RHU faculty member wins award at International Communication Educators’ Conference RHU Languages & Humanities Chair Sandra Whitehead was awarded honorable mention for her research at the 18th Annual Conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators in Tangiers, Morocco, in November. Her research paper, A Snapshot of World News on 12 International Websites, compared Arabic and English versions of international news websites. The research was conducted in collaboration with Dr. James Scotton of Marquette University in the United States. RHU students and Marquette University students simultaneously viewed and analyzed Arabic and English versions of the same websites, under the supervision of Whitehead and Scotton. AUSACE is one of the leading organizations for educators in the field of international communication and media. At its 18th annual conference, 137 research papers from 15 different countries were presented. RHU alumna Aisha Aleiou also participated in the conference.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 23:29:05 +0000