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CURRICULUM VITAE

Sahar Mohamed Khamis (Ph.D.)

I certify that this curriculum vitae is a current and accurate statement of my professional record. Signature: ______Sahar Khamis_____________Date: March 25th, 2019____________________ 1. Personal Information

Sahar Mohamed Khamis Associate Professor Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park Year of University Appointment to Current Rank: 2014

Education Ph.D., Mass Media and Cultural Studies, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2000. •Dissertation title: “Egyptian Rural Women and Television’s Public Awareness Programmes.” M.A., Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, 1989. •Thesis title: “A Comparative Study of the News Credibility of Egyptian Television and Daily Newspapers.” Graduate Diploma, Television Journalism, The Adham Center for Television Journalism, The American University in Cairo, 1988. B.A., Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, 1986. • Received the “President’s Cup” for being the Highest Ranking Student in the graduating class of 1986 with a 4.0 GPA. Employment Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, 2014-present. Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Visiting Professor, University of Chicago, March-June 2014. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, 2007-2014.

• Affiliated Faculty, the Herschel S. Horowitz Center for Health Literacy in the School of Public Health, 2012-present

• Affiliated Faculty, Center for Health and Risk Communication, Department of

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Communication, 2012-present • Faculty Affiliate, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, 2009-present • Affiliated Faculty, Department of Women’s Studies, 2008-present

Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 2004-2007.

• Head of the Department of Mass Communication and Information Science, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 2005-2006.

Adjunct Faculty, Department of Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 2002-2004. Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2001-2004. Postgraduate Tutor, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2000. Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 1997-2000. Adjunct Faculty, Department of Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, 1990-1996. News Assistant, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), Cairo Bureau, Egypt, 1990-1995. News Assistant, The Wall Street Journal, Cairo Bureau, Egypt, 1986-1989. 2. Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities a. Books

i. Books authored

Khamis, S. & Mili, A. (2018). (eds.) Arab Women’s Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (First editor contributed 65%) ● Reviews for Arab Women’s Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions -Forthcoming review in the journal Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES) in 2019 -Forthcoming review in the website Jadaliyya in 2019

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El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2013). Egyptian revolution 2.0: Political blogging, civic engagement, and citizen journalism. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Both authors contributed equally) ● Reviews for Egyptian revolution 2.0: Political blogging, civic engagement, and citizen journalism - Insight Turkey (2015). Spring 2015, Vol. 17, no. 2. https://www.insightturkey.com/book-reviews/egyptian-revolution-20-political-blogging-civic-engagement-and-citizen-journalism -Elmasry, M.H. (2014). Journal of Middle East Media (JMEM), Fall 2014, Vol. 10. El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2009). Islam dot com: Contemporary Islamic discourses in cyberspace. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Both authors contributed equally) ● Reviews for Islam dot com: Contemporary Islamic discourses in cyberspace -Eltantawy. N. (2012). Arab Studies Quarterly, 34(2), 126-128. -Gouda, R. (2012). Al Ahram, Egyptian national daily newspaper, October 5th, 2012. (Arabic) -Sidel, J. (2012). LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science) Review of Books, June 18th, 2012. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2012/06/18/book-review-islam-dot-com-contemporary-islamic-discourses-in-cyberspace/ -Allan, S. (2011). Journal of Middle East Media, 7(1). http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwaus/Allan_Review.pdf -Sisler, V. (2011). CyberOrient, 5(1).

http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=6202 -Ashaari, F. (2010). Islamiyyat: The International Journal of Islamic Studies. The National University of Malaysia. 32(2010), 241-244. http://ejournal.ukm.my/islamiyyat/article/view/1873/1498 -Badaracco, C.H. (2010). Communication Research Trends, 29(1), 35-36. -Badaracco, C.H. (2010). Journal for the Study of Peace and Conflict, Annual Edition, 2009-2010. ISSN: 1095-1962, 100-102. -Iskander, A. (2010). Ambassadors Online Magazine, www.ambassadors.net, 13(27). -Palmer, K. (2010). Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, 3(1&2), 138. ii. Chapters in books Khamis, S. (2019). Mediated, gendered activism in the “post-Arab Spring” era: Lessons from Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution.” In C. Carter, L. Steiner and S. Allan (Eds.), Journalism, Gender and Power (pp. 251-264). London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Khamis, S. (2019). Discourses of power and resistance: The shifting revolutionary rhetoric of three Egyptian political actors and its cultural contextualization. In K. Krippendorff and N. Halabi (Eds.), Discourses in Action. London: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. (forthcoming)

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Khamis, S. (2019). Arab women, the Arab Spring, and new technologies: Revisiting feminism in the age of digital activism. In A. Press & T. Oren (Eds.), The handbook of Contemporary feminism. London: Routledge. (in press) Khamis, S. (2018). Reflections on countering Islamophobia online. In Countering the Islamophobia Industry: Toward More Effective Strategies (pp. 73-77). Atlanta, GA: The Carter Center. Khamis, S. (2018). “Cyber Ummah:” The internet and Muslim communities. In G. Marranci (Ed.), The handbook of contemporary Islam and Muslim lives. New Delhi: Springer. Alwadi, N. & Khamis, S. (2018). Voices shouting for reform: The remaining battles for Bahraini Women. In S. Khamis & A. Mili (Eds.), Arab women’s activism and socio-political transformation: Unfinished gendered revolutions (pp. 53-71). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Second author contributed 40%). Khamis, S. (2017). The internet and new communication dynamics among diasporic Muslims: Opportunities, challenges and paradoxes. In M. R. Kayikci & L. D’Haenens (Eds.), European Muslims and new media (pp. 35-52). Belgium, Leuven: Leuven University Press. Khamis, S. (2017). New media, activism, and the transformative Arab political landscape. In F. Volpi & R. Gillespie (Eds.), Routledge handbook of Mediterranean politics (pp. 359-371). London: Routledge. Khamis, S. (2017). Revisiting cyberactivism six years after the Arab Spring: Potentials, limitations and future prospects. In N. Lenze, C. Schriwer & Z. Abdul Jalil (Eds.), Media in the Middle East: Activism, politics, and culture (pp. 3-19). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Khamis, S. (2016). Reflections on Arab women’s leadership and activism in the Arab citizens’ revolt. In S. Schaar & M. El Ahmadi (Eds.), The birth of the Arab citizen and the changing Middle East. (pp. 148-160). Northampton, MA: Interlink Publishing Group, Inc.

