Unifying Northwestern University in Qatar Year in Review 2012-13 Contents

01 The Way Forward: Unifying and Strengthening NU-Q 05 Ultimate Goal 06 Action Plan 2014

WHO WE ARE 10 Leadership 15 New Academic Programs 16 Welcoming New Faculty 18 Faculty Re-Appointments 21 Faculty and Staff Roster 23 Student Life 25 Experiential Learning 27 Student Achievements 28 After NU-Q 29 Admissions Data, 2009-2013

WHAT WE DO 32 Events and Programs 34 Middle East Meets Midwest 35 The Second Curriculum 36 Visitors and Events 2012-13 40 Graduation 2013 43 Research 44 Media Use in the Middle East

WHAT’S NEXT 46 Collaborations and Partnerships 48 Film Festivals 49 World Internet Project 53 NU-Q’s New Home 54 NU-Q Media Gallery 01

The Way Forward: Unifying and Strengthening NU-Q

As Northwestern University Learning and the advancement of knowledge are at the heart of our mission, but so too is in Qatar enters the 2013-2014 promoting the value of freedom of expression academic year, we do so with in our objectives and operational programs. two classes of alumni working We take that charge seriously and use it as we educate the next generation of global media as media and communications and entertainment professionals. Students and professionals in Qatar, the faculty work with a guarantee of academic Gulf region and around the freedom; students write, film and publish freely, and classrooms are alive with debate. No society world. We do so, too, in the and no school is perfect, and building a tradition shadow of our future home in of freedom of expression in an emerging region Education City, which serves where it has not been part of the culture is an incremental process. We’re optimistic about to remind us of our role in that process and pleased to be a part of it. helping Qatar reach its vision for the future. Finally, we do Unifying NU-Q’s component parts has created a stronger and more robust enterprise that so as a university stronger fosters both stability and change. The school and more unified than we’ve has continued its trajectory from its startup in ever been—and ready to 2008 through the 2012-2013 academic year with the vision of creating a unified, media- prepare another wave of centric school integrated with the liberal arts. NU-Q students for jobs in With new leadership, programs and activities media, communications, that benefit the school and all its stakeholders, NU-Q has achieved greater independence while government, public relations still embracing the purposes and values of and other fields. Northwestern University. As Northwestern’s only overseas campus, NU-Q is charged with delivering an education worthy of a great university, and at the same time calibrating its efforts to serve the needs of its host country and region. 02 03

A “Second Curriculum” Students on the Move A Building Rises In-class learning is only one element of our A number of our students emerged on the As we come to NU-Q each day, we get to educational mission. Conferences, forums global stage, highlighting their abilities and the see a tangible reminder of what the future and intellectual exchanges—both formal and value of an NU-Q education while doing their holds. Our long-awaited new building took a informal—also add strength and benefit students part to strengthen and unify the school. These dramatic leap forward this year as its massive and faculty while advancing the school’s profile achievements included: exterior structure rose on the Education A Unified School regionally and globally. In the past year, NU-Q • The inauguration of the Student Ambassadors City campus, with students, faculty and staff A milestone in our evolution from startup school hosted: Program, where NU-Q students traveled to keeping an eager eye on its growth. Our staff to one-of-a-kind educational experience has been • Two consensus conferences on Middle East Evanston, and the Global Media Experience continues to plan the anticipated studios, the recent effort to bring together the university’s studies, enabling top scholars from the home program, which took students to Dubai and theaters, classrooms, and first-floor gallery sometimes disparate—and occasionally campus to work in concert with NU-Q faculty New York and exhibition space. The gallery and media conflicting—programs. Over the past year, we’ve and students • Student journalism residencies in Paris, center is being defined and planned through taken a number of crucial steps towards achieving • The Media Vision program, bringing two top London, New York and Washington, DC, working content consensus conferences and the that unity, including: futurists for a ten-day residence with students, with 10-week appointments at major media appointment of an expert panel. • Strengthening the leadership structure with faculty and community leaders and public affairs organizations the appointment of associate deans for • A much-needed curriculum consensus • Service learning and academic trips to South academic affairs and research, and the creation conference, led by eminent educator John Africa, Italy, Tanzania and Brazil Into the Future of directorships for the communication, Maxwell Hamilton, that assessed and • The first-ever unified Evanston Exchange, As the academic year ended, NU-Q graduated journalism and liberal arts programs reconsidered the academic program. The which saw NU-Q students host communication its second class into the workforce and academic • Encouraging faculty collaboration across discussion led to recommendations for new and journalism students from the home campus marketplace, and joined the class of 2012 programs in teaching, research and outreach school-wide courses in freedom of expression • NU-Q undergrads working with Medill’s global in helping establish a Northwestern Alumni • Receiving permission from the Board and media and society, plus a reconsideration residency graduate program to produce an Association chapter in Doha. Graduation at of Trustees to make our own academic of the freshman experience and the capstone e-book about Qatar’s water and food security NU-Q is both ceremonial and substantive—a appointments, with the responsibility lying (senior) year. • NU-Q communication students joining their scene that will be repeated every year, but will be solely with NU-Q Evanston counterparts at a film institute in India no less special each time. • Creating a certificate program in Middle East As always, NU-Q played host to a stream studies, drawing on NU-Q’s offerings and those of visiting academics, researchers and media NU-Q’s strategic outlook is superb, with evident of four other Education City schools professionals, each of whom brought a unique Partners in Qatar strengths in the instructional and research • Establishing a minor in Media and Politics and valuable perspective to share with faculty and As the Gulf region continues to emerge as a media programs, as well as robust outreach efforts. in collaboration with Georgetown University students. hotspot, NU-Q is increasing its commitment to both This report provides a sense of the tempo of a in Qatar and building on existing minors guiding and learning from professionals in our back rising institution and details the achievements in business and contemporary media with yard. We inaugurated two new partnerships marked of the last 12 to 14 months. Many people, in Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar Research at NU-Q by memoranda of understanding with Al Jazeera Doha, Evanston and elsewhere around the globe, • Approving aspects of an Arab language Another front in the effort to both unify and grow Networks and the Doha Film Institute. Those pacts have helped get us to this point. With connected initiative to be implemented in 2013-14 the school was the creation of a research office, resulted in strategic planning workshops, faculty programs and cooperative relationships within research group and formal program, led by the and student involvement in projects, and planned the school, NU-Q paid another installment on its If the structure of the university provides the new associate dean for research. Already, we’re residencies, internships and jobs. As a result, NU-Q vision and future, one whose prospects are bright. framework for its message, people are the key seeing dividends. The publication of Media Use in played a greater role in the Doha Tribeca Film It is, of course, my privilege to serve as chief ingredient. On that front, NU-Q had a banner the Middle East, a comprehensive study of media Festival and assisted Al Jazeera with planning for its steward of this enterprise as it coalesces toward year, with the appointment of seven new faculty use and attitudes in eight Middle East and North successful launch of Al Jazeera America. its future. members, some of international renown and all African countries commissioned by NU-Q, received from elite institutions with superb credentials. In significant notice in the public and academic press To further foster discussion about the direction addition, our faculty and students achieved global across the globe. The data from that survey will of media growth in Qatar, NU-Q created the recognition, ranging from prestigious fellowships also be folded into the prestigious World Internet Qatar Media Industries Forum, bringing together from the London School of Economics and Project, which accepted NU-Q as a member. Finally, some 100 leaders of media and entertainment Fulbright Commission to awards at film a number of academic papers are in the works, industries. We also continued to build on successful festivals and success in international journalism including a monograph on new directions in Middle partnerships with the Qatar Museums Authority, competitions. Our women’s basketball team even East media and an occasional paper on the origins the High School Leadership Institute, the Doha — Everette E. Dennis, PhD won Qatar’s collegiate basketball championship. of the Arab Spring. Film Institute and the THIMUN Foundation. Dean and CEO

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Ultimate Goal To demonstrate that NU-Q can deliver an educational experience of high quality, comparable to that of the home campus and other elite institutions, by creatively maximizing its assets to give students an education unique in the world and worthy of a great university.

