured at the Cannes Short Film Corner. Class of 2019. “In her time at NU-Q, she was one of our Everette E. Dennis, dean and CEO, welcomed Al- most active and accomplished students. No Saadi home with an introduction that reaffirmed one is therefore surprised by her considerable her fitting participation in the ceremony as a achievements since that time,” Dennis said. person “whose life and career achievements reflect Northwestern University President Morton and illuminate the purpose of our school and the Schapiro, who has attended every NU-Q values we hold.” graduation to date, reminded graduates of the Al-Saadi, a graduate from NU-Q’s inaugural international renown their projects have acquired Class of 2012, spoke to the class about the for their excellence. “The only word I can think of sense of ambivalence and insecurity that often to capture your achievements is astonishing,” he said. Class of 2019 Commencement Speaker Sara Abdullah Al-Saadi accompanies graduates and related that, through The event was attended by Northwestern her experience, she has learned that the values Provost Jonathan Holloway and other members instilled in them at Northwestern will help them of NU-Q’s Joint Advisory Board, including overcome any challenge. His Excellency Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al- “When these feelings bubble to the surface, remember Kuwari, state minister with the rank of deputy what your time here has taught you: Don’t be prime minister; His Excellency Hassan Abdullah afraid to try new things, challenge yourselves, and Al Thawadi, secretary-general of the Supreme look beyond your comfort zones,” she said. Committee on Legacy and Delivery; Samir

68 16 48 OF THE GRADUATES STUDENTS RECEIVED GRADUATES Provost of Northwestern University Jonathan Holloway EARNED MINORS: DEGREES IN COMMUNICATION 7 17 IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES, COUNTRIES Mayekar, a member of Northwestern’s Board graduates to believe in the potential of the person 20 7 STUDENTS EARNED CERTIFICATES of Trustees and president of the Northwestern they have become over the last four years. “As our IN MEDIA AND POLITICS, AND IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND Alumni Association; and Mayan Zebeib, chief journey comes to an end, we are set to embark communication officer of Qatar Foundation. on another. I can’t promise that you won’t be 2 underestimated in your next journey. However, Also in attendance was Charles Whitaker, then 12 IN GENDER AND 18 I do promise you that you can’t underestimate DIFFERENT LANGUAGES SEXUALITY STUDIES IN MIDDLE EAST STUDIES interim dean of Northwestern University’s yourselves—knowing what you know, being where Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated you have been, and learning what you have learned.” Marketing Communications and Northwestern, MORE THAN and Professor Ellen Wartella from the School of This year’s 68 graduates represent 17 countries 20 Communication. with nearly half of the group Qatari, making it the 70 STUDENTS RECEIVED DEGREES IN largest and most diverse graduating class to date. PERCENT WOMEN JOURNALISM AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION The student speaker for the ceremony was Hassan Together, the students speak a total of 12 different Mohammed Al-Jahni, who advised his fellow languages with more than 70% women. Outreach NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 48 49 OUTREACH Community Outreach The first publication was a five-year retrospection smartphones, which is what 97% of locals are using report that revealed long-term trends, patterns, and to go online. NU-Q has several programs and initiatives that are One of the ways in which technology and the access preferences while also offering detailed analyses on The second publication was the sixth edition of the targeted at engaging the local community on topics to an abundance of information has impacted media habits in the region. that relate to the mission of NU-Q. In addition political conversations in the majlis is that “everyone Media Use survey, revealing new data on cultural to partnerships with several local organizations— has a different opinion based on the sources and The research project was inspired at the wake of the attitudes, censorship and digital privacy, media use including Al Jazeera, the Doha Film Institute, and people they follow,” explain Jaidah. He added, “In Arab Spring and continues to be the only study of its by platform, online and social media, entertainment, the Qatar Computing Research Institute—NU-Q the 1980s and early 90s when TV came into the kind in the region. Since 2013, the survey has tracked news, and a special focus on Qatar. organizes forums, research conferences, public majlis, people had one shared source for their news, developments to distinguish between ephemeral, The most recent survey found that majorities of lectures, and executive education programs for the but now everyone can form their point of view.” short-term media shifts and those that are more nationals in most of the countries surveyed generally benefit of the local community. dramatic. It provides a portrait of peoples’ internet support online freedom of expression, with majorities The panelists agreed that media sources have always activity, especially tracking the rise of social media. influenced the content of discussion in the majlis, but of nationals in most countries supporting online that social media had broadened the discourse and “Understanding the changes and implications of media freedom of expression generally; yet minorities Qatar Media Industries Forum widened perspectives. use in the region can help to inform teaching and of nationals in three countries—Qatar, Tunisia, academic research, as well as shape industry practices and UAE—say people should be free to criticize In line with its mission to promote intellectual inquiry On using the term majlis, Nonneman cautioned the and public policy in the region,” explained Dean governments online, whereas majorities of nationals and debate among media professionals and industry audience against too much generalization, arguing and CEO Everette E. Dennis, who is also the lead only in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon say the same. leaders, NU-Q hosts annual forums that focus on that there are many types of majlises in the region, principal investigator. the media industry and bring together educators including those that are family-oriented, community and industry leaders to discuss the industry—locally, groups, and quasi-governmental entities. A key finding in this report showed that internet Below, from left to right: regionally, and internationally. penetration has significantly increased in every Banu Akdenizli, Mohamed Jaidah, Manar Al-Muraikhi, The biannual forum, which was established in 2012, country in the region—especially through the use of Gerd Nonneman In 2018, the Qatar Media Industries Forum (QMIF) has seen participation from more than 120 media focused on social media. At the forum—Social Media professionals from around Qatar. Previous forums and the Majlis, Technology Confront Tradition— addressed a broad range of topics that have included panelists and guests challenged how social media has media consumption in the Arab World, mapping influenced conversations and debate in the traditional Qatar’s media market, and meeting the demand for majlis in Qatar and the Gulf region. regional content. The panel, moderated by Banu Akdenizli, a communication professor at NU-Q, agreed that social media has greatly enhanced and shaped the Media Use in the Middle East discourse in a majlis—where majlis is a traditional Research at NU-Q also often takes on issues that are gathering space in Qatar where families and friends central to the country of Qatar and the wider region. come together to discuss issues, celebrate events, and Two publications this year focused on the school’s spend time together. The majlis has long been seen as signature research project—“Media Use in the Middle a forum to influence conversations and opinions at a East.” family, community, social, and political level. The research project is a longitudinal survey that Among those discussing the role of majlis in a began in 2013. It measures media consumption and contemporary context were panelists Mohamed attitudes in the Middle East. It received funding from Jaidah, owner of 60 Degrees and group executive the Qatar National Research Fund with a small grant director at Jaidah Group; Manar Al-Muraikhi, from the Doha Film Institute. director of community and public relations at Ooredoo; and Gulf expert Gerd Nonneman, professor Over the first five years of the research, from 2013 and former dean at Georgetown University in Qatar. to 2018, there have been nearly 30,000 face-to-face interviews, with 5,000 conducted on the phone. The “This year’s forum was particularly interesting, countries covered are Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, providing media leaders in the community an Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and the United Arab Emirates. opportunity to explore and reflect on how new media relates to more traditional forms of communication,” said Everette E. Dennis NU-Q’s dean and CEO.

48 49 NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 50 51 OUTREACH Media Coverage

NU-Q received extensive earned media coverage in increasing coverage across Northwestern University’s the local press and saw a significant increase in social online newsletter, website, magazine, and social media mentions, engagement, and its digital share of media channels. Some examples of such collaboration voice. The past year focused on stories about visits include highlighting NU-Q students studying on from scholars, media experts, and institution-wide or visiting the Evanston campus, publishing stories achievements that included the University’s 10-year about NU-Q’s new media museum, graduation, anniversary in Qatar. convocation, student and faculty accomplishments, and occasionally landing the top news story on the NU-Q secured a number of special features in local main website’s homepage and in the newsletter. and international publications, highlighting both the University’s academic achievements as well as that In addition, NU-Q was regularly featured on Qatar of its students who are using their education for the Foundation’s communication channels, including their betterment of the societies around them. social media pages, website, and feature news stories.