Khamis, S. & Vaughn, K. (2016). New media and public will mobilization in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions of 2011. In A. Douai and M. Ben Moussa (Eds.), Mediated identities and new journalism in the Arab world: Mapping the “Arab Spring.” (pp. 41-60). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (First author contributed 75%) Lin, J., Edwards, S. & Khamis, S. (2016). Jewish-Muslim women’s leadership initiative: A program for peaceful dialogue. In S. Roy & I. S. Shaw (Eds.), Communicating differences: Culture, media, peace and conflict negotiation. (pp. 203-217). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. (Third author contributed 25%) Khamis, S. & Alwadi, N. (2015). Cyberactivism and ongoing political transformation: The case of Bahrain. In I. Epstein (Ed.), The whole world is texting: Youth protest in the information age. (pp. 45-60). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. (Both authors contributed equally)

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Khamis, S. (2014). New media, social change and the communication revolution in an Egyptian village. In L. Hudson, A. Iskandar & M. Kirk (Eds.), Media evolution on the eve of the Arab Spring. (pp. 29-47). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Khamis, S. & Vaughn, K. (2014). Cyberactivism and citizen mobilization in the streets of Cairo. In F. Miraftab & N. Kudva (Eds.), Cities of the global south reader (pp. 300-303). London: Routledge. (First author contributed 65%) Khamis, S. (2013). Revolution 2.0: New media and the transformation of the Egyptian political and communication landscapes. In A. Olorunnisola & A. Douai (Eds.), New media influence on social and political change in Africa (pp. 188-201). Hershey, PA: IGI-Global. Khamis, S. (2013). The Role of the media in Arab transitions: How ‘cyberactivism’ is revolutionizing the political and communication landscapes. In the IEMed Mediterranean yearbook (pp. 55-59). Barcelona, Spain: European Institute of the Mediterranean. Khamis, S., Gold, P.B., & Vaughn, K. (2013). Propaganda in Egypt and Syria's ‘cyberwars’: Contexts, actors, tools, and tactics. In J. Auerbach & R. Castronovo (Eds.) The Oxford handbook to propaganda studies (pp. 418-438). New York: Oxford University Press. (First author contributed 75%) Khamis, S. (2013). Gendering the Arab Spring: Arab women journalists/activists, ‘cyberfeminism,’ and the socio-political revolution. In C. Carter, L. Steiner & L. McLaughlin (Eds.), The Routledge companion to media and gender (pp. 565-575). London: Routledge. Khamis, S. and Vaughn, K. (2013). Online citizen journalism and political transformation in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions: A critical analysis. In H. M. Mabweazara, O. F. Mudhai & J. Whittaker (Eds.), Online journalism in Africa: Trends, practices and emerging cultures (pp. 156-171). London: Routledge. (First author contributed 65%) Khamis, S. (2007). The role of ‘new’ Arab satellite channels in fostering intercultural dialogue: Can Al Jazeera English bridge the communication gap? In P. Seib (Ed.), New media and the new Middle East (pp. 39-52). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Khamis, S. (2004). Multiple literacies, multiple identities: Egyptian rural women's readings of televised literacy campaigns. In N. Sakr (Ed.), Women and media in the Middle East: Power through self expression (pp. 89-108). London: I. B. Tauris.

iii. Booklet (German language) Becker, J., & Khamis, S. (2010). Al Jazeera Television Channel in Innsbruck Discussion Papers on Politics, Religion and Culture, no. 35, May 2010, Innsbruck University, Austria. Available at: http://www.uibk.ac.at/politik-religion-kunst/idprk/35.pdf (Both authors contributed equally)

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b. Articles in Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals Khamis, S. (2018). American-Muslims’ E-Jihad: Trumping Islamophobia in the Trump era, CyberOrient, 12(1). Available at: http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9923 Khamis, S. (2016). Five questions about Arab women’s activism five years after the Arab Spring, CyberOrient, 10(1). Available at: http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=9772 El-Nawawy, M. & Khamis, S. (2014). Governmental corruption through the Egyptian bloggers’ lens: A qualitative study of four Egyptian political blogs. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 7(1). (Both authors contributed equally) Anagondahalli, D. & Khamis, S. (2014). Mubarak framed! Humor and political activism before and during the Egyptian revolution. Arab Media & Society, issue 19, fall 2014. Available at: http://arabmediasociety.com/?article=846 (Second author contributed 40%) Khamis, S. & Mahmoud, A. A. H. (2014). Facebooking the Egyptian elections: Framing the 2012 presidential race. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 6(2), 133-155. (Both authors contributed equally). Khamis, S. (2014). Arab women’s changing identities, activisms and resistances in a rapidly changing region, CyberOrient, 8(1). Available at: http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=8882 El-Nawawy, M. & Khamis, S. (2014). Blogging against violations of human rights in Egypt: An analysis of five political blogs. International Journal of Communication, 8, 962-982. Available at: http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/2043/1112 (Both authors contributed equally) Khamis, S. & Vaughn, K. (2013). From ‘safety valves’ to ‘mobilization tools’: How new media revolutionized the Tunisian and Egyptian political landscapes. Journal of African Media Studies, 5(1), 69-86. (First author contributed 65%) Radsch, C. & Khamis, S. (2013). In their own voice: Technologically mediated empowerment and transformation among young Arab women. Feminist Media Studies, 13(5), 881-890. (Second author contributed 40%) Khamis, S., Gold, P.B. & Vaughn, K. (2012). Beyond Egypt’s ‘Facebook revolution’ and Syria’s ‘YouTube uprising’: Comparing political contexts, actors and communication strategies. Arab Media & Society, issue 15, spring 2012. Available at: http://www.arabmediasociety.com/index.php?article=791&p=0 (First author contributed 75%) El-Nawawy, M. & Khamis, S. (2012). Political activism 2.0: Comparing the role of social media in Egypt’s ‘Facebook revolution’ and Iran’s ‘Twitter uprising.’ CyberOrient, 6(1). Available at: http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=7439 (Second author contributed 40%)

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El-Nawawy M. & Khamis, S. (2012). Divergent identities in the virtual Islamic public sphere: A case study of the English discussion forum of Islamonline. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 5(1), 31-48. (Both authors contributed equally) El-Nawawy M. & Khamis, S. (2012). Cyberactivists paving the way for the Arab spring: Voices from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. CyberOrient, 6(2). Available at: http://www.cyberorient.net/article.do?articleId=7994 (Second author contributed 40%) Khamis, S. (2011). The transformative Egyptian media landscape: Changes, challenges and comparative perspectives. International Journal of Communication, 5, 1159-1177. Available at: http://ijoc.org/ojs/index.php/ijoc/article/view/813/592 Khamis, S. & Vaughn, K. (2011). Cyberactivism in the Egyptian revolution: How civic engagement and citizen journalism tilted the balance. Arab Media & Society, issue 13, summer 2011. Available at: http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=769 (First author contributed 70%) Khamis, S. & Vaughn, K. (2011). ‘We are all Khaled Said’: The potentials and limitations of cyberactivism in triggering public mobilization and promoting political change. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 4(2&3), 139–157. (First author contributed 65%) El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2011). Political blogging and (re)envisioning the virtual public sphere: Muslim-Christian discourses in two Egyptian blogs. International Journal of Press/Politics, 16(2), 234-253. (Both authors contributed equally) Khamis, S. (2011). The Arab ‘feminist’ spring? Feminist Studies, 37(3), 692-695. Khamis, S. (2010). New media and social change in rural Egypt. Arab Media & Society, issue 11, winter 2010. Available at: http://www.arabmediasociety.com/?article=758 Khamis, S. (2010). Islamic feminism in new Arab media: Platforms for self-expression and sites for multiple resistances. Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, 3(3), 237-255. Khamis, S., & Sisler, V. (2010). The new Arab ‘Cyberscape’: Redefining boundaries and reconstructing public spheres. Communication Yearbook, 34, 277-316. (First author contributed 75%) El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2010). Collective identity in the virtual Islamic public sphere: Contemporary discourses in two Islamic websites. International Communication Gazette, 72, 229-250. (Both authors contributed equally) Khamis, S. (2009). Multiple meanings, identities, and resistances: Egyptian rural women’s readings of televised family planning campaigns. International Journal of Communication, 3, 443-490. Available at: http://irtvu.com/files/Article/Egeptian%20rural%20women.pdf Khamis, S., & Toth, E. L. (2009). International public relations: An American perspective, Tripodos, http://www.tripodos.com, no. 24, 31-40. (First author contributed 75%)

