Hebatalla El Semary Chair of the Radio & Television Department and Director of Women and Media Studies Research Center Faculty of Mass Communication- Cairo University 01006040140. [email protected] PERSONAL DATA Academic Rank: Full Professor, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University Nationality: Egyptian Marital Status: Married Nationality Of Spouse: Egyptian Contacts: Home: 0020238860964 Mobile: 00201006040140 E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 1996 Diploma in TV News, from Radio Nederland, Hilversum, The Netherlands 1991 Ph.D. in Mass Communication , department of Radio & Television, Faculty of Mass Communication , Cairo University 1987 MA in Mass Communication , department of Radio & Television, Faculty of Mass Communication , Cairo University 1981 BA, Cairo University, Mass Communication 1977 Graduate of the American College in Cairo (High School Education) LANGUAGES &COMPUTER SKILLS Languages: Fluent in Arabic & English Computer skills: Excellent Familiar with the below software: PowerPoint -Microsoft word -Excel -Blackboard -SPSS - Final Cut Adobe Premier -Soft Image - Flash | P a g e 1 EMPLOYMENT RECORD 2016 Chair of the Radio and Television Department, Faculty of Mass Communication, Cairo University 2016 Director of Women and Media Studies Research Center/ Cairo University 2014-2015 Chair of Mass Communication Program in English (MCE)/ Sharjah University 2004 -present Full Professor /Cairo University 1998 -2014 Associate Professor / UAE University 2007 Coordinator of Film Studies program / UAE University 1997 Guest Lecturer/ Haniszeidel Foundation (Germany) 1997 Visiting Professor/ Ain Shams University (Egypt) 1995 Lecturer and Trainer/ Fredriech Neumann German Foundation Training Courses held for TV programs production Staff 1995 1996 Associate Professor / Cairo University 1996 Visiting Professor / Vaxjo University (Sweden) 1996 Visiting Professor / Stockholm University (Sweden) 1991 Assistant Professor/ Lecturer /Cairo University 1981 Instructor/ Post Doctoral - Cairo University-Egypt TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses taught: Undergraduate: . Cinema in the Arab World (English) . Practicum in Digital Production (English) . PR and Media Campaigns (English) . Communication Theories (English) . Television Drama (Arabic) | P a g e 2 . News Reporting (English) . Television News and News Programs (Arabic) . Communication Research Methods (English) . Translation for Communication (Arabic/English) . Introduction to Mass Media (English) . Writing for Radio & Television (English) . Directing Radio & Television Programs (English) . Contemporary Issues in MC (English) . Television Production I ( English) . Television Production II (English) . Communication Research Methods (Arabic) . Media Law and Ethics (Arabic) . Intensive Research / Writing Project (English) . Broadcast Management (Arabic) . Integrated Capstone Course (English) . Visual Communication (English) . Internship Courses (English) . Radio & Television Scriptwriting (English) . Capstone Course ( English) . Media Campaigns ( English) . Television Advertising (Arabic) Post Graduate: . Seminar in New Media Studies (English) . Ethical Principles and Practices within Media Organizations (English) . Mass Communication topics (English) HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS 2016 "Threat Appeals in Road Safety TV Advertisements and their impact on Emirati Youth: An Experimental Study", Best Paper Presentation, International Conference on Social Science, Language and Education, San Francisco,USA, March | P a g e 3 2013 "Conducting Research in the Middle East" ,Best Paper Award, BAASANA conference, New York, USA, August 2010 " The Interaction between Education and Globalization: Comparative study of four GCC countries, Session's Best Paper Award: Session: Academic Globalization, 3rd Symposium on Academic Globalization, Orlando, USA, July 2008 " Children, Television Violence, and the Third Person Effect", Ist Place faculty paper, 13th Annual Conference of AUSACE , Richmond, Virginia, USA, November 2008 1998 "The Impact of Television on the Child Reading Abilities & Habits" , First place research paper ,Sheikh Khalifa Bin Sulman Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa Scientific Award , Information Center for Women and Children, Bahrain 1997 United Nations Award & Honorarium Certificate of appreciation in recognition of the significant role undertaken for the promotion of the Egyptian Women and active actions in the national and public work . CONFERENCE PAPERS 2016 Domestic Violence in Drama and its impact on the Society, the 2nd World Conference on Media and Mass Communication, Bangkok, Thailand, April ( English) 2016 "Threat Appeals in Road Safety TV Advertisements and their impact on Emirati Youth: An