In the traditional media, NU-Q achieved a good NU-Q’s social media strategy incorporated multiple frequency of placements, particularly on stories about year-long campaigns to boost admissions, promote the results from the annual Media Use in the Middle alumni and current student success stories, as well East survey, the dedication of The Media Majlis at as to inform the public about NU-Q’s research Northwestern University in Qatar, and about various projects and grants. This year, a 10-year anniversary media experts speaking at NU-Q. In addition to campaign was also added and featured a video covering news releases, journalists from Lusail and Al component, as well as multiple photo posts from the Sharq conducted exclusive interviews with groups of archives and motion graphics. students on their undergraduate experience. In October, NU-Q also launched its first video series Aligned with NU-Q’s 10-year anniversary strategy, NU-Q&A to feature university guests and generate the Communications and Public Affairs office issued content for the website and social media. Since its a number of stories that highlighted the institution’s launch, the program helped gain traction and was achievements and milestones over the past decade. promoted by some of the featured guests, including This included news releases on the results and One Book program author, Hala Alyan. reflections of the annual report, as well as stories on On social media, NU-Q performed very well and the celebrations and homecoming events at NU-Q. was able to maintain a positive exponential followers’ The 10-year anniversary was also weaved into other growth throughout the year. One of the successful news releases about graduation and The Media Majlis, initiatives to increase engagement was the installation among others. of a large #NUQ10 hashtag in the courtyard where In 2018–19, NU-Q continued to build on its students and visitors could take and share photos. relationship with the home campus by implementing a strategic news sharing strategy, which resulted in

50 51 Appendices NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 54 55 APPENDICES Appendix 1 Faculty NU-Q Joint Advisory Board Senior Leadership COMMUNICATION PROGRAM Miriam Berg Assistant Professor-in-Residence Banu Akdenizli H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al Thani Everette E. Dennis Associate Professor-in-Residence Vice Chairperson and CEO of Qatar Foundation Dean and CEO Marci Brown (co-chair until January 2019) Adjunct Lecturer Dana Atrach Greg Bergida Assistant Professor-in-Residence H.E. Dr. Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al-Kuwari Director, Planning, Assessment, and Strategy Craig LaMay State Minister with the rank of Deputy Prime Associate Professor-in-Residence Danielle Beverly Minister (co-chair from January 2019) Mary Dedinsky Assistant Professor-in-Residence Director, Journalism and Strategic Justin D. Martin Jonathan Holloway Associate Professor-in-Residence Communication Program Scott Curtis Provost, Northwestern University (co-chair) Associate Professor-in-Residence Pamela Erskine-Loftus Andrew Mills Maryah Al-Dafa Assistant Professor-in-Residence Director, The Media Majlis at Northwestern Susan Dun Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Special University in Qatar Assistant Professor-in-Residence Projects, Qatar Foundation (until January 2019) Christina M. Paschyn Assistant Professor-in-Residence Gregory Ferrell Lowe Rana Kazkaz H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohammed Director, Communication Program Assistant Professor-in-Residence Al Thani Amy Kristin Sanders Associate Professor-in-Residence Former Minister of Economy and Commerce, Jairo Lugo-Ocando Joe F. Khalil State of Qatar (until January 2019) Director, Executive and Graduate Education Associate Professor-in-Residence

H.E. Hassan Abdullah Al-Thawadi Nanci Martin Pamela Krayenbuhl LIBERAL ARTS PROGRAM Secretary General, Supreme Committee for Delivery Director, Communications and Public Affairs Assistant Professor-in-Residence and Legacy (from January 2019) Khaled AL-Hroub Mark Paul Susan H. Pak Professor-in-Residence Yaser Bishr Director, Library Assistant Professor-in-Residence Executive Director of Digital Media, Al Jazeera Giovanni Bandi Media Network Alex Schultes Kirsten Pike Adjunct Assistant Professor Director, Admissions Assistant Professor-in-Residence Ahmad M. Hasnah Sami Hermez President, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Keelie Sorel Marco Williams Assistant Professor-in-Residence Director, Student Affairs Professor-in-Residence Rami G. Khouri James Hodapp Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Pim Thukral Ann Woodworth Assistant Professor-in-Residence Public Policy and International Affairs, Chief Operations Officer Associate Professor-in-Residence American University of Beirut Aaron LaDuke Hariclea Zengos Assistant Professor-in-Residence Samir Mayekar Senior Associate Dean and Director, JOURNALISM PROGRAM Deputy Mayor for Economic and Liberal Arts Program Adam Larson Neighborhood Development, City of Chicago; Ibrahim N. Abusharif Adjunct Assistant Professor President, Northwestern Alumni Association Associate Professor-in-Residence Maria D. Lombard Geneva Overholser Ilhem Allagui Assistant Professor-in-Residence Editor and Educator; Senior Fellow, Democracy Fund Associate Professor-in-Residence Hasan Mahmud Mayan Zebeib George Anghelcev Assistant Professor-in-Residence Chief Communications Officer, Qatar Foundation Associate Professor-in-Residence (ex-officio from January 2019)

Everette E. Dennis Dean and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern University in Qatar (ex-officio) NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 56 57 APPENDICES

Staff

Sam Meekings Christopher Sparshott Nadeen Abo Mazid Jocelyn Casambros Assistant Professor-in-Residence Assistant Professor-in-Residence User Support Specialist Library Assistant

Torsten Menge Zachary Wright Amal Ali Wielder D. Catapat Assistant Professor-in-Residence Associate Professor-in-Residence Media Majlis Support Manager of Production Operations

Jocelyn Sage Mitchell Dina Al-Abdi Patricia Collins Assistant Professor-in-Residence Student Development Coordinator Counselor/Coordinator of Health and Wellness LIBRARY

Yulianto (Anto) Mohsin Iman Khamis Rami Al-Badry Ray Corcoran Assistant Professor-in-Residence Technical Services Librarian Director of Production and Digital Media Services Director of Facilities

Mounir Ouanaimi Mark Paul Alanna Alexander Michelle Cunanan Adjunct Assistant Professor Director of the Library Writer/Editor Administrative Assistant

Tamer Rabbani Jeremy Walker John Alindayo Mano De Rosairo Adjunct Lecturer Public Services Librarian Facilities Logistics Coordinator Administrative Assistant

Chito Almacen Nadiyah El-Amin Production Equipment Specialist Academic Advisor

Safna Ansaruddin Hadeel Eltayeb Director of Student Records Associate Curator for The Media Majlis at NU-Q

Bianca Apps Eric Espig Administrative Assistant Digital Specialist for The Media Majlis at NU-Q

Ismael (Mel) Aquino Lawrence Ferrer Library Associate Purchasing & Payables Supervisor

Safa Arshad Christopher Forman Exhibition Coordinator Benefits Specialist

Resil Barcelo Will Froning HR Business Coordinator Manager of Infrastructure Operations

Bronwyn Bethel Heba Gomaa Writing Center Administrator Academic Records Assistant

Erin Bishop R. Daniel Hague Program Administrator Manager of Audiovisual Engineering

Bradley Bower Amira Hariri Manager of Community Relations Assistant Director of Admissions

Lea Bowman Fouad Hassan Manager of User Support Research Support

Frank Box Haneen Hindi Infrastructure Project Manager for The Media Majlis Communications Coordinator at NU-Q NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 58 59 APPENDICES

Megan Holly Toni Mani Ryza Odencio-Tenorio Rommel Solicar Administrative Assistant AV Systems Engineer Library Assistant Facilities Supervisor

Sian Houlsby Lina Masoud Dragos Onciul Alex Sotelo Manager of the Dean’s office Visitor Services Coordinator Facilities and Housing Manager Systems Engineer/Administrator