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Khamis, S. (2008). Modern Egyptian media: Transformations, paradoxes, debates, and comparative perspectives, Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, 1, 259-277. Khamis, S., & Al Kudah, M. F. (2007). The image of Al Jazeera and Al Jazeera international channels among university students: A field study on Qatar university and Al Yarmouk university students. The Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research, 8, 427-475. (Both authors contributed equally) (Arabic) Khamis, S. (2005). The obstacles confronting communicators in Arab satellite channels in constructing an effective media dialogue with the ‘other'. Global Media Journal (GMJ), Arabic edition, 1(2). (Arabic) Khamis, S. (2004). The evaluation of women in a poor and marginalized urban neighborhood in Egypt of the 'Egyptian girl' televised campaign. Journal of Arabic Studies and Research, 41, 107-162. (Arabic) c. Book Reviews, Other Articles, and Notes

i. Book Reviews Khamis, S. (2017). Review of Media and Political Contestation in the Contemporary Arab World: A Decade of Change, Lena Jayyusi and Anne Sofie Roald (Eds.). Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077699017726339 Khamis, S. (2017). Review of Arab National Media and Political Change: Recording the Transition by Fatima El-Issawi. Human Rights Centre Blog at the University of Essex. https://hrcessex.wordpress.com/2017/09/08/book-review-arab-national-media-and-political-change-recording-the-transition-fatima-el-issawi-palgrave-macmillan-2016/ Khamis, S. (August 2014). Review of Women, Islam, and resistance in the Arab world by Maria Holt and Haifaa Jawad. Middle East Media and Book Reviews Online, 2(8). http://membr.uwm.edu/review.php?id=157 Khamis, S. (Summer 2011). Review of Cultural encounters in the Arab world: On media, the modern, and the everyday by Tarik Sabry. The Middle East Journal, 65(3), 523-524. Khamis, S. (August 2011). Review of Reality television and Arab politics: Contention in public life by Marwan Kraidy. Arab Studies Quarterly, 33(3&4), 282.

ii. Encyclopedia Entries

Khamis, S. (2015). Arab Spring Movements. In N. Naples, M. Wickramasinghe & A. Wong Wai Ching (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of gender and sexuality studies. Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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iii. Other Articles Khamis, S. (2019). The many faces of Arab women’s activism. The New Arab, March 8th, 2019. Available at: https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2019/3/8/the-many-faces-of-arab-womens-activism Khamis, S. (2018). This year wasn’t good for journalists, will 2019 be better? The Globe Post, December 29th, 2018. Available at: https://theglobepost.com/2018/12/28/press-freedom-2018/ Khamis, S. (2018) Trump’s Khashoggi statement: the bad, the worse and the unanticipated, The Globe Post, November 26th, 2018. Available at: https://theglobepost.com/2018/11/26/trump-khashoggi-statement/ Khamis, S. (2018). Jamal Khashoggi’s murder finally brings media attention to plight of Arab world’s exiled critics, The Conversation, November 2nd, 2018. Available at: https://theconversation.com/jamal-khashoggis-murder-finally-brings-media-attention-to-plight-of-arab-worlds-exiled-critics-105705 Khamis, S. (2018). New reflections on the “Arab Feminist Spring”-Lessons learned, The Faculty Voice, University of Maryland, 33(4), Fall 2018. Khamis, S. (2018). Unpacking the rising tide of Islamophobia: Context and consequences, The Faculty Voice, University of Maryland, 33(3), Spring 2018. Khamis, S. (2017). Press freedom reversals in post-Arab Spring countries, Arab Center Washington DC, December 18th, 2017. Available at: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/press-freedom-reversals-in-post-arab-spring-countries/ Khamis, S. (2017). Is Egypt’s population growth a blessing or a curse? Arab Center Washington DC, November 20th, 2017. Available at: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/is-egypts-population-growth-a-blessing-or-a-curse/ Khamis, S. (2017). A new Tunisian law tackles violence against women, Arab Center Washington DC, September 12th, 2017. Available at: http://arabcenterdc.org/policy_analyses/a-new-tunisian-law-tackles-violence-against-women/ Khamis, S. (2014). Digital dialogue: Opportunities, challenges and prospects. Common Ground News Service (CGNews). Khamis, S. (2013). “Cyberactivism” in the Arab spring: What social media can and cannot do. International Affairs Forum, Center for International Relations. (http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/23258020.2013.824258) Khamis, S. (2013). Reflections on the “Arab Feminist Spring.” The Faculty Voice, 28(2), May 2013. Available at: http://imerrill.umd.edu/facultyvoice1/?p=2834.

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Khamis, S. (2013). Women’s history month: History in the making. Interview posted on the College of Arts and Humanities website at the University of Maryland, College Park on March 21st, 2013. Available at: https://www.arhu.umd.edu/news/womens-history-month-history-making Khamis, S. (2012). Youth leadership and new media: Lessons from the Arab spring. The Faculty Voice, 25(1), March 2012. Available at: http://imerrill.umd.edu/facultyvoice1/2012/03/16/youth-leadership-and-new-media-lessons-from-the-arab-spring/ Khamis, S. (2011). New media and youth engagement. Al Nur magazine, 17(2). Available at: http://issuu.com/alnur/docs/alnurmarch11 Khamis, S. & El-Nawawy, M. (2010). Summary of findings of the book Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace in the Islamopedia website. Available at: www.islamopediaonline.org Khamis, S. (2002-2004). Authored a series of journal articles covering public affairs issues and providing an overview of international media coverage of these issues in The Middle East Affairs Journal, The Middle East Research Center, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. (Arabic) Khamis, S. (1987). India's new departures in mass motivation for fertility control. The New Path, 10, 31-38. Khamis, S. (1987). Authored a series of weekly articles commenting on international political events, in general, and political events in the Middle East region, in particular, in Al Wafd, the leading daily opposition newspaper in Egypt. (Arabic). Khamis, S. (1981). May he rest in peace. A guest editorial written on the occasion of President Anwar Sadat's assassination, Bellaire Tribune, October 12th, 1981. d. Talks, Abstracts, and Other Professional Papers Presented

i. Invited talks Presentation in the event “A Conversation on Women’s Scholarship and Activism in Peacebuilding” at the University of Maryland on the occasion of “Women’s History Month,” March, 2019. Presentation in the online discussion titled “Arab Women’s Expectations from Men” organized by Alhewar Center (Arab American Dialogue Center) on the occasion of “Women’s History Month,” March, 2019. Presentation on “The Rising Wave of Islamophobia: Context, Causes, Consequences, and Effective Strategies” at the Muslim Community Center (MCC) in Silver Spring, MD, 2018.

