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
Anne F. MacLennan
York University
Canada

History Section
Jessica Noske-Turner Loughborough University
UK

Participatory Communication Research
Karl Patrick R. Mendoza
Polytechnic University of the Philippines

Emerging Scholars Network
Benjamin Birkinbine
University of Nevada
USA

Political Economy
Martín Echeverría
Autonomous University of Puebla
Mexico

Political Communication
Ruhan ZHAO
Communication University of China

Journalism Research & Education
Karolína Šimková
Charles University in Prague
Czech Republic

Mediated communication, Public opinion & Society
Maria T. Soto-Sanfiel
National University of Singapore

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
Carolina Matos
City, University of London
United Kingdom

Gender and Communication
Claire Konkes
University of Tasmania
Australia

Environment, Science and Risk Communication

Working Group Chairs

Concha Edo
Complutense University of Madrid
Spain

Media Production Analysis
Fatma Elzahraa Elsayed
Cairo University Egypt

Islam and Media
Paulo Faustino
University of Porto Portugal

Public Media
Denize Correa Araujo
Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná
Brazil

Visual Culture
Anke Fiedler Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Germany

Communication in Post- and Neo-Authoritarian Societies
Fernando Paulino
University of Brasilia
Brazil

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
Uma Shankar Pandey
University of Calcutta
India

Digital Divide

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)