Christopher Hurless Arnold Marcelo Terry-Lyn Perez Maiken Sparshott Systems Engineer/Administrator HR Office Assistant Broadcast and Production Communications and Public Affairs Support Technical Support Specialist Shakir Hussain Iwona Marczak Jack Thomas Taylor Learning Engineer Video and Multimedia Content Manager Jan-Marie Petersen Assistant Curator for The Media Majlis at NU-Q Assistant Director, Digital Communications and User Amir Hussin Christy Marianta Experience Michelle Telafici Broadcast Engineer Executive Assistant to the COO Academic Advisor Jesly Quimbo Fahad Islam Michael McDonough Facilities Workshop Technician Kim Theodore User Support Specialist Director of Health, Safety, Security and Environment Assistant Director, Human Resources Rajiv Ravishankar Zeena Kanaan Tames McTigue Senior User Support Specialist Indee Thotawattage Public Relations Specialist Senior Systems Engineer/Administrator Student Life Specialist Angelita Raytos Zanib Khalid Hallie Moberg Brauer Academic Affairs Support Patrick Tingson Business Analyst Associate Program Assistant, Qatar Support Office Production Coordinator Nadeen Said Sarhan Khan Hazim Mohamed Broadcast and Production Technical Support Robert Vance The Media Majlis at NU-Q Support Writer/Editor Specialist Director of Information Technology

Amy Khatib Saeed Mohamed Genus Salas Anthony Wallace Assistant Director, Student and Auxiliary Government Relations Manager Facilities Services Supervisor Network Engineer and Computing Security Analyst Business Services Camelia Moisuc Delora Sequeira Paul Wood Elizabeth Lance Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant Broadcast System Administrator Research Manager Christopher Monaghan Frederico Silva Ihsan Yahya Shinoj K. Leela Gallery Registrar for The Media Majlis at NU-Q Manager of Strategic Recruitment Manager of Broadcast Engineering Broadcast Support Engineer Ibtesaam Moosa Bianca Simon Katia Almazan Zurita Erin Libby Admissions Support Administrative Assistant Business Risk Analyst Manager, Qatar Support Office Marie Newkirk Nadeem Lughmani Career Services Manager Senior Network Engineer Sayed Naqvi Natalie Lurowist Production Support Program Assistant, Qatar Support Office Victoria Ng’eno Abir Maarouf Library Associate Purchasing & Payables Supervisor Durriya Niaz Louise Malinis Assistant Director, Accounting and Reporting Administrative Assistant NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 60 61 APPENDICES Appendix 2 Publications 2018–2019 Book Chapters

Brambilla, J., & Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018). Lobbying Lance, E. A., & Paschyn, C. M. (2018). The for Life: Violence against the Press and the Public Applicability of Symbolic Annihilation in the Middle Books and Other Monographs Interest. In J. Johnston & M. Pieczka (Eds.), East. In D. Harp, J. Loke, & I. Bachmann (Eds.), Confronting the Public Interest: A Communication Feminist Approaches to Media Theory and Research Allagui, I. (2019). Advertising in MENA Goes Meekings, S. (2018). The Afterlives of Doctor Gachet. Dialectic (1st, 1), New Directions in Public (pp. 37–52). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Digital. New York: Routledge. London: Eyewear Press. ISSN: 1912477181. Relations and Communication Research. Abingdon, Lugo-Ocando, J., & Andrade, G. (2019). Selling Dennis, E. E., Martin, J. D., & Hassan, F. (2018). Pavlik, J. V., Dennis, E. E., Mersey, R. D., & Gengler, Oxfordshire: Routledge. the Lottery to earn salvation: Why journalism Media use in the Middle East, 2018. Qatar: J. (2018). Mobile Disruptions in the Middle East. Curtis, S. (2019). Introduction. In S. Curtis (Ed.), practice needs to embrace risk to achieve effective Northwestern University in Qatar. Retrieved from: Routledge. Animation (pp. 1–17). New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers humanitarian communication. In M. Lawrence & http://www.mideastmedia.org/survey/2018/. Steven, H., & Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018). Poor News: University Press. R. Tavernor (Eds.), Global Humanitarianism and Hroub, K. (2018). The Anxious Intellectual. Amman: Poverty, Politics and Ideology in the British Press. Media Culture. Manchester: Manchester University Curtis, S. (2019). The Silent Screen, 1895–1928. In S. Ahliya Publishers. London: Rowman & Littlefield. Press. http://www.manchesteruniversitypress. Curtis (Ed.), Animation (pp. 18–47). New Brunswick, co.uk/9781526117298/. Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018). Crime Statistics in the News: Ware, R., Wright, Z., & Syed, A. (2018). Jihad of the NJ: Rutgers University Press. Journalism, Numbers and Social Deviation. London: Pen: the Sufi Literature of West Africa. Cairo and Lombard, M. (2019). Attached Bodies: Movement, Dennis, E. E. (2018). Beginnings: Origins of Mediated Palgrave. New York: American University of Cairo Press. Babywearing, and the Travelling Mother. In C. Beyer, Communication Research. In P. M. Napoli (Ed.), J. MacLennan, D. S. Silva, and M. Tesser (Eds.), Mediated Communication (pp. 11–26). Berlin and Travellin’ Mama: Mothers, Mothering and Travel (pp. Boston: De Gruyter Mouton. 179–189). Ontario: Demeter Press. Edited Volumes Dennis, E. E. (2018). The Maturation of the New Meekings, S. (2019). Writing Ghostly Spaces: Place as Journalism in the 1970s. In K. Curnett (Ed.), Curtis, S. (Ed.). (2019). Animation. New Brunswick, Lowe, G. F., Van den Bulck, H., & Donders, K. (Eds.). Palimpsest. In E. Midgette (Eds.), Writing as Spaces: American Literature in Transition, 1970–1980 (pp. N.J.: Rutgers University Press. (2019). Public Service Media in the Networked Writing as Transformative, Scholarly and Creative 281–303). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Society. Nordicom. Practice (pp.1–10). Leiden: Brill. ISBN: 978-90-04- Erskine-Loftus, P. (Ed.). (2018). Arab Identities, 39431-5. images in film: Voices & Conversations. Edinburgh: Sabry, T., & Khalil, J. F. (Eds.). (2019). Culture, time Hodapp, J. (2018). Departing from Anti-colonialism, Arriving at Afropolitanism: Africa United as an Akkadia Press. and publics in the Arab world: Media, Public space, Meekings, S. (2019). Instagram Narratives. In N. African Road Movie. In T. Corrigan & J. Duarte and Temporality. I.B. Tauris. Milthorpe (Eds.), Digital English: An Open Access (Eds.), The Global Road Movie: Alternative Journeys Online Handbook for Tertiary English Educators. Around the World (pp. 69–87). London: Intellect www.digitalenglish.com.au. Books (ISBN 978-1-7832-0877-7). Paschyn, C. M. (2018). How International Media Hroub, K. (2019). Colonial Britain in Palestine: The Tackled the Gulf Blockade. In R. Miller (Ed.), The Making of ‘Mandate Oslo’ and its Continuation. 2017 Gulf Crisis: The View from Qatar (pp. 168– In M. Al-Sharif (Ed.), Hundred Years for Balfour 179). Doha: HBKU Press. Declarations: The Invariable and the Changeable in the Colonial Plan towards Palestine (pp. 217–244). Wright, Z. (2019). Islamic Scholars as Political and Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies. Social Critics in the pre-modern Muslim world. In Eltayeb & P. Erskine-Loftus (Eds.), Creative Hroub, K. (2018). The Palestinian Cause in a Dialogues of Dissent in the Arab World. Edinburgh: Changing Regional Context. Towards National Rise Akkadia Press. to Meet Dangers Facing the Palestinian Cause (pp. 171–181). Ramallah: Masarat Centre. Van den Bulck, H., Donders, K., & Lowe, G. F. (2019). Public service media in the networked society. LaMay, C. (2019). The World Cup and its Challenges What society? What network? What role? In G. F. to Free Expression Norms in Qatar. In D. Reiche & T. Lowe, H. Van den Bulck, & K. Donders (Eds.), Public Sorek (Eds.), Sport, Politics and Society in the Middle Service Media in the Networked Society (pp. 11–26), East (pp. 165–194). London: Hurst. Nordicom. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 62 63 APPENDICES