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Presentation on “Effective Peace-Building Strategies and Techniques” at the Machar Jewish Community's Adult Education Program in Washington DC, 2018. Presentation on the book: “Arab Women’s Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions” in the series: “Speaking of Books: Conversations with Campus Authors”, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April, 2018. Presentation on the book: “Arab Women’s Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions” in the Department of Communication’s Colloquium Series, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, April, 2018. Presentation titled: “Unfinished Gendered Revolutions: Arab Women’s Activism(s) and Resistance(s) in a Changing Region,” delivered to the faculty and students of the Media and Cultural Studies Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Doha, Qatar, December, 2017. Presentation titled: “Islamophobia ‘Cyberwars’ in the Trump Era: Ongoing Online Battles,” delivered to the faculty and students of the Media and Cultural Studies Program at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Doha, Qatar, December, 2017. Presentation on “The Role of Social Media in Political and Social Transformation in the Arab World” at Alhewar Center (Arab American Dialogue Center) in Virginia, 2017. Presentation in the panel “How Arab Women See What’s Happening in the United States and in the Arab World” on the occasion of International Women’s Day at Alhewar Center (Arab American Dialogue Center) in Virginia, March, 2017. Participant in the Interfaith panel on “How Spirituality Shapes Lives: Reflections from Three Faith Traditions,” at the Catholic Student Center, University of Maryland, College Park, 2017. Keynote guest speaker at the Rosh Hashanah services held at the Bethesda/Chevy Chase High School in Maryland, 2017. Keynote guest speaker at Shabbat Services at Temple Radolf Shalom, Fairfax, Virginia, 2017. Presentation in the JIDS (Jewish Islamic Dialogue Society) event titled: "Who Speaks for Islam? Who speaks for Judaism?" at the McLean Islamic Center in Virginia, 2017. Keynote presentation at the "Day of Prayers for Peace in the United States" at the University of Maryland College Park, which was organized by the Holy Land Peace Fellowship Foundation, 2017. Presentation in the event “Beyond Burkas and Bombers: Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America.” A Film Screening and Discussion held at the University of Maryland, College Park, 2016. Presentation on “The Arab Woman: Enhancing Leadership and Resilience” at the Annual Arab-

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American Day Forum which was organized by The League of Arab States and the United States Institute of Peace (USIP), 2016. Presentation in the event “Islamophobia and the American Elections: How Does It Look in America and the Middle East” at the University of Maryland, College Park, 2016. Presentation in the Rumi Forum's Abrahamic Discussion Series event titled: "Women's Leadership in Peace Building and Social Harmony," 2016. Presentation in the "American Muslim Women: Multiple Journeys and Success Stories" panel at the New Americans Expo Exhibition in Maryland, 2016. Presentation in the panel "How Islam Empowers Women" which was organized by the Muslim Women Coalition (MWC) in Virginia, 2016. Presentation in the Omega Interfaith Forum's Interfaith Peace Building Panel titled: "Inner Peace-Outer Peace: Exploring the Relationship between Inner Peace and Social Action", 2016. Presentation in the panel "Post Election Issues and Concerns," which was part of the Town Hall Meeting event at the IMAAM center in Maryland, 2016. Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication (PARGC) Visiting Professor Colloquium on “Political Blogging and Socio Political Transformation: The Case of Egypt” at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, 2015. Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Visiting Professor Lecture on “Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace: Opportunities, Challenges and Future Prospects” at the Divinity School, University of Chicago, 2014. Organized and moderated a workshop titled: “Mediated Muslim Identities in a Changing World” under the Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Visiting Professorship at the Divinity School, University of Chicago, 2014. Presentation on “Youth and Women’s Activism, New Media and the Arab Spring,” as part of the Lecture Series on the Middle East and Turkey at KU Leuven University, Belgium, 2014. Participant in the event “Palestinian-Israeli Peace Talks Discussion,” at the University of Maryland, College Park, 2014. Presentation on “Evolving Media in a Transforming Egypt: Changes, Challenges and Prospects,” at the conference “Teaching about Global Conflict and Peacebuilding: A Seminar for Community College Faculty,” Montgomery College, Germantown, MD, 2013. Presentation on “Changing Media in a Transforming Egypt: From Mobilization to Polarization,” at the Global Peace Conference, Hostelling International, Washington D.C., 2013. Presentation on the book: “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace”

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at the International Cultural Center (ICC), Gaithersburg, MD, 2013. Presentation on the book: “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace” at the American Islamic Congress (AIC), Washington, D.C., 2013. Presentation on the book: “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace” at the Muslim Community Center (MCC), Silver Spring, MD, 2013. Presentation on “Youth and Women’s Activism in the Arab Spring,” as part of the “Empowerment through Activism” series of events organized by the Muslim Students Association (MSA), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2013. Presentation on “Youth and Women’s Leadership, Cyberactivism and the Arab Spring” at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2013. Presentation on “Arab Women’s Leadership, New Media and the Arab Spring,” as part of the “Arab-American Heritage Month” series of events organized by the Arab-American community in Maryland, Rockville, MD, 2013. Participant in the working group on “Politics and Media in the Post Arab Spring Middle East” at the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, Doha, Qatar, 2013. Participant in the conference on “The Role of Media in the Arab Spring and its Aftermath: The Special Case of Egypt,” McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2013. Presentation on “Youth and Women’s Leadership, New Media and the Arab Spring” at the Global Peace Conference, Hostelling International, Washington D.C., 2012. Presentation on “Youth Leadership, New Media and the Arab Spring” in the International Education Program at the College of Education, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2012. Presentation on “Egypt Revisited: Changes and Challenges One Year Post-Mubarak” in the Development Circle of the School of Public Policy in the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2012. Presentation on “The Role of New Media in the Arab Spring” in the conference “Arab Revolutions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from the Humanities” in the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2012. Presentation on “Youth and Women’s Leadership, New media and the Arab Spring” in the “Arab-American Heritage Month” series of events, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 2012. Presentation on “Egyptian Rural Women, Television and Social Change”, as part of the panel: “Qualitative Research Methods across the Disciplines”, which was organized by the Qualitative