Vision Linkage to Northwestern University Strategic Plan

To establish NU-Q as the premier one-of-a-kind NU-Q’s strategic vision is framed by the school in Qatar and the Middle East, drawing on university’s overall strategic plan (We Will) and and extending the strengths of a world-renowned has the potential to contribute across many university and its notable programs in journalism, aspects of NU generally, but especially in: communication and the liberal arts by: • Creative Solutions: define and extend media • Unifying NU-Q across programs and majors understanding, education and outreach; around the common purpose of creating a create new modes of pedagogy for writing leadership cadre for Qatar, the region and the and oral expression in a Middle East context; global community support film and video enterprises; connect • Calibrating academic programs to benefit from communication and journalism to global and contribute to a digital and global society health, international studies and various • Sharpening connections with Northwestern scientific fields University, Hamid bin Khalifa University and • Integrated Learning and Experience: enhance the Qatar Foundation and extend current experiential learning • Creating innovative instructional, research and in journalism and communications and outreach activities entrepreneurship; teach across three schools • Enhancing intellectual and professional and in concert with eight-plus Education City traffic in concert with short- and long-term universities deliverables • Connect our Community: focus on unifying • Establishing a research program with an NU-Q across all supporting departments and institutional agenda that supports individual programs in concert with NU and Education efforts aimed especially at the study of media City; create new alumni interface; continue and communication in Qatar and the Middle purposeful interaction with local community, East industries and institutions • Extending outreach and collaboration • Engage the World: continue and extend with media industries, business, education, partnerships; calibrate global site visits and government, NGOs and other sectors study programs for students, especially in the • Arranging strategic partnerships with NU, Middle East and Europe; welcome NU and HBKU and media organizations in Qatar other “study abroad” students; continue to • Engaging in thought leadership through connect NU-Q students and faculty with civic research, problem-solving and services relevant engagement in GCC countries and elsewhere to Qatar, the Middle East and the global community • Serving as an exemplar and model communicator in all operations, and in intellectual capital development and dissemination 06

Action Plan 2014

Building on the successes Curriculum Review, of the last two years, Renewal and Innovation NU-Q’s agenda for 2014 involves strengthening This is at the heart of NU-Q’s development unifying the school into a connected whole, programmatic activity as recognizing differences while seeking changes we continue to prepare for that create an institutional culture that attracts a the opening of the school’s top-ranked faculty and students. The school took several steps toward that end, including: new building, expected to be • The Curriculum Consensus Conference and ready for occupancy in the Consultation, which involved all faculty, focused 2014-15 academic year. on rethinking the journalism and communication curriculum based on collaboration and unification Contemplating the new building helps focus while maintaining the identity of each program academic planning involving instruction, • Delivery of reports that validated NU-Q courses research and outreach. Those activities and in communication and journalism, compared others anticipated are reflected in NU-Q’s them with Evanston offerings and offered a strategic agenda and action plan, which is comparative analysis with up to 10 peer schools keyed to the Four Pillars of the NU in the US Strategic Plan: • Appointment of Jeremy Cohen, associate 1. Creative Solutions dean for academic affairs, and beginnings of 2. Integrate Learning and Experience academic leadership integration 3. Connect our Community • Commissioning a report on the liberal 4. Engage the World arts program at NU-Q, with a subsequent consultation with the Weinberg College of Liberal Arts Focus on New Building and Finding Solutions Creating an NU-Q Getting ready to occupy a new building Research Program with space nearly 50 percent larger than NU-Q’s present quarters in the CMU building To bolster NU-Q’s presence in Education City requires an enormous amount of planning and support the expectation that its research will and coordination. This effort, led by David support instruction and faculty development on all Carr, chief operations officer, and Stephen campuses, the school’s research strategy includes: Franklin, director of construction, facilities • Creation of the research office led by John and planning, includes regular coordination Pavlik, associate dean for research with Qatar Foundation capital projects and • Commitment to an institutional research others involved in delivering the building agenda and a research group that will engage and involves: in joint studies and projects • Fully outfitting the building • Continued support of individual faculty • Installing electronic media and digital projects with faculty development funds and media technologies support for attendance at major meetings • Coordinating program requirements to space • Collaboration with Evanston faculty • Integrating the museum and exhibition space on joint projects • Coordinating signature artwork and installation • Creating in-house research reports and honoring Qatar Foundation chairperson publications, as well as supporting refereed Sheikha Moza bint Nasser outside publication productivity • Hiring and connecting new and continuing staff according to the demands of the project and building

TOP The Weber Arch on Northwestern’s Evanston campus BOTTOM NU-Q’s future home in Education City 08

WHO WE ARE

Advancing and Extending Media Strengthening Collaborative and Communication Partnerships Ties With the Evanston Campus

Formalized partnerships with outside media Various Evanston delegations come to Doha and communication organizations continue during the academic year, and are organized to grow, and efforts are underway to increase as needed. Past collaborative delegations collaboration with local and global partners. have included a liberal arts leadership group, Plans are underway to selectively develop Middle Eastern studies faculty group and additional working partnerships with: conference, Medill Global Master’s Residency • Qatar Media Industries Forum, convened in group and others. Plans are underway to fall 2012 by NU-Q with representation from develop an exchange program that will allow Al Jazeera, Qatar, English and Arabic language Evanston-based students in communication and dailies, magazine groups, digital media firms, journalism to study at NU-Q for a semester film production companies, and public relations or two. It is hoped that this program will be and advertising firms implemented in 2014 with: • Al Jazeera Networks and Al Jazeera America • A calibrated on-the-ground program in Doha via consultative activity, student internships involving academic course work at NU-Q and and employment, faculty research, and other Education City schools other aspects • Professional experiences in the community • iCT Qatar, the electronic media and digital at major media and communications regulator for Qatar, which has an extensive institutions research program and is creating a National • Cultural and other student-life programming Broadband Policy • An assessment process • Doha Film Institute, highlighted by NU-Q student films premiering at the Doha Film Festival 10 11

Leadership Unifying NU-Q means getting people to work together Jeremy Cohen Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Senior toward a common purpose Academic Officer in a coherent, systematic manner. This requires good Cohen previously served as associate vice president and senior associate dean and professor of media will and good intentions, but studies at The Pennsylvania State University, and also a guiding structure. In was a tenured faculty member of the Institute 2011-12, major efforts were for Communication Research/Department of Communication at Stanford University. Cohen is made to carefully review and past editor of Journalism & Mass Communication rationalize staffing across all Educator (for which he received the AEJMC departments and units. That 2006 Outstanding Service Award), former editor of Journal of General Education and current included the appointment of editor of General Education: A Curricular Chief Operating Officer David Commons of the Humanities and Sciences. A Carr and the realignment of widely published scholar on First Amendment law and on the pedagogy and learning implications of reporting assignments to public scholarship, Cohen founded Penn State’s achieve a more effective and Laboratory for Public Scholarship and Democracy. efficient organization designed He completed his PhD in communication at the University of Washington, his master’s in journalism to serve the academic at USC, and his BA in creative writing/English at purposes of the school. San Francisco State University.

