Northwestern University in Qatar Dean and CEO Marwan M. Kraidy has been elected as the 2023-24 Chair of the Fellows at the International Communication Association (ICA), one of the most prestigious international associations for communication scholars and researchers.
Elected every year by more than 250 fellows from around the world, the Fellows’ Chair acts as a representative of the fellows and spearheads initiatives across the wider ICA and global communication scholarly communities. During his tenure, Kraidy, who succeeds Northwestern University Professor Pablo Boczkowski as Fellows’ Chair, will lead a series of initiatives and projects to engage ICA’s network of fellows and the global scholarly community and advance research and scholarly study of communication around the world.
“I am honored to have been elected ICA’s Fellows’ Chair and look forward to engaging my fellow ICA Fellows in impactful opportunities with the global scholarly community to further advance our understanding of the complexities and nuances of communication around the world," said Kraidy. “As incoming International Communication Association’s Fellows' Chair, I will build on my colleague Pablo Boczkowski's work to continue making the great brain trust that is the ICA fellows community more engaged with ICA members and global hubs.”
“As incoming International Communication Association’s Fellows' Chair, I will build on my colleague Pablo Boczkowski's work to continue making the great brain trust that is the ICA fellows community more engaged with ICA members and global hubs”
A scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, culture, and politics, Kraidy is a leading figure in global media studies. He holds fellow status in the ICA, a recognition of distinguished scholarly contributions to the broad field of communication, and is the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Culture.
Kraidy has also been the Edward W. Said Chair of American Studies at the American University of Beirut, the Albert Bonnier Jr. Professor of Media Studies at Stockholm University, the Chaire Dupront at Sorbonne-Universités in Paris, the Dr. Elizabeth Chopin Endowed Professor at Webster University-Vienna, and a visiting professor at universities in China, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, and across the USA.
Kraidy’s selection as Fellows Chair took place before the International Communication Association's 73rd conference in Toronto, where students and researchers from Northwestern Qatar and the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South (#IAS_NUQ) presented their academic and scholarly research to more than 4500 members from more than 80 countries around the world.