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Research Interest Group (QRIG) in the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2011. Participant in the panel: “The Egyptian Uprising and its Consequences”, which was organized by the Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies and the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development in the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2011. Presentation on “The Egyptian Uprising: Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies” in the Development Circle of the School of Public Policy in the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2011. Presentation on “Leadership and Technology in the Egyptian Revolution” in the Leadership Scholars Network in in the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2011. Presentation on “New Media and Political Change in Egypt: Causes, Implications and Communication Strategies” in the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C., 2011. Panelist in the opening night of the “Muslim Film Festival” of the American Islamic Congress (AIC), Washington D.C., 2011. Presentation on “The Changes and Challenges in Post-Revolutionary Egypt” as part of the conference “Towards a Democratic Middle East” organized by the Solidarity Committee to Protect the Iranian People’s Will in Washington D.C., 2011. Presentation on “Women and the Arab Spring” at the International House of Philadelphia (IHP) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011. Presentation on “Youth, New Media and the Arab Spring” in Project Nur’s leaders’ conference organized by the American Islamic Congress (AIC) in Washington, D.C., 2011. Participant in a workshop on social media and international press freedom organized by Amnesty International in Washington, D.C., 2011. Participant in a panel in the “Future of Information Alliance” conference at the University of Maryland, College Park, 2011. Presentation on “Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace,” Colloquium Series, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010. Presentation on “Teaching with Mobile Devices” in the Brown Bag Discussion Series of the Office of Information Technology (OIT), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010. Presentation on the book: “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace” in the series: “Speaking of Books: Conversations with Campus Authors”, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010.

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Participant in the panel: “Mobile Learning at Maryland: Teaching with New(er) Technologies” in the fourth annual “Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference”, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010. Presentation on “New Media and Intercultural Dialogue between the West and the Arab World” as part of the Honors Humanities Faculty Fellows Talk Series, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010. Presentation on “The Transformative Arab Media Landscape: Changes and Challenges” in the United States Department of State, Foreign Service Institute (FSI), George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Arlington, Virginia, 2010. Participant in the panel: “International Public Relations”, which was organized by the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) chapter of the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010. Presentation on “Modern Egyptian Media: An Overview,” Middle East Studies’ Colloquium, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008. Presentation on “Arab Media and War Coverage in the Middle East,” as part of the Colloquium Series in the Department of Communication, and part of the activities of the “Semester on War and Representations of War,” College of Arts & Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008. Presentation on “Women's Legal Position and Media Representation,” Women’s International Day Celebration, Egyptian embassy, Doha, Qatar, 2006. Presentation on “The Role of Mass Media and Universities in Public Service,” Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2003. Presentation on “The Role of Youth in the Protection of the Environment,” The Middle East Research Center, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2003. Presentation on “The Role of Mass Media in Spreading Health Awareness,” Environmental Awareness Week, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2002. Presentation on “Towards a Free Press in Egypt,” The Christian Science Monitor Conference: Third World Media Responsibility, Boston, MA, United States of America, 1987.

ii. Refereed conference papers and presentations Khamis, S. (2019). Is Trump’s “America First” policy truly putting America first? Paper presented at the Middle East Dialogue annual conference organized by Policy Studies Organization, Washington DC, March, 2019.

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Khamis, S. (2018). American-Muslims and countering Islamophobia campaigns: Strategies, objectives, and lessons for the future. Paper presented at the 23rd international annual conference of the Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2018. Khamis, S. (2018). Tickling giants: Reflections on the role of political humor and satire in pre and post-revolutionary Egypt. Paper presented in the panel "Political Satire and Discourses of Resistance to Authoritarianism and Populism: International Perspectives," at the 68thAnnual ICA conference, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2018. Khamis, S. (2018). Participant in the panel “The Online Public Sphere in the Gulf: Disagreement, Dialogue, Creativity, and Change,” at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, 2018. Khamis, S. (2018). Beyond “Third Wave Feminism?” Arab’s women’s online activism(s), empowerment, and transformation. Paper presented in the roundtable: “#MeToo, Cyberfeminists, and the Rise of Fourth Wave Feminism” at the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, 2018. Khamis, S. (2018). What’s next for Arab women’s mediated activism(s) and resistance(s)? Paper presented at the “U.S. Hegemony and the Arab World” conference at the Center for Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB), California. Khamis, S. (2017). Six years after the Arab Spring: Revisiting political activism, civic engagement, and citizen journalism. Presentation at the “Middle East Dialogue 2017: A New Collective Vision” conference organized by Policy Studies Organization, Washington DC. Khamis, S. and Hamdi, E. (2017). Cyberactivism, Identity framing, and the Egyptian revolution of 2011: A case study of two political actors. Paper presented at the 22nd international annual conference of the Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Khamis, S. (2017). Islamophobia cyberwars in the Trump era: The online responses to ongoing affairs. Paper presented as part of a panel on “Exploring the Role of the Media in Combatting/Promoting Islamophobia in the Trump Era” submitted to the Mass Communication Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) 103rd annual Convention in Dallas, Texas. Khamis, S. (2017). Countering Islamophobia online: Deconstructing myths one post, one video, and one tweet at a time. Paper presented as part of a panel on Islamophobia at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference in San Diego, California. Khamis, S. (2017). Six questions about Arab women six years after the Arab Spring. Paper presented at the 5th Annual Research Conference of The Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University,

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Arlington, Virginia. Khamis, S. (2016). Launching their (cyber)revolutions: Muslim women, cyberfeminism, and socio-political transformation. Paper presented as part of a panel on “New Intersectional Approaches to Everyday Islam and Mediated Communication,” at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference in Fukuoka, Japan. Khamis, S. (2016). The potentials and limitations of cyberfeminism. Paper presented at the 4th Annual Research Conference of The Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia. Liu, M., Lu, X., Ren, Y., & Khamis, S. (2015). Identity (re)construction and co-cultural communication of second-generation Asian American female immigrants. Paper presented to the Asian Pacific Communication Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) 101st annual convention, Las Vegas, NV. Khamis, S. (2015). The role of political blogging in socio-political transformation in the Arab world. Presentation at the “Middle East Dialogue 2015: Glorious Past, Uncertain Future” conference organized by Policy Studies Organization, Washington DC. Khamis, S. (2014). The transformative Egyptian political and communication landscapes: From mobilization to polarization. Presentation at the “Middle East Dialogue 2014: Strategies for Change” conference organized by Policy Studies Organization, Washington DC. Khamis, S., Lin, J., Edwards, S. (2014). The Jewish–Muslim women’s leadership initiative: A communication paradigm for peace-building and dialogue vs. conflict resolution. Presentation at the “Outrage/Action: Leveraging commitment in gender research, theory and practice” 3rd annual conference at the Center for the Study of Gender and Conflict at the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution in Arlington, Virginia. Edwards, S., Lin, J. & Khamis, S. (2014). The Jewish-Muslim women’s leadership initiative: A program for peaceful dialogue. Presentation at the 58th annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Toronto, Canada.