In 2012-13, structural change came for the Program Directors academic program, which was originally John V. Pavlik organized with two somewhat autonomous Associate Dean for Research Mary Dedinsky, director of the journalism communication and journalism units with a program and an associate professor, served as loosely arranged liberal arts support faculty. In Prior to joining NU-Q, Pavlik was a professor managing editor of the Chicago Sun-Times and the reorganization, Offices of Academic Affairs and chair of the Department of Journalism and in several key leadership roles at the Chicago and Research have been established to serve Media Studies at the School of Communication, Tribune. She was the first woman in the US to the whole school, with Jeremy Cohen and John Information and Library Studies at Rutgers, the lead the news operations of a major metropolitan Pavlik as respective associate deans. Concurrently, State University of New Jersey. He was also director newspaper, and previously served as associate three program directors were named to head the of the Journalism Research Institute at Rutgers. dean at Northwestern’s Medill School of journalism, communication and newly constituted He has served as chair of the editorial board for TOP The newly appointed leadership with Dean Everette Journalism in the US. liberal arts units: senior faculty Mary Dedinsky, the journal of the National Academy of Television Dennis. From left, Mary Dedinsky, John V. Pavlik, Dennis, Scott Curtis and Sandra Richards, respectively. Arts and Sciences’ Television Quarterly. He is Jeremy Cohen, Scott Curtis and Sandra L. Richards. Scott Curtis, director of the communication The senior associate deans’ position, which a faculty associate at the Columbia Institute for BOTTOM: LEFT David Carr, RIGHT Richard Roth program and an associate professor, is a film played a seminal role in the founding of NU-Q, Tele-Information. Pavlik is a former professor and historian and expert on visual media with several will be subsumed by the new structure when their executive director of the Center for New Media articles to his credit and a forthcoming book on terms end. Richard Roth took on school-wide at the Columbia University Graduate School of film history. He is also president of Domitor, an responsibilities, and James Schwoch departed in Journalism, and was the founding director of the international film organization, and was a film December 2012 after nearly five years of service School of Communication at San Diego State archivist for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts at NU-Q. Their service for the formative years of University. Pavlik writes about the impact of new and Sciences. NU-Q’s development was essential and is greatly technology on journalism, media and society. appreciated. He has written more than a dozen computer Sandra L. Richards, director of the liberal arts software packages for education in journalism program, also serves as a professor in residence. and communication, and is the co-developer of A renowned scholar of African American and the Situated Documentary, an immersive form of performance studies, she holds full professorships storytelling using Augmented Reality. Pavlik holds at Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Liberal a PhD and MA in mass communication from the Arts and the School of Communication. University of Minnesota, and is a graduate of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. 12

Northwestern University Administrative Leadership

Morton Schapiro President

Daniel Linzer Provost

Everette E. Dennis, PhD dean and CEO, Northwestern University in Qatar

Northwestern University in Qatar Joint Advisory Board

H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad Al-Thani director of His Highness the Emir’s Office (co-chair)

Daniel I. Linzer, PhD, provost, Northwestern University (co-chair)

H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed Al-Thani director general, Al Jazeera Network

Thomas G. Cline vice president and general counsel, Northwestern University

Rami G. Khouri director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut

Abdel Rahman Azzam, PhD communication adviser to HH Sheikha Moza

Lee Huebner, PhD professor, School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University

William Osborn chair, Northwestern University Board of Trustees

H.E. Sheikh Abdulla bin Ali Al-Thani, PhD president, Hamid bin Khalifa University and vice president for education, Qatar Foundation (ex officio member)

Everette E. Dennis, PhD dean and CEO, Northwestern University in Qatar (ex officio member) 15

New Academic Programs This year saw the launch of NU-Q’s Middle East Studies Certificate program, the first step toward a full Middle East studies minor. Several seniors graduated with the certificate in 2013. The program emerged from an NU-Q faculty task force and a consensus conference on Middle East studies that engaged a delegation of eight faculty members from Evanston, led by Brian Edwards, director of the Middle East and North African Studies Program. Additionally, the group, along with NU-Q faculty and leadership, took part in a symposium on “New Directions in MENA Studies,” which will lead to a published monograph.

NU-Q also established a minor in Media and governments and citizens influence, and are Politics with Georgetown University in Qatar, themselves influenced by, the media in its myriad thus underscoring the collaboration on the forms and formats. In addition to completing the Education City/HBKU campus. The program required courses, all students in the Media and will allow enrolled students to specialize in the Politics program will be required to give a formal study of journalism and communication in the presentation of an original project that focuses on political, diplomatic and policy-making processes, the intersection of, or interaction between, media as well as the role of politics in the shaping of and politics. Furthermore, NU-Q reviewed its mass media products and policies. It will enable reciprocal minors in Business and Contemporary students to better understand how politicians, Media with Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. 16 17

Welcoming New Faculty Continuity and change is essential to the building of a high-caliber faculty, and NU-Q has benefitted from a mix of home campus faculty and those from other institutions. As of 2012, the school makes its own “in residence” faculty appointments, a change approved by the University’s Board of Trustees. There were eight new faculty appointments in 2012-13 that comprised a cadre of individuals with strong records of scholarship, media experience and knowledge of the region.

LEFT TO RIGHT: Sandra Richards, Khaled Al Hroub, Stuart Brotman, Justin Martin LEFT TO RIGHT: Maria Lombard, Kirsten Pike, Christopher Sparshott, Craig LaMay

Sandra Richards, professor and director of the Stuart Brotman, professor of communication, is a Maria Lombard, assistant professor of liberal Christopher Sparshott, assistant professor of liberal arts program, specializes in American, faculty member at Harvard Law School and in the arts, specializes in organizational communication, liberal arts, focuses on the field of British Empire, African American, African and African Diaspora Harvard Business Executive Education Program. particularly within high-risk industrial particularly the 18th-century Atlantic world theater and drama. In addition to her work at He serves as a global management consultant environments and multi lingual workplaces. She and its culmination in the American Revolution. NU-Q, Richards is Professor of African American for telecommunications, Internet, media, has been involved in several projects related to He has taught a wide range of courses in early Studies, Theater and Performance Studies at entertainment and sports, with client engagements the oil and gas industry in the Middle East, and American, British Imperial and world history. He Northwestern University in Evanston. She holds in more than 30 countries. He is a summa cum her work on the global call center business was received a master’s and PhD in early American a PhD in drama from Stanford University, and a laude graduate of Northwestern University, and the focus of her doctoral dissertation and her history from Northwestern University, and holds bachelor’s degree in English and French literatures holds an MA from the University of Wisconsin- continued research in India and the Philippines. a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University. from Brown University. Madison and a JD from the University of She received her PhD in rhetoric and composition California at Berkeley. from Purdue University, and holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of South Craig LaMay, an associate professor and a faculty Khaled Al Hroub, professor of liberal arts, Alabama. associate at Northwestern’s Institute for Policy focuses on Middle Eastern studies and Arab Justin Martin, assistant professor of journalism, Research, was in-residence for a ten-week course media studies. He came to NU-Q from the researches and writes on free speech in developing on “Media, Sport and Society” in spring semester. University of Cambridge, where he was a senior countries and emerging democracies, and media Kirsten Pike, associate professor of He has a bachelor’s degree from Brown University research fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies and politics in the Arab world. As a journalist communication, teaches and researches in the and a master’s degree from the University of of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern and essayist, he has reported on five continents areas of girls’ media culture, feminist media North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a leading Studies, and directed the Cambridge Arab Media for roughly fifty publications and speaks several studies, and critical/cultural studies of television. expert on emerging media and freedom of Project. He is a widely published author and dialects of Arabic. Martin has a PhD from the She received her PhD in Screen Cultures from expression in developing countries. commentator, as well as a renowned authority on journalism school at the University of North Northwestern University and her master’s and Arab media. Carolina at Chapel Hill, and he also holds degrees bachelor’s degrees from the University of Arizona from the University of Florida and High Point and Tulane University, respectively. She has held University. postdoctoral fellowships in television studies at Stockholm University and University College Dublin, and was a former Fulbright Scholar in South Korea. 18 13

Faculty Re-Appointments The last year saw rigorous review and reassessment of NU-Q’s academic programs and structure. This exercise, which included consultation with academic leadership in the School of Communication, the Medill School and the Weinberg College, led to the reappointments of several NU-Q faculty members. The process has greatly strengthened the NU-Q faculty, and makes all involved more appreciative of each other and the individual contributions that contribute to the community itself.