Experimental Study", Best Paper Presentation, International Conference on Social Science, Language and Education, San Francisco,USA, March( English) 2015 Emirati Female Candidates' Media Campaigns: A Study on the Federal National Council Elections, IJAS conference , Rome, Italy ( English) 2015 Perceptions of Privacy Measures and Policies among Facebook Users in UAE ,13th Annual International Conference on Communication and Mass Media,Athens, Greece, May( English) 2015 Youth Usage of Arabic Language in New Media : A Future Perceptive, the 14th International Arabic Language Conference, Dubai, May( Arabic) 2015 Modeling Digital Ethics or Regulating New Media, the 1st World Conference on Media and Mass Communication, Bejing, China, April( English) 2014 Children's Uses of Facebook in Crisis and Peace: A Comparative Study, the 5th International Multi- Conference on complexity, Informatics, and Cypernetics,Orlando, Florida, USA, March( English) | P a g e 4 2013 Assessing the Effectiveness of Videoconferencing in Education: Case Study of UAEU , presented at the 2013 International conference on Creative Education (ICCE 2013), Singapore, September 21-23 ( English) 2013 Conducting Research in the Middle East, presented at the international Business and Applied Sciences Academy of North America (BAASANA), New York, August( English) 2013 The Credibility of Citizen Journalism and Traditional TV journalism among the Emirati Youth : Comparative Study, presented at the University of Hawaii Conference, , Honolulu ,USA, January( English) 2012 Emirati Youth Trends Toward Some Social Networking Issues, World conference of Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, Orlando, Florida, July ( English) 2011 "Family violence in Gulf drama and its impact on Emirati female relationship with her family: Experimental Study , AEJMC Midwinter conference held at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication /University of Oklahoma, Oklohama, USA ,March. ( English) 2011 Barriers to the Effective use of Technology in Education: Case study of UAE University",INTED 2011 International Technology, Education and Development Conference’’ ,Valencia/Spain, March( English) 2011 Uses of Social Media among Children in Egypt and UAE : Comparative Study, Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) Conference, Beirut ( English) 2011 "The impact of Traffic Safety TV Public Advertisements on a sample of Emirati Youth", Symposium on Media and Traffic Safety, the Arab Traffic Safety Association, Abu Dhabi , April ( Arabic) 2010 Supervised the student paper conducted by the students: Maha Al Hammadi, Mariam Al Mazroui, and Fatema Al Nayedi. The paper entitled " Emirati Women attitudes towards Health TV programs" . The paper was presented at the Symposium organized by Marami Magazine " Media and Health TV programs", Sharjah, UAE.( Arabic) 2010 Television violence and its Negative Effects on young people, Seminar entitled Negative effects of Visual Mass Media organized by UAEU Students Activities Office , UAEU ( Arabic) | P a g e 5 2010 The Interaction between Education and Globalization: Comparative Study of Four GCC Countries, the 3rd International Symposium on Academic Globalization, Orlando, Florida, USA, July ( English) 2010 Mass Communication Student Perceptions of Media Ethics Course, paper presented at Global Media Ethics Roundtable, Zayed University, UAE, March 22-24 ( English) 2010 Environment Program Lead Pollution Clean-up In Egypt: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices: Case Study, Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 2010 ( Joint Paper) ( English) 2010 Impact of TV violence on Children and Adolescents, Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, Honolulu, Hawaii, January ( English) 2009 Developing a Strategy for Creating and Assessing Internship Digital Media Curriculum in UAE University, International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI 2009), Madrid (Spain) on the 16th, 17th and 18th of November( English) 2009 Egyptian Internet Users: Habits and Dangers, African and Arab Audiences: Shared Agendas for Research, University of Westminster, London, 30-31 March ( English) 2008 Television Violence and the Third Person Effect, 13th Annual Conference of AUSACE, Richmond, Virginia, USA, November ( English) 2008 Assessing the Educational Outcomes of the Mass Communication Practicum Courses at UAEU".1st Annual Research Conference of UAEU, April ( English) 2008 Evaluating Media Curriculum in UAEU", joint paper prepared by Dr. Mai El Khaga, Dr, Kamel Hamidou and myself, the 5th Arab Education Forum , Morocco, 2-4 April ( Arabic) 2007 The Impact of TV News Viewing on the Image of Arabs in the Minds of Children, International Conference of Sharjah University: Satellite Television and Cultural Identity: Visions for