Khamis, S. & Mahmoud, A. (2013). Facebooking the Egyptian elections: Framing the 2012 presidential race. Paper presented at the 18th international annual conference of the Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) in Tangier, Morocco. Anagondahalli, D. & Khamis, S. (2013). Mubarak framed! Humor activism in the Egyptian revolution. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) 99th annual convention in Washington, D.C. El-Nawawy, M. & Khamis, S. (2013). Governmental corruption through the Egyptian bloggers’ lens: A qualitative study of four Egyptian political blogs. Poster presentation at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in Washington D.C.

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Khamis, S. (2012). Gendering the Arab Spring: Arab women journalists, ‘cyberfeminism’, and socio-political transformation. Paper presented at the 17th international annual conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) in Atlanta, Georgia. Khamis, S. (2012). Egypt revisited: Changes, challenges, threats and opportunities on the revolution’s first anniversary. Paper presented in “The Middle East Dialogue” conference organized by Policy Studies Organization, Washington DC. Khamis, S. & Lin, J. (2012). Young women’s leadership program for peaceful communication and education: Changing attitudes through connective approaches and practical engagement. Presentation at the 56th annual conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Puerto Rico.

El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2011). Political activism 2.0: Social media role in Egypt’s “Facebook revolution” and Iran’s “Twitter uprising.” Paper presented at the 16th international annual conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) in Beirut, Lebanon. Liu, M., Ren, Y., & Khamis, S. (2011). Negotiating identities inter-culturally and inter-generationally: Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-born daughters. Paper submitted to the Chinese Communication Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) 97th annual convention in New Orleans. El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2010). Collective identity in the virtual Islamic public sphere: Contemporary discourses in two Islamic websites. Paper presented at Islam and the media conference, Center for Media, Religion, and Culture, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado. El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2010). Political blogging and (re)envisioning the virtual public sphere: A textual analysis of Muslim-Christian discourses in two Egyptian blogs. Paper presented at the 15th international annual conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE) in Kuwait University, Kuwait. Khamis, S. (2010). Changing communication patterns in an Egyptian village: The impact of new media and social change on rural Egypt. Paper presented at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University’s 2010 annual symposium entitled: “Information evolution in the Arab World,” Washington D.C. Khamis, S. (2009). Modern Egyptian media: A transitional press model in a comparative context. Paper presented at the annual International Communication Association (ICA) conference, Chicago, Illinois. Khamis, S. (2009). Islamic feminism in contemporary Arab media. Paper presented at the 14th international annual conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), Cairo, Egypt.

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Khamis, S. (2009). Students’ use of the media: Have blogging and tweeting replaced reading and viewing? Paper presented at the 14th international annual conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), Cairo, Egypt. El-Nawawy, M., & Khamis, S. (2009). Collective identity in the virtual Islamic public sphere: Contemporary discourses in two Islamic websites. Paper presented at the 14th international annual conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), Cairo, Egypt. Khamis, S. (2008). Changes and challenges: The case of modern Egyptian media. Paper presented at the annual International Communication Association (ICA) conference, Montreal, Canada. Khamis, S. (2008). Transformations, paradoxes, and challenges: A critical overview of modern communication in Egypt. Paper presented at the 13th international annual conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), Richmond, Virginia. Khamis, S. (2007). Coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict: Are the BBC and Al Jazeera viewers watching the same conflict? Paper presented at the launching conference of the new journal Media, War and Conflict, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Khamis, S. (2006). Al Jazeera international: Bridging the communication gap and fostering intercultural dialogue. Paper presented at the 25th IAMCR (International Association for Mass Communication Research) conference, The American University, Cairo, Egypt. Khamis, S. (2005). Bridges and barriers: The challenges facing 'new media' in the Arab world in constructing an effective dialogue with the 'other'. Paper presented to the 10th international conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), Kuwait. Khamis, S. (2005). Egyptian rural women’s reactions to televised images and representations in public awareness programs. Paper presented to the German-Arab Media Dialogue Forum, Rabat, Morocco. Khamis, S. (2003). Exploring gender dimensions in environmental awareness: A case study on Egyptian rural women's reactions to the televised Belharsia campaign. Paper presented to the 13th international conference: Environmental Protection is a Must, Alexandria, Egypt. Khamis, S. (2002). The uses of media in Arab culture and the construction of identities. Paper presented to the 7th international conference of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), Beirut, Lebanon. Khamis, S. (2002). Egyptian rural women and television's family planning programs. Paper presented to the 32nd annual conference: Population and Development Issues, The Center for Demographic Studies, Cairo, Egypt.

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iii. Unrefereed conference papers and presentations Participant in the panel: "Advising International Graduate Students” at the AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) conference in Washington DC in August 2018. Participant in the panel: "Forecasting Avenues for Religion and Media Research" at the AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) conference in Washington DC in August 2018. Delivered a talk on the book “Arab Women’s Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions” in the Human Rights Center at the University of Essex in England in June 2018. Delivered a talk on the book “Arab Women’s Activism and Socio-Political Transformation: Unfinished Gendered Revolutions” at Drexel University in Pennsylvania in May 2018. Delivered the keynote speech titled: “Countering Islamophobia in the Age of Digital Communication: Lessons from American-Muslims’ Online Campaigns” at the International Symposium “Communication in the Millennium” (CIM) in Turkey in April, 2018. Presented a book talk titled: “Reflections on Arab Women’s Gendered Activisms and Resistances Seven Years after the Arab Spring” at the International Conference “MENA Women: From Street Protest to Online Activism” at the University of Toronto in Canada in March, 2018. Delivered the keynote speech titled: “Journalism in the Transformative Egyptian Landscape: Changes, Challenges, and Future Prospects" in the conference “Dynamics of Change: Public Sphere and the Media in Egypt” at Free University in Berlin, Germany from December 8th to December 10th 2016. Presented the paper “Discourses of Power and the Power of Discourse: The Shifting Rhetoric of Activism, Legitimacy, and Self-Representation in the Egyptian Revolution” in the “Discourses in Action” symposium in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania on December 2nd, 2016. Delivered the keynote speech titled: “Cyberactivism in the Arab Spring: Potentials, limitations and future prospects” in the conference “Media in the Contemporary Middle East” at the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2015. Delivered the keynote speech titled: “The transformative Egyptian political and communication landscapes: From mobilization to polarization” in the conference “The Arab Spring in a Global Context” at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, 2015.