Articles in Scholarly Journals

Allagui, I., & Akdenizli, B. (2019). The Gulf LaMay, C. (2019). Sport Diplomacy and Media Mir, S., & Paschyn, C. M. (2018). Qatar’s Hidden Salar, S. O., & Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018). International Information War and the Role of Media and Liberalization in Qatar. International Journal of Women: Symbolic Annihilation and Documentary Cooperation, Foreign Aid and Changes in Media Communication Technologies. International Journal Sports and Society, 10, 29–45. Media Practice. Visual Communication Quarterly, Agenda: The Case of Voces. Journal of Latin of Communication, 13(2019), 1287–1300. 25(2), 93–105. American Communication Research, 6, 1–2. Lowe, G. F., & Maijanen, P. (2019). Making sense Andrade, G., & Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018). The of the public service mission in media: Youth Mohsin, A. (2018). The Overseas Fellowship Samer, A., Dahi, O., Hazbun, W., Grove, N., Angostura Address 200 Years Later: A Critical audiences, competition and strategic management. Program: A Technocientific Scholarship Program in Hindawi, C., Mouawad, J., & Hermez, S. (2018). Reading. Iberoamericana­—Nordic Journal of Latin Journal of Media Business Studies, 16(1), 1–18. DOI: New Order Indonesia. Korean Journal for the History Towards a Beirut School of Critical Security Studies. American and Caribbean Studies, 47(1), 74–82. DOI: 10.1080/16522354.2018.1553279. of Science, 40–2, 275–303. Critical Studies on Security, 6(3), 273–295. DOI: http://doi.org/10.16993/iberoamericana.427. 10.1080/21624887.2018.1522174. Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018). A Mouthpiece for Truth: Pavlik, J. V., Dennis, E. E., Mersey, R. D., & Gengler, Cosette, C., Segura, M. S., & Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018). Foreign Aid for Media Development and the J. (2019). Conducting Research on the World’s Dossier Presentation International Cooperation, making of journalism in the Global South. Brazilian Changing Mediascape: Principles and Practices. Journalism and Media Development in Latin America: Journalism Research (BJR), 14(2), 414–431. Media & Communication, 7(1), 189–192. Historical Perspectives, Postcolonial Continuities Lugo-Ocando, J., & Glück, A. (2018). El periodismo and Challenges Facing the Future. Journal of Latin científico y el uso de la emociones en las narrativas American Communication Research, 6, 1–2. noticiosas en la era de la posverdad: Un estudio Conference Papers Curtis, S. (2018). Münsterbergs Missing Link? Die comparativo entre el Reino Unido y la India (Scientific ästhetische Theorie Ethel Puffers und The Photoplay journalism and the use of emotions in news narratives Abusharif, A. (2018, August). Digital Media, Allagui, I. (2018, May). Al Jaida. A Cultural [Münsterberg’s Missing Link? Ethel Puffer’s in the post-truth era: A comparative study of the Religious Authority, & Salafism. Paper presented at Narrative on Human Rights. Paper presented at the Aesthetic Theory and The Photoplay]. montage/av: United Kingdom and India). Contratexto, No. 29, the International Society for Media, Religion, and Global media and Human Rights preconference, Zeitschrift für Theorie & Geschichte audiovisueller 23–45. Culture, Boulder, Colorado. International Communication Association, Prague, Kommunikation, 27(1), 31–46. Czech Republic. Martin, J. D., Naqvi, S. S., & Anghelcev, G. Abusharif, A., & Al-Khori, L. (2019, March). The de las Heras-Pedrosa, C., Jambrino-Maldonado, C., (2018). Employing perceptual-learning research in Production and Consumption of Social Media in the Curtis, S. (2018, November). Caught between Iglesias-Sánchez, P., & Lugo-Ocando, J. (2019). The journalism and communication: Immediate and Gulf Diplomatic Crisis: Patterns and Case Studies. Nations: Film and the Danish Expeditions to the United States Presidential Elections from the Point of delayed effects of a perceptual-learning module on Paper presented at the Gulf Studies Symposium, Gulf States. Paper presented at the annual convention, View of the European Press. Norteamérica, Revista AP editing accuracy. Journalism Studies, 19. DOI: American University of Kuwait, Kuwait. Middle East Studies Association, San Antonio, Texas. Académica del CISAN-UNAM, 14(1), 374–475. 10.1080/1461670X.2018.1526643. Akdenizli, B. (2018, May). Hashtag Gulf Blockade, Curtis, S. (2018, November). Film, Television, and Dun, S. A., & Ali, A. (2018). “Seatbelts don’t save Meekings, S. (2019). Writing through Loss: The Rise How the Gulf Crisis Played Out in the Twittersphere. Medium Specificity in Postwar Biomedical Education. lives:” Discovering and targeting the attitude and of Grief Narratives through the Lens of Linville’s Paper presented at the annual convention, Global Paper presented at the annual convention, History of behaviors of young Arab male drivers. Accident Self-complexity Theory. Life Writing, 16(3). DOI: Communication Association, Madrid, Spain. Science Society, Seattle, Washington. Analysis and Prevention, 121, 185–193. 10.1080/14484528.2018.1537048. Akdenizli, B. (2018, May). Blockade Diplomacy: The Dun, S. A., & Ali, A. (2018, November). Why don’t Hodapp, J. (2018). A Serious Television Trickster: Ken Menge, T. (2018). How Far Does the European Union first 100 days of the GCC crisis on Twitter and how they play? Catalysts and constraints of Muslim Saro-Wiwa’s Political and Artistic Legacy in Basi and Reach: Foreign Land Acquisitions and the Boundaries Foreign Ministers Voiced Themselves Online. Paper women’s sport participation. Paper presented at the Company. The Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 54(4), of Political Communities. Land, 8(3), 44. presented at the annual convention, International National Communication Association Convention, 504–514. Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic. Salt Lake City. Mitchell, J. S., & Curtis, S. (2018). Old media, new Hodapp, J. (2018). The Postcolonial Ecopolitics of narratives: Repurposing inconvenient artifacts for Akdenizli, B. (2018, November). Where Are They Dun, S. A., & Ali, A. (2018, August). “Seatbelts don’t Consumption: Reimagining the Kola Nut in Chris the national museum of Qatar. Journal of Arabian Now? Journalists and Twitter Use in Turkey. Paper save lives:” Discovering and targeting the attitudes and Abani’s GraceLand. Critical Arts: South-North Studies, 8(2), 208–241. presented at the Prague Media Point Conference, behaviors of young Arab male drivers. Paper presented Cultural and Media Studies, 32(2), 1–14. Prague, Czech Republic. at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mitchell, J. S., & Allagui, I. (2019). Car decals, civic Mass Communication, Washington, D.C. Hroub, K. (2019). Religion and Political Modernity in rituals, and changing conceptions of nationalism. Allagui, I. (2018, June). Innovation in Legacy Media Zionism and Palestinian National Movement. Arab International Journal of Communication, 13, Institutions: The Case of Al Jazeera Media Network. Hermez, S. (2018, November). Sireen: A Palestinian Future Journal, February, Issue 480, 32–45. 1368–1388. Paper presented at the European Media Management Story. Paper presented at the annual meeting, Association Conference, Warsaw, Poland. American Anthropological Association, San Jose, Khattab, N., & Mahmud, H. (2019). Migration in California. a turbulent time: perspectives from the global South. Migration and Development, 8(1), 1–6. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 64 65 APPENDICES