Reappointments of Faculty Reappointments Expiring in 2013 Expiring in 2014

Communication Program Journalism Program Susan Dun Miriam Berg Senior Lecturer in Residence Lecturer in Residence

Susan Pak Janet Key Assistant Professor in Residence Assistant Professor

Allwyn Tellis Christina Paschyn Lecturer in Residence Lecturer in Residence

Ann Woodworth Associate Professor in Residence Liberal Arts Program Sean Burns Lecturer in Residence, Political Science Journalism Program Andrew Mills Geoff Harkness Assistant Professor in Residence Assistant Professor in Residence, Sociology

Khaled Al Hroub Liberal Arts Program Professor in Residence, Middle East Studies Christopher Sparshott Assistant Professor in Residence, History Maria Lombard Assistant Professor in Residence, Composition

Promotion Jocelyn Mitchell Abraham Abusharif (journalism) from Lecturer in Residence, Political Science Assistant to Associate Professor in Residence Zachary Wright Assistant Professor in Residence, History and Religious Studies 20 21

Leadership FACULTY AND STAFF

David L. Albanese Abraham Abusharif Ray Corcoran Faculty and Director of Human Resources Associate Professor of Journalism Director of Facilities in Residence Staff Roster Safna Ansaruddin Susan Dun Director of Student Records Chris Adamescu Senior Lecturer in Media Production Training Communication Greg Bergida and Support Specialist Director of Student Affairs Wafaa Elamin Maha Al Ghanim Admissions Specialist Leon Braswell Administrative Assistant, Director of Admissions Business and Finance Ken England Senior Systems Engineer David Carr Khaled Al Hroub Chief Operations Officer Professor of Liberal Arts in Lawrence Ferrer and Chief Information Officer Residence Purchasing Supervisor

Jeremy Cohen Nagla Ali Justin Gengler Associate Dean for Academic International Experience Adjunct Lecturer in Liberal Arts Affairs and Chief Academic Officer Coordinator Heba Gomaa Scott Curtis Emily Alp Admissions Assistant Director of Communication Writer/editor Program and Associate Professor David Gray in Residence Bianca Apps Visiting Lecturer in Liberal Arts Administrative Assistant/ Mary Dedinsky Journalism Program R. Daniel Hague Director of Journalism Program Senior Audio/Visual Technologist and Associate Professor Ismael (Mel) Aquino Library Associate Amira Hariri Everette E. Dennis Admissions Specialist Dean and Chief Executive Officer Resil Barcelo Human Resources Coordinator Geoffrey Harkness Stephen Brent Franklin Assistant Professor of Liberal Executive Director of Planning, Miriam Berg Arts in Residence Development and Construction Lecturer in Journalism Tiffany Ho Michell Hackwelder Frank Box Student Affairs Communications Library Director Infrastructure Project Manager Coordinator Laura Hokenstad Judith Britten Elizabeth Hoffman Director of HSSE Administrative Assistant Equipment Coordinator John V. Pavlik Associate Dean for Research Donovan Burba Karen Holt Publications Manager Technical Services Librarian Sandra L. Richards Director of Liberal Arts Program Sean Burns Christopher Hurless and Professor in Residence Lecturer of Liberal Arts in Senior User Support Specialist Residence Richard J. Roth Shakir Hussain Senior Associate Dean Geoffrey Cannaby User Support Specialist Manager of Production Facilities Barry Sexton Katie Hyon Chief Finance Officer Jocelyn Casambros Student Affairs Specialist Library Support Grant P. Upson Janet Key Director, NU-Q Support Office Wielder Catapat Assistant Professor of Journalism Production Technical Support in Residence Robb Wood Specialist Media and External Development Joe Khalil Strategist Ivana Chalmers Associate Professor of Strategic Risk Analyst Communication in Residence Robert Vance Manager of Infrastructure Patricia Collins Mahmoud Khalil Operations Health and Wellness Counselor Adjunct Lecturer in Liberal Arts 22 23

FACULTY AND STAFF CONTINUED

Muqeem Khan Victoria Ng’eno Aaleeya Spence Associate Professor of Administrative Assistant, Library Administrative Assistant, Student Life Communication in Residence Student Affairs Joseph Kurtin Durriya Niaz NU-Q’s student groups provide students with camaraderie Network Engineer and Manager of Accounting Quinton Sprull Computing Security Analyst and Financial Reporting Manager of Budget and Student and friendship, along with the opportunity to develop Finance specialized skills such as event planning, public relations John Laprise Linda Östlundh Assistant Professor of Public Services and Reference Michelle Telafici and financial management. Students also lead and manage Communication in Residence Librarian Academic Advisor groups, which is both challenging and immensely rewarding.

DeYette Little Susan Pak Allwyn Tellis Executive Assistant to the COO Assistant Professor of Lecturer in Communication in Communication in Residence Residence Jesusa (Josie) Llagas Library Support Christina Paschyn Kim Theodore Lecturer in Journalism in Human Resources Manager Maria Lombard Residence Assistant Professor of Liberal Lakisha Tillman Arts in Residence Jan-Marie Petersen Coordinator for Student Web Content Producer Activities and Residential Life Abir Maarouf Purchasing Coordinator Kirsten Pike Patrick Tingson Assistant Professor of Administrative Assistant, Rami Madhoun Communication in Residence Production Systems Engineer Munjulika Rahman Tracy Vaughn Jesse Manley Lecturer in Liberal Arts Associate Professor of Liberal Administrative Assistant, Arts in Residence Information Technology Connie Ramadan HR Administration Manager Timothy Wilkerson Arnold Marcelo Assistant Professor of NU-Q Office Assistant, Driver Bradford Rawson Communication in Residence Marketing Coordinator Justin Martin Emily Wilson Assistant Professor of Journalism Daniel Rohan Manager, Community Relations in Residence Senior Network Engineer Paul Wood Student Affairs Melissa Martinez Patricia (Trish) Roth Senior User Support Specialist Academic Advisor Assistant Professor of Journalism NU-Q’s Student Affairs department is dedicated in Residence Ann Woodworth to providing services and experiences that Molly McHarg Associate Professor in complement academic learning, supporting the Adjunct Lecturer in Liberal Arts Sian Sadler Communication in Residence growth and development of the students to Executive Assistant to the Dean Robert Meeds Zachary Wright prepare them for future careers in the global Visiting Associate Professor in Ethan Schaeffer Assistant Professor of Liberal media environment. Student Affairs is committed Liberal Arts Equipment Assistant Arts in Residence to aiding the students by leveraging the facilities at NU-Q and in Education City, partnering with Andrew Mills Patricia (Trish) Seapy Ihsan Yahya others in the community, and taking advantage of Assistant Professor in Journalism Writing Specialist Chief Broadcast Engineer our global location for international experiences in Residence by combining the traditions of Northwestern Mariano Selvaggi Rajaa Yousif University with the cultural traditions of Qatar. Jocelyn Mitchell Adjunct Lecturer in Liberal Arts Administrative Assistant, Lecturer in Liberal Arts in Academic Affairs Services include: Residence Anne Sobel • Student Orientation Lecturer in Communication Saeed Mohamed in Residence • Student Life Personnel Services Liaison and • International Experience Government Relations Officer Rommel Solicar • Career Services Facilities Coordinator • Counseling and Wellness Marie Newkirk • Communications Coordinator of Placement, Christopher Sparshott Internships and Student Assistant Professor in Liberal International Affairs Arts in Residence 24 25