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Delivered the keynote speech titled: “Revisiting the role of social media in the Arab Spring: The case of Egypt” at the annual conference of the Journalism Education and Research Association of Australia conference at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, Australia, 2015. Delivered one of the keynote speeches titled: “Islamic discourses in the digital age: Changes, challenges and future prospects” at the First International Summit of Health and Lifestyle: Culture and Cyberspace” at the University of Tehran, Iran, 2015. Participant in the AUSACE (Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators) panel on Media in the Arab World at the AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication) conference in San Francisco, California, 2015. Participant in the panel: “The impact of social media on the Arab awakening” in the conference “Religion, Democracy and the Arab Awakening” at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, 2014. Participant in the panel: “Arab/Muslim women: Building connections and boosting socio-political transformation via social media” in the National Communication Association (NCA) 99th annual convention in Washington, D.C., 2013. Participant in the panel: “Connecting the pieces: Approaches to peacebuilding and conflict management from a variety of communication fields during a technologically evolving time” in the National Communication Association (NCA) 99th annual convention in Washington, D.C., 2013. Participant in the panel: “Freedom of speech and press around the world: Approaches to reconciling diverse values” in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in Washington, D.C., 2013. Participant in the panel: “Health, connectedness, well-being: Social media and diverse populations” in the iConference 2012 organized by the iSchools Organization, Toronto, Canada, 2012. Participant in the panel: “Arab women, innovative activism and new media: Resistance communities in the Arab Spring” in NCA’s (National Communication Association) 98th annual convention in Orlando, Florida, 2012. Participant in the panel: “Cyberactivism and political change in the Arab world” in NCA’s (National Communication Association) 98th annual convention in Orlando, Florida, 2012. Participant in the panel: “Social media and revolution in the Muslim world” in NCA’s (National Communication Association) 97th annual convention in New Orleans, 2011. Participant in the panel: “The many faces of Muslim and Arab women: Building bridges between mediated representations and lived experiences” in NCA’s (National Communication Association) 96th annual convention in San Francisco, California, 2010.

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Participant in the workshop: “Media systems in a comparative perspective,” Department of Communication, University of California-San Diego, 2008. Participant in the seminar: “Comparing media systems beyond the Western world,” Perugia, Italy, 2007. e. Fellowships, Prizes, and Awards “Research Communicator Impact Award” 2019, in recognition of multiple media contributions, especially Op-Eds, addressing press freedom and threats to journalists. “Excellence in Research Award” from the 23rd international annual AUSACE (Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators) conference at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 2018. The “Most Valuable Professor” (MVP) Award, Nominated by my student in the “Women’s Basketball Team,” University of Maryland, 2018. The “Most Valuable Professor” (MVP) Award, Nominated by my student in the “Men’s Soccer Team,” University of Maryland, 2018. Competitively selected for an “International Visiting Fellowship” in the Department of Literature, Film, and Theater Studies at the University of Essex in England, Summer 2018. Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in the DCC (Design, Cultures and Creativity) Program in the Honors College, University of Maryland, College Park to design, implement, and teach the course HDCC106 “Religious Discourses in the Digital Age” in Spring 2019. ($6,000) Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in the DCC (Design, Cultures and Creativity) Program in the Honors College, University of Maryland, College Park to design, implement, and teach the new course HDCC208K “Seminar in Digital Media and Political Activism” in Fall 2018. ($6,000) Teaching grant to design and teach a new section of the interdisciplinary freshmen seminar: ARHU158: “Explorations in the Arts and Humanities” in Spring 2018. I designed, implemented and taught a new course titled: ARHU158L “Let’s Talk Gender! The Construction of Gendered Identities across Media and Culture” in Spring 2018. ($3,000) Recipient of the “Building Bridges Award for Community Engagement” from “U.S. Arab Radio” in 2016 for hosting my monthly radio program “The Bridge,” which promotes interfaith dialogue and community engagement, on this first Arab-American radio station since 2013. Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in the DCC (Design, Cultures and Creativity) Program in the Honors College, University of Maryland, College Park, academic year 2015-2016. (Designed, implemented and taught two new courses: HDCC208K “Seminar in Digital Media and Political

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Activism” in Fall 2015 and HDCC106 “Religious Discourses in the Digital Age” in Spring 2016). ($8,000) The First Visiting Scholar in the Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication (PARGC) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in spring 2015. Recipient of the “Ambassador for Peace Award” by the UN-Affiliated “Universal Peace Federation” in 2015, in recognition of my public service, including serving as a Human Rights Commissioner in the Human Rights Commission of Montgomery County, Maryland, since 2013. Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Award, Department of Cinema and Media Studies, University of Chicago for a Visiting Professor appointment to teach a course, organize a workshop and give a public lecture related to Islamic Studies in spring 2014. ($40,000 salary) First-Place Faculty Research Paper Award in the 18th international annual AUSACE (Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators) conference in Tangier, Morocco, 2013. United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the Institute of International Education (IIE) award, through the USIP Public Education for Peacebuilding Support initiative, 2013, to organize a workshop, jointly with Dr. Jing Lin from the College of Education, promoting leadership skills in peace education among Jewish and Muslim female students. ($2,000 from USIP with a matching $2,000 from the College of Education at the University of Maryland). Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)-Lilly Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 2011-2012. ($4,000) Honorable Mention Award in the 16th International annual AUSACE (Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators) conference in Beirut, Lebanon, 2011. International Travel Grant, Office of International Programs, University of Maryland, College Park, summer 2011. ($1,500) Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Honors Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, academic year 2010-2011. ($5,000 stipend and a course buyout from home department in spring 2011) Second-Place Faculty Research Paper Award in the 15th international annual AUSACE (Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators) conference in Kuwait University, Kuwait, 2010. Summer Research and Scholarship Award (RASA), the Graduate School, University of Maryland, College Park, summer 2010. ($9,000) Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminars Initiative Award, College of Arts and Humanities, University of Maryland, College Park, 2010. ($1,000)

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First-Place Faculty Research Paper Award in the 14th international annual AUSACE (Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators) conference, Cairo, Egypt, 2009. International Travel Grant, Office of International Programs, University of Maryland, College Park, summer 2009. ($1,500) Faculty Seed Grant Award, Qualitative Research Interest Group (QRIG) of the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (CRGE) and the Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC) of the University of Maryland, College Park, 2009, jointly with Dr. Meina Liu from the Department of Communication, in support of the project: “When Symbolic Boundaries of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Intersect: Identity (Re)Construction as a Contested Space for Second-generation Asian and Arab Female Immigrants.” ($4,000) Faculty Seed Grant Award, Qualitative Research Interest Group (QRIG) of the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity (CRGE) and the Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC) of the University of Maryland, College Park, 2008, in support of the project: “New Meanings, New Identities: Egyptian Rural Women, Television and Social Change.” ($4,500) First-Place Faculty Research Paper Award in the 13th international annual AUSACE (Arab U.S. Association for Communication Educators) conference, Richmond, Virginia, 2008. Honorary Research Fellow and Visiting Academic, Department of Sociology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2000-2001. Scholarship of Academic Excellence, covering Ph.D. tuition, The Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education, 1999-2000. Post-Masters Graduate Fellowship Award in Mass Communication, Mass Communication Department, The American University in Cairo, 1989-1990. Graduate Fellowship Award in Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, 1986-1989. Mostafa Amin Journalism Award, The American University in Cairo, 1986. Mohamed El-Beliedy Academic Achievement Award, The American University in Cairo, 1986. ($350) The President’s Cup, awarded to the highest-ranking student in the graduating class, The American University in Cairo, 1986. Academic Honor Award for Outstanding Achievement, The American University in Cairo, 1985. Outstanding Academic Achievement Certificate, The Board of Education, Bellaire, Ohio, 1981.

