Members of the International Council

Elected members

Omar Al-Ghazzi
London School of Economics and Political Science
UK
Abena Animwaa Yeboah-Banin
University of Ghana
Valentina Baú
Western Sydney University
Australia
Alina Bernstein
Tel Aviv University Israel
Svetlana Bodrunova
St. Petersburg State University
Russian Federation
Jose Claudio Castanheira
Federal Fluminense University
Brazil
Changfeng Chen
Tsinghua University
China
Surbhi Dahiya
Indian Institute of Mass Communication
India
Ana Duarte Melo
University of Minho - CECS
Portugal
Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada
Qatar University
Qatar
Philippe Maarek
Emeritus Professor of Fontainebleau -
UPEC Institute of Political Studies
France
Sisanda Nkoala
University of the Western Cape
South Africa
Ole Johan Mjøs
University of Bergen Norway
Graham Murdock
Loughborough University in London
UK
Patrick Murphy
Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication, USA
Francesca Musiani
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) France
Dorothy Njoroge
United States International University-Africa
Kenya
Rebeca Padilla
Autonomous University of Aguascalientes
Mexico
Chris Paterson
University of Leeds UK
Jorge Saavedra Utman
Portales University
Chile
Willemien Sanders
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Ana Cristina Suzina
Loughborough University
UK
Aimee Vega Montiel
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Ylva Rodny-Gumede
University of Johannesburg
South Africa
Anna Zoellner
University of Leeds
UK

Section Chairs

Sudeshna Roy Stephen F. Austin State University
USA

International Communication
Peter English University of the Sunshine Coast
Australia

Media, Communication and Sport
Rodrigo Cetina Presuel
Harvard University
USA

Law Section
Nelson Costa Ribeiro
Universidade Católica Portuguesa (CECC)
Portugal

History Section
Jessica Noske-Turner Loughborough University
UK

Participatory Communication Research
Wafa Khalfan University of Sharjah
UAE

Emerging Scholars Network
Benjamin Birkinbine
University of Nevada
USA

Political Economy
Martín Echeverría
Autonomous University of Puebla
Mexico

Political Communication
Sadia Jamil
Khalifa University of Science
and Technology, UAE

Journalism Research & Education
Susanne Eichner
Aarhus University
Denmark

Mediated communication, Public opinion & Society
Asta Zelenkauskaite
Drexel University
USA

Audience
Vinod Pavarala
University of Hyderabad
India

Community Communication & Alternative Media
Michael Hoechsman
Lakehead University
Canada

 Media Education Research
Julia Pohle
WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Germany

Communication Policy & Technology
Wajiha Raza Rizvi
Film Museum Society
Beaconhouse National University
Pakistan

Gender and Communication
Kerrie Foxwell-Norton
Griffith University
Australia

Environment, Science and Risk Communication

Working Group Chairs

Florian Vanlee
Ghent University
Belgium

Popular Culture
Yoel Cohen
Ariel University

Religion & Communication
Sarah Cardey
University of Reading
UK

Rural Communication
Denize Correa Araujo
Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná
Brazil

Visual Culture
Katja Lehtisaari Tampere University
Finland

Communication in Post- and Neo-Authoritarian Societies
Vaia Doudaki
Charles University
Czech Republic


Communication, Social Justice and Democracy
Virpi Salojärvi University of Vaasa, University of Helsinki
Finland

Crisis, Security and Conflict Communication
Sayyed Fawad Ali Shah
Auburn University USA

Health Communication
Shahla Adnan
Fatima Jinnah Women University
Pakistan

Inclusive Communication and People with Disabilities
Mia Lindgren University of Tasmania
Australia

Music, Audio, Radio and Sound

Past Presidents

Past presidents are ex officio members of the International Council

Nico Carpentier (Czech Republic)
Janet Wasko (USA)
Robin Mansell (UK)
Frank Morgan (Australia)
Manuel Parés i Maicas (Spain)
Hamid Mowlana (USA)
Cees Hamelink (Netherlands)