Experiential Learning

Learning at NU-Q isn’t Service Learning Trips restricted to the Education City campus. Students take Over Spring Break 2013, a group of 12 NU-Q students traveled to South Africa. There, they the lessons they’ve learned participated in the Earthchild Project, a program in the classroom and apply that teaches children about healthy lifestyles. them in the real world, locally The students also served at the Children’s Radio Project and in an educational book drive. Past and globally. The experiential student trip destinations have included Morocco, learning endeavors encourage India, and Tanzania. students to grow holistically, chart unknown territories, Journalism Global Welcoming new students to the NU-Q family listen to untold stories, turn Residency Program strangers into friends and Students learn best by doing. It is as true in Qatar NU-Q clubs and organizations New Wildcat traditions have further their understanding as it is in the United States, where Northwestern’s already emerged in Qatar of how the world works. Medill School of Journalism has, for decades, As a young university, NU-Q’s campus sponsored its famed Journalism Residency community is still growing, but a number of • Wildcat Welcome Back and Go Wild Week: The “learning” aspect of experiential learning program. For 10 weeks, usually in their third student groups are already active, including: NU-Q celebrates Wildcat Spirit Week before is twofold: year of study, students leave the campus to • NU-Q Student Union both fall and spring finals. The series of events, • Before engaging in a project or embarking on work full-time for and with veteran journalists • Best Buddies coordinated by NUQSU, celebrates students, a trip, volunteers read about and research the or public relations practitioners in professional • Culture Club builds school spirit, serves as a stress-reliever location and its issues to prepare themselves environments. The goal is for students to get • Daily Q and develops teamwork. intellectually and emotionally before going into the kind of hands-on experience that helps them • Film Society • Food for Thought: NU-Q faculty and staff join an unfamiliar community. develop new skills, test old skills, work under • Just Play! students for lunch to get to know them better • During and after their work with a new group deadline pressure, hone their news judgment, • Purple Project outside the classroom and learn about their or in a different community, volunteers engage in sharpen their fact-checking and research skills, • Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) backgrounds, academic interests and research. focused discussion and reflection to integrate their build confidence in their capabilities and explore • Music Society • Gahwa Chat: Students gather over gahwa, a prior understanding with the information they new career paths not previously considered. • International Student Association favorite local coffee, to talk about hot topics, gained from the experience. from regional politics to cultural diversity. NU-Q students have been placed at numerous • Career Panels: Networking events for students world-class media organizations, including: NU-Q Athletics and alumni include representatives from • Al Jazeera media organizations around Doha, as well as • National Geographic • Women’s Basketball Northwestern alumni from both the Qatar and • Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting • Men’s Basketball Evanston campuses. • Financial Times • Women’s Football • Idea! Grant: NU Idea! Grants provide students • Vogue • Men’s Football with guidance and funding for new activities. • Time Grants are open to any NU-Q student who • Qatar Foundation International envisions a program, event, eventual student • Sports Illustrated NU-Q Student Union (NUQSU) group or project that would benefit campus. Examples of past grants include: Go Wild Week Northwestern University in Qatar Student Union events such as the Amethyst Gala and the Oh (NUQSU) is an advocate for the NU-Q student Snap! Photography Exhibition, Purple Parties, body, and acts as a liaison between students and the and women’s basketball team uniforms. This administration and the faculty. NUQSU provides past year, the Idea! Grant funded three senior communication between campus organizations girls in a production project. and the student body, and offers opportunities for leadership development, involvement and personal growth within the NU-Q community. The NUQSU successfully petitioned to have the bachelor’s degree modified to remove the distinction between degrees earned in Qatar and those earned in Evanston, and also upgraded the student lounge. 26 27

Student Achievements

Evanston Experience Doha Tribeca Film Festival

The Evanston Experience visit is a weeklong A number of NU-Q students, faculty and alumni trip for 15 NU-Q student ambassadors to the were involved in 2012 Doha Tribeca Film Festival Evanston campus. While in Evanston, the (DTFF). NU-Q supported the festival’s Made in ambassadors attend classes and campus activities, Qatar series, a collection of 19 films produced see a live show, and meet with renowned studios by local filmmakers. Bader, a film by NU-Q and publication companies, all while representing alumni Sara Al-Saadi, Latifa Abdulla Al Darwish NU-Q and the program in Qatar. These and Maaria Assami, won the DTFF Made exchanges allow NU-Q students to promote in Qatar Award. The Made in Qatar Special the Qatar program, as well as allow them to Mention was given to Lyrics Revolt, a film by participate in many Northwestern traditions they NU-Q alumni Ashlene Ramadan, Rana Khaled, only hear of in Qatar. Melanie Fridgant and Shannon Farhoud. Three LEFT TO RIGHT: Faraj Daham, Wedad Al Kawari, additional films produced by NU-Q students and Sara Al-Saadi (Bader Director), Maaria Assami (Bader In parallel, 16 Evanston students also visit Doha alumni were shown during the Made in Qatar Director), Latifa Al-Darwish (Bader Director) during their spring break. The visitors spend Programme 2 segment. – Getty, 22.11.2012 a packed five days touring Education City, attending classes at NU-Q and exploring Qatar’s cultural offerings, including falconry training, Society of Professional NU-Q Media Awards dhow boat cruises and the local cuisine. Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards The annual NU-Q Media Awards honor student These trips foster international friendships and work in journalism and communication. In 2013, bridge the gap between the two campuses. Three NU-Q students were awarded Mark of awards were given in 20 categories honoring Excellence awards by the Society of Professional students’ long and short films, photography, news Journalists in 2012. articles, multimedia productions, and poetry. Global Media Experience • Usama Alony Hamad was selected as a national finalist in the Online News Reporting (Small The Global Media Experience at NU-Q is a School Division) category for his “Villaggio Fire” Women’s Basketball series of visits to major media centers around video, published on The National’s website. the globe that give students hands-on experience • Abir Bouguerra, Angel Polacco and Sara The NU-Q’s women’s basketball team won with traditional and new media organizations Al-Darwish’s entry “Maid Abuse: A Growing Qatar’s 2013 collegiate basketball tournament in and events to enable them to learn about life in Problem in Qatar,” published in Doha News, was a 26-21 victory over Qatar Academy. This is the those fields and what it takes to succeed. In 2013, selected as a national finalist in the Online Feature first time the NU-Q women’s team has taken first students spent a week in Dubai and New York. Reporting (Small School Division) category. place in either the tournament or in the league. Each day includes at least one organizational visit, • An NU-Q field reporting project conducted in Founded during the 2009-2010 school year, the a field experience observing and participating in the United States by nine NU-Q students was team competes in the Education City Inter-School what that organization does, and a recap dinner. named a national finalist in the Online In-Depth Women’s Basketball League. Reporting (Small School Division) category. The project, “Arab Amereeka 2012,” examined the importance of the Arab-American vote in the 2012 congressional and presidential elections.

Film Festivals

Catador, a film created by NU-Q students Salima Al Ismaili, Sidra Ayub, Mahdiyeh Mahmoodzadeh and Zena Al Tahhan, was selected for both the 2013 Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival and the Zayed University Middle East Film Festival in Abu Dhabi. 28 29

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Qatari Females Middle East Partnership Non Qatari Females Initiative Program with 300 300 the US Department of State Qatari Males Non Qatari Males Noor Nabeel Al-Saadi was chosen by the U. S. Department of State for the 2013 Middle East Partnership Initiative program. She spent six weeks in the United States engaging in local 250 250 community service activities, interacting with American peers and observing and participating in the governmental process on the local, state and federal levels.