Hodapp, J. (2019, March). Who Gets to be Worldly? Lombard, M. (2018, November). Genre and Women’s Menge, T. (2019, January). The Global Land Rush, Mohsin, A. (2018, June). The Electric Cooperatives in The Afropolitan Question. Paper presented at the Narratives of Motherhood in Contemporary Self-Determination, and the Ontology of Political Indonesia: Entangled and Competing Sociotechnical Northeast Modern Language Association Annual American Literature. Paper presented at the Swiss Communities. Paper presented at the annual meeting Imaginaries. Paper presented at the 7th STS Italia Convention, Washington, D.C. Association of North American Studies (SANAS), of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Conference, Padova, Italy. University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Division, New York. Khalil, J. (2018, June). Arab Television Industries Mohsin, A. (2018, July). Brain Circulators in the New after Netflix, Disruptions and Continuities. Paper Lowe, G. F., & Picard, R. G. (2018, May). University- Menge, T. (2018, December). Foreign Land Order Indonesia. Paper presented at the Association presented at the annual conference, International Industry Collaboration in the Media Management Acquisitions, Self-Determination, and the Boundary for Asian Studies in Asia meeting, Habitat Centre, Association of Media and Communication Field. Paper presented at the WMEMC conference, Problem. Paper presented at the 3rd Workshop for New Delhi, India. Researchers, Eugene. Cape Town, South Africa. Political Philosophy, Berlin, Germany. Mohsin, A. (2018, October). The Indonesian Electric Khalil, J. (2018, June). Time and Culture in the Lugo-Ocando, J., & Glück, A. (2018, May). Worker’s Menge, T. (2018, September). Self-Determination, Cooperatives. Paper presented at the annual meeting Arab World: Fieldnotes. Paper presented at the 1st Struggles, Ideological Struggle and the News: How Foreign Land Acquisitions, and the Ontology of of the Society for the History of Technology, St. Louis, Temporal Belongings International Conference, National Imaginary and Anticommunism Defined Political Communities. Paper presented at the GAP10: Missouri, USA. The social life of time: power, discrimination and Journalistic Professionalism and Identity in the West. The 10th Triennial Congress of the German Society Paschyn. C. M. (2018, October). Gender Issues transformation, Edinburgh, Scotland. Paper presented at the International Communication for Analytic Philosophy, Cologne, Germany. in Building a Sustainable Visual Media Culture in Association, Communication History Division, LaDuke, A. (2018, May). Another boom on the Menge, T. (2018, August). What Determines Qatar. Paper presented at the Film and Visual Media Prague, Czech Republic. plains: corporate influence and agency in the Bakken the Boundaries of a Political Community. Paper in the Gulf: Images, Infrastructures, and Institutions Shale play. Paper presented at the annual convention, Mahmud, H. (2018, July). Migrants’ Remittances & presented at the Social Ontology 2018, Tufts Connecting Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature, East Development: A Critical Appraisal. Paper presented University, Boston, Massachusetts. the World conference, New York University Abu Lansing, Michigan. at the International Sociology Congress, Toronto, Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Menge, T. (2018, July). Is Collective Self- Canada. LaDuke, A. (2018, May). Synthesizing place, the Determination Always Valuable? Civic Boundaries Pike, K. (2019, March). Leaving Our Options Plains, and Cather: Perspectives on My Antonia from Mahmud, H. (2018, August). Society Matters: and the Effects of Past White Supremacist Open: Tomboy Tensions in 1970s Television Shows the international classroom. Paper presented at the Teaching Neoliberalism in Qatar. Paper presented at Immigration Policies. Paper presented at the 35th and Magazines. Paper presented at the second annual convention, American Literature Association, the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia. Annual International Social Philosophy Conference, International Girls Studies Association conference, San Francisco, California. Oakland University, Auburn Hills, Michigan. South Bend, Indiana. Martins, R. J., Naqvi, S. S., & Martin, J. D. (2018, LaDuke, A. (2018, November). “There’s never been August). Predictors of cultural conservatism in Menge, T. (2018, June). How Far Does the European Sparshott, C. (2019, April). The Origins of Loyalty in much use for reality out here”: Annie Proulx’s six Arab countries. Paper presented at the annual Union Reach? Land Acquisitions, Transnational 18th Century Gibraltar. Paper presented at the Britain Wyoming stories as great plains gothic. Paper conference, Association for Education in Journalism Governance, and Citizenship. Paper presented at and the World Conference, Kansas City, Missouri. presented at the American Literature Association & Mass Communication, Washington, D.C. LANDac Annual International Conference 2018, Wright, Z. (2019, April). New Insight on the Symposium, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Utrecht, Netherlands. Meekings, S. (2018, June). Social Media Addicts Timbuktu Chronicles: the 17th Century History LaMay, C. (2018, June). Qatar’s sport diplomacy and Creative Writing Pedagogy. Paper presented at Menge, T. (2018, May). Self-Determination, Foreign of Ibn al-Mukhtar and later Interpolations. Paper and its news media. Paper presented at the Sport & the annual convention, Great Writing Conference, Land Acquisitions, and the Ontology of Political presented at the Symposium on Living Arabic Society Conference, Miami. Imperial College, London, UK. Communities. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Manuscript Cultures, University College London, Conference of the International Social Theory Doha, Qatar. Lance, E. A. (2018, September). Symbolic Meekings, S. (2018, July). Global Englishes and Consortium, Chicago, Illinois. annihilation revisited. Paper presented at the third the Ubiquitous Smartphone. Paper presented at the Wright, Z. (2018, September). Pious Devotions biennial Rethinking Theories and Concepts of Higher Education Academy Conference, Teaching Mitchell, J. S., & Jones, C. W. (August, 2018.) as Islamic Intellectual History. Paper presented Mediated Communication Conference, Barcelona. in the spotlight: Learning from global communities, Kindness to strangers? The nature and limits of at the West Africa and the Maghreb: Reassessing Birmingham University, UK. tolerance in contemporary Qatar. Paper presented Intellectual Connections in the 21st Century Lombard, M. (2019, March). Crossing Borders: at the annual convention of the American Political conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Performance-Rhetoric in the Narratives of Displaced Meekings, S. (2019, March). Social Media Models Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Mothers. Paper presented at the conference on in the Liberal Arts Classroom. Paper presented at College Composition and Communication (CCCC), the annual convention, Liberal Arts International Mitchell, J. S. (November, 2018). Hashtag blockade: Zengos, H. (2018, July). Hemingway and the Smyrna Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Conference 2019, Texas A&M University, Qatar. Exploring the digital landscape of the Gulf crisis. Catastrophe of 1922: A Close Reading of ‘On Paper presented at the annual convention of the the Quai at Smyrna’. Paper presented at the 18th Middle East Studies Association, San Antonio, Texas. International Hemingway Conference: Hemingway in Paris, Paris. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 66 67 APPENDICES

