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Dean: Dr. Farag Elkamel
(PHD)
E-mail:
felkamel@acu.edu.eg
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Education |
- Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in
Sociology – Mass Communication,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Master of Arts (M.A) in
Communication – Social Development,
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A) in
Journalism, Cairo University, Cairo,
Egypt
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Summary of Academic Experience |
- Dean, Faculty of Mass
Communication, Ahram Canadian University
(ACU): 2005 – Present
- Consultant for Al-Ahram Establishment
to develop the curriculum and academic
plans for the Faculty of Mass
Communication, Ahram Canadian
University: 2004-2005
- Chairman, Department of Radio and
Television, Faculty of Mass
Communication, Cairo University: 2000 –
2005
- Dean, Faculty of Mass Communication,
October University For Modern Sciences &
Arts (MSA), 2003 - 2004
- Director, Center for Communication
Training and Production, Cairo
University,1996 – 2000
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Summary of Professional & International
Experience |
- Associate Editor, Health Education
Research, Oxford University Press:
2006-Present
- Senior Communication Adviser,
UNICEF, Cairo, Egypt: 2004-Present
- Founder and Director, The Center for
Development Communication (CDC):
1984-2004
- Unit Chief, Communication Unit, GPA
, The World Health Organization (WHO),
Geneva, Switzerland: 1992-1994
- Communication Adviser, UNICEF
Regional Office for the Middle East and
North Africa, Amman, Jordan: 1986-1988
- International Communication
Consultant in 17 countries for Unicef,
USAID, ILO, DANIDA, The Ford Foundation,
WHO, IDRC, AED, Pathfinder, JSI, UNFPA,
the Johns Hopkins University and the
British Council
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Books/ Journal Articles, Papers, Research
and Media Production |
- 30 journal articles and conference
papers in English and Arabic
- 8 books in English and Arabic
- 12 documentary films (script
writing, film directing and production)
- 35 TV series episodes (story and
production)
- 160 TV commercials and public
service announcements (script writing,
film directing, production)
- Numerous research studies including
ten national surveys and hundreds of
focus group discussions and other
qualitative research studies.
- Supervision of numerous Masters
theses and PhD dissertations
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Special Achievements |
- Planning, and directing what the British
Medical Journal described as the most
successful health education campaign in the
world to save the lives of 100,000 Egyptian
children who used to die annually due to
child dehydration.
- As Senior Communication Adviser to UNICEF,
contributed significantly to eradicating
polio from Egypt, which was declared polio
free in 2006 for the first time in history.
- Led United Nations health communications
activities on a global level as chief of
youth and the general public at the World
Health Organization in Geneva.
- Who’s Who in the World biographee
- Awarded full scholarship from the
University of Chicago for M.A. and Ph.D.
studies
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