This past year, NU-Q had graduates working at 200 200 or sponsored by the following companies: • Al Jazeera Arabic • Al Rayyan Production • Agency 222 • ASHGHAL • Dartmouth University • Doha Center for Media Freedom 150 150 • Doha Film Institute • Forbes Associates • FUEGO APPS Co. • Hamad Hospital Corp. (Corporate Communication Dept.) • ICT Qatar (Communication Dept.) 100 100 • Mahaba Publishing • Ministry of Business and Trade (Enterprise Qatar) • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) • Q Solar Technology • Qatar Foundation (Communication Directorate) • Qatar Media Corporation • Qatar Museum Authority 50 50 • Qatar Television • Ras Gas • SIDRA • TANWEEQ Development Co. • The Youth Company • Torath Productions 0 0 • VCU-Qatar 331 331 188 188 252 252 338 338 246 246 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 30

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Events and Programs

Doha Film Institute CEO Abdulaziz Bin Khalid Al-Khater (far left) Brian T. Edwards, director of the Northwestern Program and other media leaders at the Qatar Media Industries Forum in Middle East and North African Studies

Qatar Media Industries Forum Middle East and Curriculum Consensus Despite the myriad developments in Qatar’s North Africa Conference Conference To demonstrate its commitment to the development media industry, from publishing and electronic of the media sector in Qatar, NU-Q convened media to satellite television and digital media, NU-Q put the spotlight on its commitment to To strengthen ties between NU-Q’s academic leaders and senior officers of media industry firms many of these enterprises with so much in Middle East studies at two conferences that program and move toward collaboration and and related enterprises in Qatar to discuss prospects common don’t always know each other or see brought together top scholars from its US campus unification, the school conducted a Curriculum for the media industry’s part in the nation’s 2030 themselves as part of a larger whole. Bringing with faculty and students from the campus in Consensus Conference, open to all faculty, in vision heralding knowledge-based industries. The these parties together for a discussion of common Doha. The goal was to better understand Qatar April 2013. The conference, led by Dr. John rare gathering provided a neutral platform where interests resulted in insights about: and the Middle East and North Africa region Maxwell Hamilton, a senior scholar at the Wilson key issues could be explored as part of an overall • Qatar’s robust but often fractured media for the benefit of its media, communication Program for the Consensus Conference Center in effort to encourage the strengthening of current landscape and journalism students. The school hosted a Washington, DC, and former provost and dean of media activities—and to foster new ones. The two • The growing acknowledgement of the need for symposium on fresh research about the region, Louisiana State University. meetings each drew nearly 100 media executives a cohesive, sustainable national media vision featuring a number of original papers, and representing newspapers, magazines, radio and • The most pressing challenges facing organized a consensus conference that ultimately Through conversations about goals for students, television, digital media, advertising, and public media outlets in Qatar, and what specific led to the creation of the Certificate in Middle curricular changes and the importance of a relations. The sessions featured an NU-Q report on developments would best help grow the East Studies at NU-Q. unified and coherent educational experience, the “State of Media Industries in Qatar.” industry as a whole the conference arrived at several key takeaways: • Develop a schoolwide media and communication introductory course to give students comprehensive knowledge of the field • Develop a schoolwide course in freedom of expression, with both global and local applications • Consider a capstone course that connects and integrates liberals arts themes and areas of knowledge with media studies 34 35

Middle East Meets Midwest The Second Curriculum Even as NU-Q worked to Over the past year, NU-Q strengthen its own distinct hosted an extensive program school identity, numerous of speakers, professionals in working visits from the home residence, and other activities campus in Evanston reaffirmed and events that constitute the connections between the a “second curriculum” two campuses. In the past that enriches the school. year, guests have included: These included:

• A delegation led by Provost Dan Linzer, including • A delegation of the Medill Global Media Deans Brad Hamm of the Medill School, Julio Residency students, led by William Handy LEFT His Royal Highness Prince Hassan bin Talal of Jordan Ottino of the McCormick School of Engineering, and Craig Duff, who, with Richard Roth and BELOW Laila Al Shaikhli of Al Jazeera several associate provosts and others Andrew Mills, connected NU graduate students • A delegation led by Barbara O’Keefe, dean of with NU-Q undergraduates for a weeklong the School of Communication, which included reporting assignment that resulted in an iBook several university officers involved with titled Feeding Qatar international exchanges • Film curator Mimi Brody of NU’s Block • Communications professor Noshir Contractor, Museum visited classes and took part in the who conducted a workshop, “Organizational Doha Tribeca Film Festival Communication in the 21st Century” in • Artists Judy Ledgerwood, artist Tony Tasset connection with the UN World Climate Change of the University of Illinois and Lisa Corrin, Summit director of the Block Museum, visited in preparation for an artistic installation in NU-Q’s new building

• A “Media Vision” series brought Internet guru Jeffrey Cole of the USC Annenberg School and media industry researchers John and Eileen Carey of Fordham University and Greystone Communication to campus. • H.R.H. Prince Hassan bin Talal of the • Survey researchers Humphrey Taylor and Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan took part in a Kerry Hill of Harris Interactive also took part class on media coverage of government in presentations • For a look at Qatar’s history, author Allen • Journalists Don Guttenplan of the International Fromherz of Georgia State University visited Herald Tribune, Stanford’s Justin Ferrell, classes and gave a public talk formerly of the Washington Post, and Dianne • Sociologist Peggy Levitt of Wellesley College Donovan of the Chronicle of Higher Education and Harvard University presented at a made presentations to classes, as did Egyptian colloquium on the role of museums filmmaker Ibrahim El Batout • Al Jazeera anchor and reporter Laila Al • “The Evanston Experience” series brought NU Shaikhli spoke about the challenges of media Graduate School Dean Dwight McBride to coverage of the Middle East campus for student and faculty consultations • A fall term series titled “Pizza and Politics,” • H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah, featuring several NU-Q faculty and broadcast Qatar’s minster of state for foreign affairs, election expert Carlos Van Meek, gave offered a briefing on the nation’s foreign policy students gave students a glimpse at the 2012 US presidential and vice-presidential debates and election 36 37

Visitors and Events 2012-13

September 2012 OCTOBER 2012 NOVember 2012 DECEMBER 2012

6 Administrative Visitor: David Prior, 7–10 Administrative Visitor: Barbara O’Keefe, 4–8 Administrative Visitor: John Pavlik, 26 Nov.–7 COP18: UN Climate Change Conference, provost, Hamid bin Khalifa University dean, School of Communication director of Journalism Resources continued Institute, Rutgers University 9–12 Administrative Visitor: Evelyn Early, 7–11 Administrative Visitors: Evanston/Doha 1 Leadership Milestone: Director Scott diplomat and Middle East scholar Exchange Program Delegation from 13–15 WISE World Summit, Doha Curtis assumes leadership of NU-Q Northwestern University in Evanston communication program 9–13 Faculty Visitors: Middle East and • Sally Ewing, associate dean for Student 17–21 Administrative Visitors: Annual Visit of North Africa Studies Delegation Affairs, School of Communication the Provost of Northwestern University 2 Faculty Visitor: Noshir Contractor, from Northwestern University, • Kyla Katz, director, Advising • Daniel Linzer, provost Jane S. & William J. White Professor Evanston, came to Doha for Consensus and Student Affairs and lecturer, • Jean Shedd, associate provost of Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Conferences with NU-Q School of Communication • Jim Young, associate provost University, led conference on • Brian Edwards, associate professor of • Heather Trulock, director, Extension • Brad Hamm, dean, Medill School “Organizational Communication in the English and comparative literary studies Programs and Career Services of Journalism 21st Century” • Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, associate • Michelle Bitoun, assistant professor, • Julio M. Ottino, dean, professor of political science Medill School of Journalism R.R. McCormick School of 2–3 Faculty Visitor: Ibrahim El Batout, • Jessica Winegar, associate professor • Keri Disch, director of Student Service, Engineering and Applied Sciences award-winning, internationally acclaimed of anthropology Medill School of Journalism • Jake Julia, associate vice president and Egyptian filmmaker, screening of his film • Rebecca Johnson, assistant professor • Bill Anthony, director of Study associate provost for academic initiatives Ain Shams and master class in directing of English and humanities Abroad Program • Mimi Brody, Pick-Laudato curator • Katherine Hoffman, associate professor • Alicia Stanley, associate director of film, Block Museum of anthropology of Study Abroad Program • Henri Lauziere, assistant professor • Grant Upson, director, 14 Visitor: Don Guttenplan, I.F. Stone of history Qatar Support Office biographer and reporter, International • Wendy Pearlman, assistant professor Herald Tribune, meetings with faculty, of political science and Crown Junior 11–13 Administrative Visitor: Steven Cornish, staff and students Chair in Middle East studies associate dean, Abu Dhabi University, UAE • Kristen Stilt, associate professor of law 17–24 Doha Tribeca Film Festival and history 13 Hamid bin Khalifa University Family Day 17 “Made in Qatar” Opening Night 10 Consensus Conference and Consultation 19–24 Administrative Visitor: Jeremy Cohen, – Lyrics Revolt an NU-Q alumni of Middle East / Islamic Studies minor associate vice president and senior production was selected as the opening or concentration at Northwestern associate dean of undergraduate education film, along with three other NU-Q University in Qatar for Pennsylvania State University student films