Invited Lectures and Panel Participation

Academic Audiences Hroub, K. (2018, November). Presented talk, Arab Mahmud, H. (2018, September). Workshop Akdenizli, B. (2018, October). Invited Panel Curtis, S. (2018, November). Invited lecture, Political Conservatism: The (dis)order of stagnated discussion, Remittance as social practice, Innsbruck Participation, Parenting in the Digital Era: Animation Categorization and Historiography, status-quo, conference on Political Change and University, Austria. Opportunities and Challenges, DOHA International Animation and Archives conference, University of Territorial Conflicts in the Middle East and North Martin, J. D., & Dennis, E. E. (2018, July). Digital Family Institute and UNICEF Conference on Parenting, Notre Dame in London, London, United Kingdom. Africa, Granada University, Granada. privacy in Arab countries: Attitudes and behaviors. Child Wellbeing and Development, Doha, Qatar. Hussain, S. S. (2019, March). Invited talk, Faculty Hroub, K. (2018, October). Book discussion, Anxious Presented at the annual meeting of the World Internet Anghelcev, G. (2019, January). The Use of Dead development in the digital age—teaching with Intellectual, Arab Book Club, Georgetown University. Project, Paris. Celebrity Appeals in Contemporary Advertising, technology, Higher Education Technology Hroub, K. (2018, October). Invited talk, No to a Martin, J. D. (2018, July). Moderated panel, Doha College. Conference & Expo 2019, Bengaluru, India. Palestinian State: From Churchill to Trump!, Ibrahim Information and media literacy. Presented at the Allagui, I. (2019, January). Media Ethics Think Tank Khalil, J. (2019, January). Youth Generated Media Abu-Lughod Institute of International Studies, Birzeit annual meeting of the World Internet Project, Brest, Close-up panel, Doha, Qatar. and Arab Cultural Politics: Social Change in Diverse University. France. Societies. Paper presented at the Qatar Faculty Forum Beverly, D. (2019, March). Panelist, Amplifying Hroub, K. (2019, February). Panel talk, Iran and Meekings, S. (2019, March). Invited lecture, Writing (QFF), Doha, Qatar. Diverse Voices, Doc Chicago Conference 2019, Turkey’s involvement in Palestine, organized by Historical Fiction in the Digital Age, College of Arts Chicago, IL. Khamis, I. (2018, November). Invited lecture, Oxford Research Group (Oxford) and Pal Think & Science, Qatar University, Doha. Cataloguing basics, University College London-Qatar, (Gaza). Beverly, D. (2019, January). Documentary Mis- Meekings, S. (2018, October). Invited talk, The Doha, Qatar. en-scène and The One Person Crew, Master Class, Hroub, K. (2019, February). Panel talk, Conflict Afterlives of Dr Gachet Book Talk, Oxford University, Northwestern University, Evanston. LaMay, C. (2018, November). Privacy as a Social Resolution in the Arab World, Doha Institute for UK. Construct (Two lectures), HBKU Law School, Doha, Graduate Studies, Doha, Qatar. Beverly, D. (2018, September). Invited Panelist, Menge, T. (2018, September). Paper presented, Qatar. What is the Value of a Film School Education?, Hroub, K. (2019, April). Contribution, The Era of How Far Does the European Union Reach? Land International Documentary Association (IDA), LaMay, C. (2018, November). Platform Choice and Fake News: Strategies to Combat Disinformation, Acquisitions, Transnational Governance, and Getting Real conference 2018, Los Angeles, CA. Business Strategy, a debate with Michael Fleishhacker, conference on Cyber-Geopolitics and the Future Citizenship, Qatar Faculty Forum, Doha. editor, Die Presse, Prague Media Point. of Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa, Mitchell, J. S., & Curtis, S. (2018, November). Invited Beverly, D. (2018, August). Guest Presenter, Editing organized by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Beirut. Master Class for an international, 10-participant Lance, E. A. (2018, May). Panelist, Giving Voice Q&A, Cineforum: Beduiner, Middle East Studies cohort; Co-presenter: Adam Kurnitz, editor of Dusty to Absences: New Methods for Studying Silences Hroub, K. (2019, April). Book talk, The Anxious Association FilmFest, San Antonio, TX. Groove: The Sound of Transition. Union Docs, and Omissions in the Media, International Intellectual, Isam Faris Institute for Public Policy and Mitchell, J. S., & Curtis, S. (2019, March). Beduiner: Summer Intensive Production Lab, Brooklyn NY, Communication Association, Prague. International Affairs, American University of Beirut. A screening and discussion, Georgetown University in Beverly, D. (2018, July). NM Presenter, Documentary Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018, May). Guest Lecture, Hroub, K. (2018, July). Paper, Paradigm ‘stability- Qatar, Doha, Qatar. Mis-en-scene, Or: Bodies and objects interacting and Poverty, Media and the selling of Development Policy, Trumps-democracy’: American politics before, during Mitchell, J. S. (2019, April). Invited lecture, perceiving the world, placed behind and in front of Bournemouth University, UK. and after the Arab Spring and its implications for Nationalism and national identity in Qatar during a camera; co-presenters: Irene Gustafson, Associate local dynamics, panel on The effect of external actors Hermez, S. (2018, May). Presented about a teaching the crisis, Center for International and Regional Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz; in the internal political processes, Jordan, Dead Sea. technology tool called “Perusall” at TeachX, Studies, Georgetown University in Qatar, Doha, Laura Kissel, Professor, University of South Carolina. Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Hroub, K. (2018, May). Round table, Palestine in a Qatar. University Film & Video Conference, New Mexico changing regional politics, Birzeit University. State University, Las Cruces. Hermez, S. (2018, October). Invited lecture, War Mitchell, J. S. (November, 2018). The domestic is Coming: Between Past and Future Violence in Mahmud, H. (2019, February). Migration and opportunities of an international blockade. Paper Beverly, D. (2018, July). NM Presenter, Practice Lebanon, NYUAD, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Development: theoretical and methodological issues, presented at the Qatar Faculty Forum, Texas A&M What You Teach: A Hands-on Workshop in Inclusive North South University, Dhaka. University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar. Teaching in Media Production; co-presenters: Jen Hermez, S. (2019, March). Invited lecture, Sireen: A Proctor, Associate Professor, University of Michigan- Palestinian Story of Dispossession and Resistance, Mahmud, H. (2019, March). Nationalism, Mohsin, A. (2018, May). Invited lecture, Brain Dearborn; Ruth Goldman, Assistant Professor, SUNY MENA Monday, Northwestern University, Evanston, Development and Migrant’s Remittance: Perspectives Circulators in the New Order Indonesia, Chonbuk Buffalo State; Kate Raney, Lecturer, Ohio University. IL. of the migrants who send remittance, Eastern National University, Korean Research Institute of University Film & Video Conference, New Mexico University, Dhaka. Science, Technology and Civilization, Jeonju, Korea. State University, Las Cruces. Hermez, S. (2019, March). Invited lecture, War is Coming: Between Past and Future Violence in Lebanon, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 68 69 APPENDICES

Sparshott, C. (2019, April). The Most Unlikely Woodworth, A. (2018, November). Bringing Fiction Mitchell, J. S. (2019, February). Chair, Revisiting Williams, M. (2018, September). Moderator, What is Colony: The Origins of Loyalism in 18th Century to Life: Reading Drama as Performance, Academic Sheikh Jassim, Qatar Faculty Forum, College of the Value of a Film School Education, International Gibraltar, Qatar Faculty Forum, Doha, Qatar. Bridge Program, Doha, Qatar. Islamic Studies, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha, Documentary Association, Getting Real 2018, Los Qatar. Angeles, CA. Williams, M. (2018, September). Panelist, Therapeutic Wright, Z. (2018, August). Northwestern’s Arabic Interventions in Documentary, International Manuscripts of Islamic Africa: Law, Theology, Sparshott, C. (2018, December). Panel Chair, Documentary Association, Getting Real conference Mysticism, and Healing, Ver Steeg Faculty Lecture, Loyalists, Suspected Tories, and their Divided 2018, Los Angeles, CA. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Allegiances in British North America, biannual meeting of the European American Studies Williams, M. (2018, September). Participant, Mock Wright, Z. (2018, October). Invited lecture, Sufism Association, London. Deposition: The Case of IDA vs. Marco Williams, in the Eighteenth Century: the Foundations of the International Documentary Association, Getting Real Tijaniyya, Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim- conference 2018, Los Angeles, CA. Christian Understanding, Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Invited Lectures, Panel Participation, Workshops Non-Academic Audiences

Curtis, S. (2019, April). Invited lecture, Animation’s Hroub, K. (2018, December). Panel talk, Ideas and Session Chair or Discussant Border Crossers, Doha Film Institute Masterclass, Approaches to Achieve Palestinian Unity, organized Academic Audiences Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. by Ramallah-based Masarat Centre, Istanbul.

