Dr. Hussein AlAhmad Profile

Faculty Member

Academic Rank: 

Assistant Professor

Specialization: 

Media and Communication

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Education: 

University/College Name	Degree Received	Specialization	Description
University of Exeter	Phd	The Mediatisation of Middle East Politics	Supervised by Professor Ilan Pappe, my thesis titled: Media, Communication and Political Engagement: The Mediatisation of the Middle East’s Politics of Ongoing Conflicts. It examined the role played by transnational satellite television in covering the Middle East’s ongoing conflicts. My findings established the fact that pan-Arab satellite TV journalism was central, influential, and intervened in these conflicts, not always mirroring reality. It also highlighted, in a systematic way with supporting evidence, how in rentier states, finance can be influential in generating instrumental satellite TV journalism. This served the ends of political elites, in a way that was powerful enough to exert political and ideological influences on the news message consumers of Arab viewers.
University of Exeter	MA	Political communication	The Mediatisation of Palestinian Internal Conflict, Feb. 2016
University of Exeter	MA	Educational Communication	Master in Teaching & Supporting Education in Higher Education, Feb. 2019. This was a scholarship granted by School of Education, UoE, based on my distinguished achievements in my teaching assistant tasks. It was preceded by two other grants to attend two related and consecutive programs: The Fellowship of Accrediting Staff Professionalism in Research-led Education (ASPIRE), recognized Feb. 2018; and the Fellowship of the British Higher Education Academy (HEA), recognized Jul. 2018. My Master’s research thesis came up with a unique model of ‘student-centered teaching approach in a multicultural classroom’, published by the International Journal of Education and Science: https://doi.org/10.46328/ijres.2374,
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology	MA	Strategic Communication Design	Strategic communication design prepared me to become a global communication practitioner. Undertook a series of major studio courses that enhanced my practice through theory to market linked courses (primarely, Brand management and Corporate Communication.
AlQuds University	BA	Teaching Methodologies - English Language
ORT College	BA	Graphic Communication Design

Academic Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
14/08/2019	20/09/2020		Head of Media & Communication Dep.	AlQuds University, Jerusalem
05/01/2017	30/05/2019		 Researcher & Postgraduate Teaching Assistant	University of Exeter, UK
16/09/2002	30/10/2020		Teacher at Media Department	AlQuds University, Jerusalem
20/02/2020	14/09/2020		Part-time Instructor in Contemporary Public Relations Dep.	Arab American University, Ramallah
01/10/2020			Head of Contemporary Public Relations Dep.	Arab American University, Ramallah

Administrative Experience: 

From	To	Present	Position	Institution	Description
01/10/2020			Head of Contemporary Public Relations Dep.	Arab American University, Ramallah
30/10/2020	19/10/2020		Head of Media & TV Dep.	AlQuds University, Jerusalem
30/10/2020	30/10/2020		General Manager	XPert Communication Solutions	Developing and overseeing communication strategy with international development programs; Regional communication sector; Supervising an awareness raising campaign to promote healthy lifestyles and behavioural changes; Design -Graphic Designer & Trainer; Press agencies.

Courses Taught: 

Course Title	Level
Research Methods in Social Science	Graduate
Strategic Communication	Graduate
Political Communication	Undergraduate
Politicl communication	Graduate
Media Theory	Graduate
Media Theory	Undergraduate
Theories and Paradigms in Public Relations	Graduate
Contemporary Political Economics in Middle East	Undergraduate
Ethics in Media Reporting	Undergraduate
Advanced English in Public Relations	Graduate

Biography: 

Fluent in Arabic and English, and conversant in Hebrew, I am an expert in media and communication, with a special emphasize on the Arab media. I research the interrelationship between media communications, culture, and geopolitics, through the theoretical lens of mediatisation and mediatised conflict. I am also well acquainted with pertinent theoretical paradigms of power control, media control, media attention and influence. My ongoing research focuses on the interplay between media and politics in ongoing ethnic, political and sectarian conflicts prevailing in the Middle East, through the lens of mediatisation theory and mediatised conflict. Key emphasis is on the role played by pan-Arab media, primarily transnational satellite TV news media, and its influence on the Arab public sphere. Further research is on the potential of mediatised politics to contribute to the promoting of political stability in the Middle East as a turbulent region. I primarily teach courses on research methods; Strategic Communication; Media and Communication Theory; Communication and the Arab Public Sphere; Media and Lobbying; Fundamentals of Political Communication. In 2017, I have been granted the Fellowship of ‘Accrediting Staff Professionalism in Research-led Education’ (ASPIRE) in UK for my contribution to the teaching and learning quality in higher education. In 2019, I won the Associate Fellowship of the British Higher Education Academy (HEA) for my work on educational communication and its role in promoting educational excellence in higher education. I advise universities, public sector, businesses, civil society organizations both at regional and global levels; last contract with Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (MBN), initialed the evaluation of the agency’s adherence to basic standards of journalism, production, content, and technical quality. Notable academic works include; my book (in progress) The Manufacturing of Ruin in Pan-Arab Transnational Satellite TV News Message; The Balfour Declaration Centenary, 2017: A Constructive Retrieval or an Odd Masquerade, at Aljazeera Centre for Studies; The Role of Educational Communication in supporting teaching and learning within Multi-cultural Heterogeneous Classroom, the International Journal for Research in Education & Science (IJRES); A Mediatised Conflict: The Mediatisation of Palestinian Split in Pan-Arab Transnational Satellite TV Journalism, per reviewed and ready for publishing in next issue at The Turkish Journal of Middle East Studies.

Skills: 

Digital Media Reviewer: United States Agency For Global Media, Since Mar. 2021

Peer reviewer, Journal of the Arab American University, (ISSN: 2308-2623),

Certified Trainer of Trainers (TOT) - International Business Communication Skills, the Society of British Business Practitioners (SBP)

NVivo, Qualitative in-depth data analysis software

Adobe Creative Suite

Awards: 

In 2019, Granted the Associate Fellowship of the British Higher Education Academy (HEA) for my work on educational communication and its role in promoting educational excellence in higher education

In 2017, Granted the Fellowship of ‘Accrediting Staff Professionalism in Research-led Education’ (ASPIRE) in UK for my contribution to the teaching and learning quality in higher education

In 2015, Granted Al-Qasimi PhD Studentships - Middle East Politics, at University of Exeter, UK

In 2003, Granted the Master's Studentships in Strategic Communication Design - Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia

C.V.: 

HUSSEIN ALAHMAD_CV_ August 1, 2023.pdf

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