Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective Capa dura -

Yahya R. Kamalipour (PhD, University of Missouri) is professor of communications and former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University. Previously, for 28 years, he served as professor and head of the Department of Communication and Creative Arts, Purdue University Northwest. His areas of interest and research include globalization, media impact, international communication, Middle East media, and new communication technologies. Profiled in the Contemporary Authors, he has published sixteen books and has served as an international consultant for several colleges and universities and on advisory/editorial boards of a dozen prominent communication journals. He is founding director of the Global Media Journals network and founding president of the Global Communication Association. Kamalipour has visited over sixty-five countries and has been interviewed by major newspapers and broadcast media around the world. He earned his PhD in communication at the University of Missouri-Columbia, MA in mass media at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and BA in mass communication-public relations at the Minnesota State University. For additional information visit www.kamalipour.com.