11 MENA Conference: New Directions in 19–26 Faculty Visitor: Dianne Donovan, senior 26–7 Dec. COP18: UN Climate Change Conference Middle East Studies editor, Chronicle of Higher Education, presentations in journalism classes and 20–22 High School Leadership Conference meetings with staff and faculty

28–30 Joint Advisory Board Meeting held 28–30 Eid Al Adha in Chicago/Evanston

30– 2 Oct. Faculty Visitor: Abe Peck, professor emeritus, Medill School of Journalism, expert on magazines 38 39

JANUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 MARCH 2013 MAY 2013

1 Leadership Milestone: Director 4 NU-Q Joins World Internet Project and 3–9 NU-Q Spring Break 5 NU-Q Graduation Mary Dedinsky assumes leadership Report on the WIP Report for 2012 on of NU-Q journalism program the global impact of how people use 11–15 Administrative/Faculty Visitor: John 5 NU-Q Joint Advisory Board meeting the Internet Maxwell Hamilton, former provost 6 Leadership Milestone: John Pavlik, and dean, Louisiana State University; 7 Qatar Foundation/Hamad Bin Khalifa associate dean for research, arrives 5–7 Faculty Visitor: Allen Fromherz, consultant for NU-Q Curriculum University Convocation and begins appointment author, Qatar, a Modern History; Review Conference and associate professor of history, 12–18 Medill Global MSJ Journalism Residency Georgia State University 12 NU-Q Curriculum Review Consensus delegation, hosted by NU-Q, led by Conference for communication and Professors Bill Handy and Craig Duff 7 Community Meeting: Allen Fromherz – journalism programs “Reflections on the History of Qatar” 13 Administrative Faculty Visitor: Indrani 22–31 Evanston Exchange: Student delegation Mukharji, research advisor to the 11 Public Presentation: Craig LaMay, from School of Communication Provost at NU-E, meetings with faculty “Understanding Sports, Media and and administration regarding QNRF Society: A present and future career path 23–31 NU-E Spring Break grants, and other matters relating to new for communicators and journalists” NU-Q building 24–31 Administrative Visitors: Judy 12 Qatar Sports Day (university closed) Ledgerwood, artist commissioned for 14 Faculty Visitor: Craig LaMay, associate new NU-Q building installation and professor, Medill School of Journalism, 18–28 Faculty/Research Visitors: John faculty member in the Department in residence for 10 weeks to teach a Carey, professor of communication of Art Theory & Practice, Weinberg course on “Sport, Media, and Society” and media management, Fordham College of Arts and Sciences, Tony and to advise on research University; author of When Media Tasset, artist and faculty member at Are New; and Eileen Carey, Greystone University of Illinois-Chicago and Lisa 21 Leadership Milestone: Jeremy Cohen, Communications; class visits, Corrin, director of the Block Museum associate dean for academic affairs, presentations and museum consultation arrives and begins appointment

26–29 Administrative Visitor: Dwight APRIL 2013 McBride, associate provost and dean of The Graduate School, meetings with 13–26 Public Presentation: NU-Q Study of administration, faculty, staff and students, Media Use in Eight Arab Nations, and presentation on graduate education fieldwork by Harris Interactive for NU-Q, NU-Q Panel and Kerry Hill, research 26–5 Feb. Administrative/Faculty Visitor: Jeffrey director, Harris International Cole, director, Center for Digital Future, USC Annenberg School of 14–18 Administrative/Faculty Visitor: Communication, public presentation, class Humphrey Taylor, chair, the Harris visits, and administrative consultations Poll, Harris Interactive, writer and columnist; class visits and presentations 30 Community Meeting: Jeffrey Cole, of media and public opinion polling, “The Rise and Impact of Multi-Screen understanding global audiences Viewing” 11–13 THIMUN Qatar Northwestern Film Festival 40 41

Graduation 2013 NU-Q celebrated its second graduating class in May 2013. The 33 members of the Class of 2013, including 15 Qataris, received bachelors of science degrees in journalism (16) and communication (17). Several graduated with minors in public relations, business studies and, for the first time, certificates in Middle East studies. Nine seniors graduated with academic honors: three summa cum laude, three magna cum laude and three cum laude.

Sophia Al-Maria

Speaking at NU-Q’s 2013 Graduation Ceremony The graduation ceremony also featured a keynote were H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Mohammed speech by Qatari writer and film-maker Sophia Al-Thani, director general of Al Jazeera and a Al-Maria, author of the critically acclaimed novel member of NU-Q’s Joint Advisory Board, as well The Girl Who Fell to Earth. as Northwestern President Morton Schapiro and Dean Everette E. Dennis. Daughter of an American mother and a Bedouin Qatari father, Al-Maria spent her childhood Special awards were given to outstanding seniors between Doha and the Pacific Northwest of for their special academic achievements at the the US. She is an author and filmmaker who NU-Q President’s Lunch, hosted by President researches “Gulf Futurism”—a term she coined Morton Schapiro. to describe the rapid urban development in the region. In her address, she reminded graduates of Other Award winners included: their responsibility to help guide that change. Communication Award: Dana Atrach Student Leadership Award: Dana Atrach The axis of the world is changing. And Dean’s Award: Jassim Kunji and Motasem Kalaji Liberal Arts Award: Shahd Dauleh if you choose to stay in Doha you will Journalism Award: Sidra Ayub find yourself increasingly at its center. See this as an advantage, but remember that it is also a responsibility. These shifts will make you the captains of tomorrow. However, even the most weathered navigators cannot know when the wind might change. So as you lead and steer, do so with intelligence and compassion.

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Research

With early emphasis on instruction, research at NU-Q consisted mostly of individual faculty efforts. Since the soft start of the NU-Q research office in 2011-12, plans for an institutional research and publishing program are much closer to being realized. This is work that involves a coordinated research team on behalf of NU-Q, in addition to singular faculty efforts

CLOCKWISE STARTING FROM TOP LEFT Jocelyn Mitchell, Already, NU-Q faculty members have earned Susan Dun, Sandra Richards, Muqeem Kahn several major research grants. The first-ever grants for NU-Q to foster undergraduate research were awarded for proposals from Jocelyn Mitchell and Susan Dun in 2012, while two larger-scale grants were awarded for projects on the home campus involving the McCormick School of Engineering and the Weinberg College of Liberal Arts.

