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Social Media in Africa: Call for scholarly chapter proposals

International Social Media Trilogy
Vol. 1: Social Media in Asia, coedited by Cui Litang, Tan Kha Kee College, Xiamen University, and Michael H. Prosser, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia and Shanghai International Studies University; Dignity Press, 2014, 668 pages. ISBN 978-1-937570-36-1. This volume has been nominated for the outstanding 2014 edited or coedited scholarly book award for the International and Intercultural Communication Division, [US] National Communication Association.

Vol. 2: Social Media in the Middle East, coedited by Michael H. Prosser and Ehsan Shahghasemi, University of Tehran, Dignity Press, forthcoming early 2016.

Vol. 3. Social Media in Africa, coedited by Michael H. Prosser and David Balosa, Arcadia University, Dignity Press, estimated publication early 2017.

Michael H. Prosser, Ph.D. is a founder of the academic study of intercultural communication, a Fellow of the International Academy for Intercultural Research and its Life-time achievement award recipient, June 2015, Bergin, Norway. He is editor or author of 20 books, most recently for Dignity Press: with Mansoureh Sharifzadeh of Tehran and Zhang Shengyong of Dezhou University: Finding Cross-cultural Common Ground (2013); with Cui Litang, Social Media in Asia (2014); with Li Mengyu of Ocean University of China: Chinese Communicating Interculturally (2014), and A Journey to the East: Asia in Focus (2015).

David M. Balosa, MS.Ed, MA. Ed, an Angolan native, is an adjunct Professor of Reading and Composition in the English Language Institute (ELI) at Arcadia University, Glenside. Pennsylvania in the U.S.A. His research interests include: intercultural communication and cultural exchange, moral and political philosophy, political discourse analysis, Fanon studies, sociolinguistics. and Lusophone Africa Studies.David is persuing in doctoral degree in the Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC) Ph.D program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC).

Dignity Press encourages, where possible in its published books, an emphasis on dignity, peace, human rights, social justice, gender equality, and overcoming humiliation. A founder of the Press and Human Dignity and Humiliation Network, Evelin Lindner, Ph.D., MD, has been nominated for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize.

Guidelines for submitting proposals for scholarly chapters for Social Media in Africa.

200-300 word proposals and resumes due before October 1, 2015. Notifications identified as accepted in progress.

Completed scholarly chapters with APA sixth edition citations and references, 22-25 pages, plus biographies and thumbnail photos, February 1, 2016.
Estimated publication: early 2017.

Please send appropriate materials to both Michael Prosser (michaelhprosser@hotmail.com) and David Balosa (dbalosa1@umbc.edu).

The Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) is Kuwait’s first private, American-model university. GUST currently offers programs in Arts and Sciences, and Business-including an MBA.

The Department of Mass Communication in the College of Arts and Sciences at GUST invites applications for full-time positions in Public Relations or Strategic Communication. The Department offers a B.A. Degree with concentrations in Public Relations and Advertising, Visual Communication, and Radio/TV broadcasting. There are approximately 400 majors overall with the largest majority concentrating in PR.

Applicants with a Ph.D. in Communication and professional public relations experience are preferred; Applicants with expertise in international public relations, advertising or strategic communication, social media, or rhetoric/persuasion are highly desirable.

Duties may include teaching undergraduate courses in public relations and advertising, strategic communication, integrated marketing communication, as well as general courses in persuasive writing, communication theory and methods. Additional duties include advising PR students, engaging in scholarship, and institutional service.

Candidates are required to have completed all requirements for their doctorate at the time of appointment. Applications will be considered on a continuous basis until the positions are filled. GUST offers competitive salaries and an excellent package, including a housing allowance, educational allowances for dependents, medical and dental plans, as well as annual return airfare home. Kuwait is also a tax-free country.

Interested applicants are requested to send a cover letter, complete CV, and the names and contact information for at least three references to Dr. Ali Ansari, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at CASHR@gust.edu.kw. In the subject of the email please state “Position applied for: Public Relations.” Kindly note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted. This institution chooses not to disclose its domestic partner benefits policy.

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