Abusharif, A. (2019, January). Session Moderator, Lowe, G. F. (2018, October). Chaired, closing Curtis, S. (2019, April). Invited lecture, Introduction Hroub, K. (2018, October). Chairing panel, Ghassan Media Ethics Think Tank Qatar (METT Qatar), moderated plenary at the RIPE@2018 conference, to Alice (Czechoslovakia, Jan Svankmajer, 1988), Kanafani—Hot Ink, Katara Prize for Arabic Fiction, Doha, Qatar. as well as the concluding business meeting, Madrid, Doha Film Institute Animation Screening Series, Doha, Qatar. Spain. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. Allagui, I. (2019, January). Applicability of Draft Hroub, K. (2018, December). Book talk, Anxious Code of Ethics: A case studies approach, METT, Lowe, G. F. (2018, June). Chaired, two panels for Curtis, S. (2019, April). Invited lecture, Introduction Intellectual, Al-Jasrah Cultural Club, Doha, Qatar. Mondrian, Doha, Qatar. the European Media Management Association 2018 to The Illusionist (France, Sylvain Chomet, 2011), Hroub, K. (2019, February). Book talk, Anxious conference, Warsaw, Poland. Doha Film Institute Animation Screening Series, Curtis, S. (2019, March). Discussant, Obscure Intellectual, The Lutheran Church, Amman. Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar. Media: Understudied Histories of Transmission, Lowe, G. F. (2018, May). Chaired, the closing Kazkaz, R. (2019, March). Moderator, Qumra Talks Representation, and Storage, annual conference of meeting of the World Media Economics and Dedinsky, M. (2019, April). International Panel on with Franklin Leonard, Doha Film Institute, Doha, the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Seattle, Management Conference, Cape Town, South Africa. Fake News, annual conference of the International Qatar. Washington. Press Institute, Abuja, Nigeria. Lugo-Ocando, J. (2018, May). Key Note Remarks, Kazkaz, R. (2018, December). Jury Member, Hermez, S. (2019, April). Invited to run workshop, Latin America’s Media in the Age of Populism, LaMay, C. (2018, September). DTC revenue and Wandering Reel Film Festival. Critical Security Studies in the Arab World, Arab Media and Governance in Latin America: Towards a minor sports, Josoor Institute. Council for the Social Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon. Plurality of Voices, ICA 2018 Preconference, Prague, Mahmud, H. (2019, April). Tagore’s ideas of LaMay, C. (2018, November). Sport Media Strategy Czech Republic. nationalism in the age of Jingoism, Qatar National Hussain, S. S. (2019, March). Session Chair, Bridging in Qatar, Aspire. Library, Doha, Qatar. the Skills Gap—Developing Future Ready Skills Mitchell, J. S. (2018, August). Chair, Polarization Hermez, S. (2019, March). Invited lecture, War in Higher Education | Academia Partnering with and integration of the other: Survey research from Martin, J. D. (2018, October). Social media and direct is Coming: Between Past and Future Violence in Industry & more, Higher Education Technology the Middle East, annual conference of the American messaging trends in six Arab countries. Presented to Lebanon, Evanston Library, Evanston, IL. Conference & Expo 2019, Bengaluru, India. Political Science Association, Boston, MA. the UNICEF Middle East communications network, Hroub, K. (2018, August). Invited talk, The Fragility Erbil, Iraq. LaMay, C. (2019, April). Session chair, Combat Sport Mitchell, J. S. (2018, November). Discussant, of the state and weakness of citizenship in the Arab in the Arab World, International Society of Sport Integration and marginalization of ‘the other’: New Martin, J. D. (2018, October). Changes in social world, Shouman Foundation, Amman. Sciences in The Arab World, Al Jadida, Morocco. research on the Middle East migrant crisis, annual media use in Arab Gulf countries following the conference of the Middle East Studies Association, Hroub, K. (2018, September). Book launch, The blockade of Qatar. Presented at the Qatar Leadership LaMay, C. (2018, December). Commentator, Fan San Antonio, TX. Anxious Intellectual, Amman Bookfair, Amman, Dar Conference, Doha. Violence at Sporting Events, Qatar U-Rand Corp Al-Ahliyya. conference. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 70 71 APPENDICES

Meekings, S. (2018, June 30). Invited talk, The Mitchell, J. S. (2018, December). Invited panel, The Afterlives of Dr Gachet Book Talk, Lowdham Book Gulf crisis: The view from Qatar, Doha Forum, Festival, UK. Sheraton Hotel, Doha, Qatar.

Meekings, S. (2018, July). Invited talk, The Afterlives Mitchell, J. S. (2018, December). Invited lecture, of Dr Gachet Book Talk, Chichester Arts Festival, Qatar: Crisis and opportunity, American School of UK. Doha, Doha, Qatar.

Meekings, S. (2018, October). Invited talk, The Mohsin, A. (2019, March). Invited Lecture, Afterlives of Dr Gachet Book Talk, London Review Technology and Human Values, Shape X organized of Books Bookshop, UK. by Global Shapers the US Embassy, Qatar National Library, Doha, Qatar. Mitchell, J. S. (2018, July). Invited lecture, What’s up with Qatar?, Temple Shalom Synagogue Center, Mohsin, A. (2018, May). Invited Lecture, Science Auburn, ME. and Technology in Indonesia: A Brief Overview (1800 to present), Civilization and Science in Asian Mitchell, J. S. (2018, August). Invited lecture, Qatari Community course, Jeonju, Korea. politics and society, U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, Doha, Qatar. Williams, M. (2019, April). Guest Lecturer, Full Frame Film Festival, School of Doc, Durham, NC. Mitchell, J. S. (2018, October). Invited lecture, A post-truth world, THIMUN Qatar Leadership Wright, Z. (2018, October). Etiquette in Islam: a Conference, Qatar National Convention Center, discussion of North and West African Arabic sources. Doha, Qatar. Islamic World International Conference, Diyanet Center of America, Lanham, Maryland.

Articles in Other Periodicals and in Conference Proceedings

Hroub, K. (2018, September). Palestine’s Impasse: Hroub, K. (2018). The Case Against Mahmoud Israeli Occupation, Regional Conflicts and Darwish before the Enchantress of Poetry, Al-Bait Internal Division. In IEMed Mediterranean Year Journal published by House of Poetry in Morocco, Book. Barcelona: European Institute for the Casablanca. Mediterranean. NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 72 73 APPENDICES Appendix 3 Creative Work Journalistic Work

Jairo Lugo-Ocando Jocelyn Sage Mitchell Creative Work Izquierdas confundidas con Venezuela (El Mitchell, J. S. (2018, September). Invited interview, Clarin of Argentina, 2019-02-01). https://www. Episode 1790, mins. 35:38–42:34, Monocle Dana Atrach Susan Pak worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/venezuela- Radio, The Globalist. London, UK. Retrieved Basreeli – Animated Doc; accepted into Qumra; Bay Area Playwrights Festival (Summer, 2019), global-left-seduced-by-another-latinamerican- from https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the- currently under production – 2019 San Francisco, CA. The Fixer, semifinalist for the strongman globalist/1790/ Bay Area Playwrights Festival. Khuzama – Feature Script; QFF Grant; accepted Can Brazil’s Bolsonaro deliver an economic Mitchell, J. S. (2018, November). Invited into Qumra; director & producers attached; Artemisia Fall Festival (Fall, 2019), Chicago, IL. miracle? (April 13, 2019). https://www.aljazeera. interview, U.S. election night in-studio coverage, shortlisted at Sundance Screenwriting Lab; pre- The Fixer, finalist for the Artemisia Fall Festival. com/programmes/countingthecost/2019/04/ on air between 23 GMT November 6 and 04 production – 2020 brazil-bolsonaro-delivereconomic- GMT November 7, Al Jazeera English. Victory Gardens Theater (January, 2019), miracle-190413072908865.html The Pearl – Feature Script; QFF Grant; director Chicago, IL. Games, chosen for production by Khaled Al-Hroub attached; pre-production – 2021 Asian Improv Arts Midwest. Can the US force Nicolas Maduro to step down? https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/ Hroub, K. (2019). Can Israel’s Iron Wall Contain Hamas? Foreign Policy, 25 January 2019. Danielle Beverly We Screenplay Stageplay contest (December, insidestory/2019/01/force-nicolas-maduro- 2018), Chicago, IL. The Fixer, semi-finalist for the step-190129192238131.html Beverly, Danielle. (2018, May). Screening, Lonnie We Screenplay Stageplay contest. Holley: The Truth of the Dirt, (documentary film Venezuela: Covering a country gone wrong. directed by Marco Williams, TRT 30min), Co- Sam Meekings https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/ Producer & Cinematographer, National Gallery listeningpost/2019/02/venezuela-covering- Meekings, S. (2018). Eel Cartography and Eel of Art, Smithsonian Museum, Washington D.C. countrywrong-190202130722120.html Country. In The Creel: An Anthology (pp. 56–59). Beverly, Danielle. (2018, May). Screening, Lonnie Falmouth: Guillemot Press. ISSN: 0957085036. Un zuliano que ha enseñado comunicación en Holley: The Truth of the Dirt, (documentary film cinco universidades del Reino Unido. https://www. Meekings, S. (2019). The Way Through the directed by Marco Williams, TRT 30min), Co- youtube.com/watch?v=lHsnRYPQtyc Labyrinth. Kestrel Journal of Literature and Art, Producer & Cinematographer, NU-Q Showcase, 40(1), 77–83. ISSN:1066–7075. Northwestern University, Evanston IL. Justin Martin