In spring 2013, Muqeem Kahn and Sandra Richards were awarded NU-Q’s first major research grant as co-principle investigators for a study that connects cultural heritage with new media technology. This project will explore the viable and effective use of motion-sensing technologies in museums and cultural spaces as a way to disseminate cultural heritage. Researchers will examine motion-sensing technologies that extend learning experiences beyond those that remain behind the computer or television screen, bringing cultural content into an intelligent kinesthetic learning environment. The project will also capture live performances of Arabic indigenous dances to train an artificially intelligent dance instructor and playback in the form of an interactive dance-based application. 44

Media Use in the Middle East

Media Use in the Middle East WHAT’S

An Eight-Nation Survey NEXT

NU-Qs first institutional research project, “Media Use in Eight Arab Countries,” led by Everette Dennis, Justin Martin and Robb Wood with field work by Harris Interactive, was released in the spring of 2013. This large-scale effort surveyed 9,693 adults in eight Arab countries—Egypt, Qatar, Tunisia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the UAE—to shed light on how people in the region use media and whether they trust their sources of information. NU-Q produced an accompanying interactive website, featuring dynamic data displays that allow users to make their own comparisons between different countries. Users can also compare different demographics surveyed within each country, including gender, age, and the juxtaposition of nationals and expatriates by country of origin.

NU-Q also joined the select World Internet Project in 2012. The eight-nation study will be included it that global effort, marking the first time the pan-Arab world has had such representation.

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Collaborations and Partnerships No school can afford to exist in a vacuum, particularly one devoted to the study of journalism and communications. With that in mind, NU-Q has demonstrated its commitment to the development of the media sector through several partnerships with media outlets in Qatar and around the world. Through such cooperation, NU-Q’s faculty, staff and students are part of the ongoing efforts to create a transparent media vision for Qatar.

Doha Film Institute NU-Q also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Doha Film Institute (DFI) in a ceremony led by DFI CEO Abdulaziz Al Khatar. The collaboration is aimed at supporting local media producers, advancing media literacy, and promoting Qatar’s emerging film and media industry. The two organizations co-hosted the “Made in Qatar” film series, which highlighted the opening night of the fourth Doha Tribeca Film Festival.

Al Jazeera NU-Q and the DFI continued their support of media literacy to the wider community at the NU-Q has a history of cooperation with the film festival’s Family Days, where young people Al Jazeera networks, and that relationship was and their parents had the opportunity to present strengthened with the signing of a Memorandum news from the festival in a simulated television of Understanding. The agreement will allow studio. NU-Q faculty and staff gave members of professionals and NU-Q students to benefit the community a hands-on chance to learn what from the combined expertise of the two goes on behind the scenes in a live newscast. institutions through joint research and strategic studies projects, training workshops, a co- designed lecture series, internships, and faculty Qatar Museums Authority OPPOSITE H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim contributions, as well as journalist exchange bin Mohamed Al-Thani, Director General programs. The memorandum was signed by Faculty and students from NU-Q performed of Al Jazeera Network (left), and NU-Q H.E. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim bin Mohamed the Greek tragedy Medea in cooperation with Dean Everette Dennis Al-Thani, Director General of Al Jazeera the Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum (QOSM) TOP NU-Q student filmmakers at the Network, and NU-Q Dean Everette Dennis. and the Youth Company, part of the event Doha Tribeca Film Festival program of QOSM’s exhibition on the Olympics. bottom left Doha Tribeca Film As part of the collaboration, NU-Q and Festival Family Days Al Jazeera held two strategic consultation The classic play, performed on three consecutive bottom right NU-Q student Meriem sessions, in Doha and New York, about the nights, was directed by NU-Q associate professor Mesroua as the title role in Medea launch of Al Jazeera America. Participants Ann Woodworth, who has taught acting for addressed a range of issues surrounding the 30 years at the university’s home campus in launch, from positioning and establishing identity Evanston. The performance is part of a series of to setting and meeting audience expectations. events surrounding QOSM’s exhibition, which In each session, the Al Jazeera team outlined displays the history of both the ancient and its thinking on the subject, and the NU-Q team modern Olympic Games. asked questions, challenged assumptions and gave feedback. 48 49

The THIMUN Qatar Northwestern Film Festival Awards Jeffrey Cole, founder and director of the World Internet Project

Film Festivals World Internet Project

NU-Q teamed with the Hague NU-Q and Qatar Academy also co-hosted the NU-Q was chosen to join the World Internet International Model United second High School Documentary Film Festival Project (WIP), a major international endeavor Nations (THIMUN) and to encourage students to explore the local that has spanned more than a decade in its quest relevance of universal interests such as human Qatar Academy on the 2013 rights, sustainability and the environment. The to track the social, political and economic impact THIMUN Qatar Northwestern documentary film Sealine, produced by Jaser of the Internet on people’s lives. Film Festival Awards. Nine Alagha, was awarded the best picture. The agreement provides a global platform for short films were screened, and NU-Q, along with Qatar Academy, the NU-Q’s “Media Use in the Middle East: An awards in different categories Georgetown University School of Foreign Service 8-Nation Survey” research study. Findings from were presented to the in Qatar and THIMUN Qatar, co-hosted the the NU-Q study will be shared with WIP, which inaugural Qatar MUN and Film Leadership has compiled research from 37 countries to date, winners in a gala ceremony. Conference. The three-day event attracted more and be made publicly available. than 350 high school students and their advisors from across the Gulf region and as far away as “The WIP is an important survey in the media the US and Europe. field, and we are happy to be contributing to the understanding of media in Qatar, the region Students participated in discussion sessions on and the world,” said NU-Q Dean Everette the theme of leadership, inspired by keynote Dennis. “It has been a great experience for speaker Sandra Richards, director of the liberal our faculty and staff who have been involved arts program at NU-Q. The conference also in our work so far. This is a particularly focused on film and media studies topics such as important step for NU-Q, as we expand our videography, photography, and new technology in research program and consolidate efforts with film and video. It included a screening of student- other institutions in Qatar to meet the goals of produced films. Qatar’s National Research Strategy.”

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NU-Q’s New Home

The fast-evolving world of museum, tentatively called the NU-Q Media Gallery. media provides unprecedented The Media Gallery is being designed by the eminent museum architect and designer Ralph Appelbaum, opportunities for creative whose work includes the Newseum and Holocaust thinkers, entrepreneurs and Memorial in Washington DC. During the year, leaders. Nowhere is the hunger a technology and content conference was held in London, led by Stephen Franklin and Dean Everette for well-trained professionals Dennis with a team of NU-Q staffers included along greater than in the Gulf region. with design and museum technology experts. A second conference, held in New York, convened a Planning for NU-Q’s new building rising on the content advisory committee for consultations on Education City Campus has been a continuous permanent and changing exhibits. process for several years, with an anticipated occupancy estimated in 2014-15. The building’s The new 350,000-square-foot building will nearly renowned architect, Antoine Predock, was on triple the size of NU-Q’s current location. Its campus and took part in a public interview features include: organized by the Doha Architects’ Society and • Four video production studios conducted by Dean Everette Dennis that included a • Two 150-person lecture halls showcase of his work and a discussion of the NU-Q • One black box theater building. Concurrent with the completion of the • Multi-media newsroom building, there have been several staff conferences • A research library containing electronic, print on space use, equipment, technical support and and DVD materials other aspects of a complex project that will • Student lounge and activity spaces feature theaters, electronic media studios, offices, classrooms, and even an exhibition space and 54

NU-Q Media Gallery

One focal point of the building will be a dramatic, dynamic exhibition space that introduces visitors to the purpose, process, history and future of communication, journalism and media. This NU-Q Media Gallery will have an overall global orientation that reflects the universal nature of communication and media, overlaid by a Middle East and Gulf perspective. It will express the historical developments that help visitors understand the media landscape, but will largely focus on present-day media and communication issues—and those to come. The gallery will be interactive and digital, with ideas expressed clearly in visual strokes that reflect the process being depicted, from the gathering, processing and dissemination of news to the life cycle of a magazine. Northwestern University in Qatar P.O. Box 34102 Education City Doha, Qatar www.qatar.northwestern.edu