Beverly, D. (2019, March), Invited project feature Martin, J. D. (2019, February 12). The blockade in development, Qatar Stars / Nujoom Qatar, of Qatar has made Qataris more supportive of director/cameraperson, Qumra 2019, Doha Film free speech. The Washington Post. Retrieved Institute. from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/ monkey-cage/wp/2019/02/11/why-are-qataris- Marco Williams now-more-supportive-of-free-speech/?utm_ term=.3e3820714342 Williams, M. (2018). Film, Crafting an Echo. World Premiere DOC NYC. Martin, J. D. (2018, August 1). My article was censored. I found out why. Photography published Williams, M. (2019). Film, Crafting an Echo. in The New York Times. Retrieved from https:// Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. Durham, www.nytimes.com/2018/08/01/insider/censorship- North Carolina. qatar-newspapers.html NU-Q YEAR IN REVIEW 2019 74 75 APPENDICES Appendix 4 Memo from the Dean

April 11, 2019 · Creating a strategy for change and growth; · Partnerships with Al Jazeera, Doha Film Moving Forward Institute, Qatar Computer Research Institute, Dear Colleagues and Students— · Unifying a siloed and bifurcated school; The accomplishments noted above and many Supreme Committee on Legacy and Delivery— · Embracing global and digital integration; other markers have defined NU-Q in recent years, This morning I met with the NU-Q academic and and Qatar Media Corporation (with · Fostering community; some now well-ingrained, others still in progress. operational leadership including all department demonstrable deliverables); Our collective and continuing task is to create a heads and other senior managers as our celebration · Creating a coherent identity; · Creating and leading an institutional research distinctive school attuned to riveting change in the of the school’s 10th anniversary draws to a close in · Renewing leadership through organizational program, the Media Use in the Middle East media ecosystem while embracing established and this 11th year of our operations. restructuring; studies, from 2012 onward, securing grants from emerging knowledge. It is within that framework that In this week, we look back on the busiest season in · Crafting consistent policies and procedures; Qatar National Research Fund; contracting with the ventures and initiatives above have evolved and NU-Q’s history—more events, activities, speakers, · Taking command of our own agenda; Harris Poll; leading the publication of six studies flourished. It is my hope that these multifaceted and visitors than ever before as the building buzzes to date; · Advancing excellence and quality control; and coordinated activities assure our home campus and with activity in the midst of student and faculty · Setting up a Faculty Grants Program with Qatar Foundation that the work here is worthy and · Building a reputation recruitment as well as the quieter work of the internal funding; contributes effectively to university and foundation classroom and studio that is the essence of our school. Each of these required a defined plan of action · Building on and attracting faculty of the goals and aspirations for the common good. The present swirl has showcased signature programs to achieve specific results. Together, with a highest standards; Going forward, there are immediate and long-term while heralding the opening of The Media Majlis and commitment to these goals, we’ve accomplished · Strengthening an exemplary professional staff; strategies and plans, some self-evident and others to inauguration of Executive Education. Drawing on much as we put down markers and garnered new be developed as needs arise and as conditions change. years of planning, these and other current initiatives resources while navigating change and concurrently · Supporting robust new strategies for admissions, Change is marked by transitions, involving people represent thousands of hours of effort. An auspicious coping with the unanticipated. leading to record enrollments of increasing and ideas. We have often witnessed that change in and appropriate way to close the curtains on this student quality; Through these years with all the expected challenges, this nimble, fast-paced institution where contractual decadal anniversary. We do that as an ambitious · Welcoming the beginnings of executive and we also encountered new geopolitical realities, obligations require moving with dispatch while agenda for the year ahead that awaits. graduate education, a commitment to QF; notably the blockade of Qatar and the added pursuing quality and excellence in all our endeavors. In any discussion of NU-Q’s achievements and future complexity and uncertainty that came with it. It has · Encouraging an organized co-curricular With that in mind and a sense of satisfaction as direction, I am enormously grateful to everyone been my privilege to lead this enterprise and be its program of publicly facing events, speakers, many of our principal goals have been met—or are who has contributed to this enterprise. We are all advocate and steward. conferences, and visitors; and others. well on their way—last June I met with Provost institution-builders, and there is much to celebrate. Over these years, independent sources suggest that Some of the highlights on my watch have been: Holloway to notify him that I will conclude my NU-Q’s reputation has been greatly enhanced, and In three recent documents, I have reported on service at NU-Q at the end of my present contract · Completion of the NU-Q building, a seven- I believe that is true. From modest beginnings when progress made fulfilling promises set out in the on June 30, 2020. I’m anticipating the next 15 year endeavor, with scores of meetings and outside expectations were not always encouraging, Northwestern University agreement with Qatar months with the same energy and engagement that active engagement on a weekly basis from the school has achieved greater visibility for all the Foundation that is the charter for our school. First have marked our time together over eight, soon to groundbreaking to occupancy; right reasons. and foremost, are the academic programs and be nine, years. On my departure from Doha, I will · Negotiations in London and Doha with the operational departments conjoined in a commitment Drivers of this change are student and faculty quality, have a three-quarter academic leave before joining QF/NU team for a new 10-year contract, to our greatest source of pride— our students—and a growing alumni cadre, imaginative new programs, the faculty of the Medill School in September 2021. assuring NU-Q’s future; the education they receive. Next fall, we anticipate as well as high-impact research. While collectively, Meanwhile, there is much to do here as we anticipate our largest enrollment ever, and with this year’s · Authorization by the Board of Trustees for all are important, it is the commitment to research a search for new leadership and that transition. I will graduation, some 360 will have received degrees. our own “in-residence” faculty; and creative scholarship that most deems us worthy have time in the months ahead to properly thank all Some of you on the faculty and staff were here at · Major curricular changes, new integrative of our parent university and global recognition. We who have supported our school and me personally. the beginning, others came later and some, quite courses, common first-year program; minors are on a positive trajectory that requires continuity of This continues to be the adventure of a lifetime for recently. Everyone has their own story to tell as does in Middle Eastern Studies and Media & Politics; effort to assure research excellence. While teaching which I’m grateful. is essential to any educational enterprise, it is the each individual who has ever been a student here. · Defining, operationalizing, and seeing to As always, ONWARD! —and Go, Cats, My journey at NU-Q began in June 2011 when I completion the NU-Q museum (Media Majlis), nexus between that learning and the advancement of was appointed Dean and CEO. With respect for the writing the original charter, appointing the knowledge that so powerfully builds an institution of pioneering team who planted the NU flag in Doha Content Advisory Group, hiring the museum quality that earns respect and reputation. Ours is a in 2008, we were nonetheless faced with a roster of director and continued executive oversight; trifecta of institutional, faculty, and student research Everette E. Dennis urgent needs, quickly translated into mandates noted · Establishing the Qatar Media Industries Forum and creative activity that lives happily with advancing Dean and CEO in my first state of the school address, especially: and leading its programs; professional practice in the media economy. Northwestern University in Qatar, 2011–20 PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH GENERATION BRANDING & COMMUNICATION (GENERATION.IS). PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN DONNELL AND NICK GUTTRIDGE. NU-Q Year In Review 2019

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