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f. Editorships, Editorial Boards, and Reviewing Activities Guest Editor for an issue in Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, 2018 Guest Editor for a special issue on Arab women in the journal CyberOrient, 2014 Editorial Board Member for the following:

• Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication (MEJCC), 2016-present • Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, 2018 • Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES), 2013 • Arab Media & Society, 2012-present • CyberOrient, 2012-present • Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2009-present • Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research (JAMMR), 2008-present • Journal of Middle East Media (JMEM), 2008-present • Media, War, & Conflict, 2007-present

Manuscript Reviewer for the following journals: • British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2018

• Media Industries, 2018

• Social Science Computer Review (SSCR), 2018

• Feminist Media Histories, 2018

• Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, 2018 • Journal of Communication, 2017

• International Journal of Strategic Communication, 2017

• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ), 2017

• Journalism, 2016

• Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication, 2013 & 2014

• Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life, 2014

• Political Studies, 2014

• Democratization, 2014

• Journal of Middle East Media (JMEM), 2013, 2015 & 2017 • New Media and Society, 2013 • Journal of Middle East Women’s Studies, 2013 • International Communication Gazette, 2013 • CyberOrient, 2013 & 2014 • Sage Open, 2012, 2013

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• The International Journal of Press and Politics, 2012 • Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly,2012 • British Journal of Sociology, 2011 • Communication Quarterly, 2009 • Advances in the History of Rhetoric, 2009

Book Manuscript Reviewer for the following publishers:

• Syracuse University Press, 2018

• SUNY Press, 2018

• Oxford University Press, 2013 & 2016

• Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2013 & 2015

• Routledge: Taylor &Francis, 2013 & 2016

• CQ Press: A division of Sage Publications, 2009 Paper/Panel Reviewer for the following:

• The International Symposium: Communication in the Millennium, Anadolu University and Istanbul University (Turkey) and the University of Texas at Austin, 2009-present.

• Graduate Education Interest Group (GEIG), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2008-present.

• AUSACE (Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators) annual conferences, 2001-present.

Advisory Board Membership:

• The Arab Center in Washington DC (ACW), 2017-present. • One Light Institute, 2017-present. • American Muslim Institution (AMI), 2017-present. • The Center for International Relations (CIR)

(http://www.centerforinternationalrelations.org/), 2013-present. • The Future of Information Alliance (FIA), University of Maryland, College Park, 2013-present (http://fia.umd.edu/about/brainstormingboard.shtml)

• AUSACE (Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators) elected board member, (http://www.ausace.org/about/board-members-new-wip/), 2012-present.

• Master Internet Business (MIB) program in The Higher Institute for

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Internet Development (ISDI) in Spain (http://mib.isdi.es/internetbusiness/index.php?scientific_advisory_board_isdi_es), 2011-present.

● “Islamopedia” online project (http://www.islamopediaonline.org) of the Islam in the West Program at Harvard University, 2009-presen Other Academic Reviewing Activities:

● Reviewer for a special issue of the journal International Communication

Gazette focusing on journalism transitions in the African continent, 2019. ● Reviewer for a chapter in the edited volume: Islamic TV Audiences: Responses and Identities. London: Routledge. ● Reviewer for the “Bridging Babel” report on new social media and interreligious understanding published by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, Georgetown University, 2010.

• Academic judge in the session entitled: “Culturally Influenced Interactions” in the Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID), University of Maryland,

College Park, MD, 2010 & 2011.

• External reviewer for the following promotion and tenure cases: -Dr. Hamza Saad, College of Communication and Media Sciences, Zayed University, U.A.E, 2018. -Dr. Natalie Khazaal, Department of International Studies, College of Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University, 2017. -Dr. Gwen Bouvier, College of Communication and Media Sciences, Zayed University, U.A.E, 2016. -Dr. Mervat Youssef, French and Arabic Department, Grinnell College, 2015. -Dr. Shawn Powers, Department of Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgia State University, 2015. 3. Teaching, Mentoring, and Advising

a. Courses taught in the last five years University of Maryland, College Park:

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Seminar on Mediated Communication: Arab Media (COMM 468A) Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2012, Fall 2011, Fall 2009, Fall 2008 Comm201 (Introduction to Public Relations) Spring 2019, Summer 2017, Spring 2017 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (COMM 715) Spring 2018, Fall 2014, Spring 2013, Spring 2012

ARHU158L (Let’s Talk Gender: The Construction of Gendered Identities across Media and Culture) Spring 2018

HONR269C (Digital Dialogues and the Dynamics of Intercultural Communication) Spring 2019, Spring 2018

HDCC106 (Religious Discourses in the Digital Age) Spring 2019, Spring 2016 HDCC208K (Digital Media and Political Activism) Fall 2018, Fall 2015 Comm498W (Islamic Discourses in the Digital Age) Spring 2017, Fall 2015 Public Relations Theory (COMM 350) Summer 2014, Fall 2013, Summer 2013, Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Summer 2011, Spring 2010, Spring 2009, Summer 2008, Spring 2008 Gender, Media and Culture (COMM 738G) Spring 2012 Honors Humanities: Theory and Practice (HHUM 106) Spring 2011 Global Public Relations (COMM 633) Spring 2010, Fall 2008 Mediated Communication (COMM 370) Fall 2018, Fall 2009, Spring 2008

b. Course & Curriculum Development Designed and implemented a new course titled “Let’s Talk Gender: The Construction of Gendered Identities across Media and Culture” (ARHU158L) taught to the freshmen students in the College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland in Spring 2018. Designed and implemented a new course titled “Digital Dialogues and the Dynamics of Intercultural Communication” (HONR269C) taught to the honors students at the University of Maryland in Spring 2018, and to be taught again in Spring 2019. Member of the Research Literacy Course Curriculum Committee in the Department of Communication, Fall 2017. Designed and implemented a new course titled "Religious Discourses in the Digital Age" (HDCC106) in the DCC Program in the Honors College at the University of Maryland in Spring 2016, to be taught again in Spring 2019. Designed and implemented a new course titled "Islamic Discourses in the Digital Age" (Comm498W) in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland in Fall 2015. Designed and implemented a new course titled "Digital Media and Political Activism” (HDCC208K) in the DCC Program in the Honors College at the University of Maryland in Fall 2015, and it was taught again in Fall 2018.

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Designed and implemented a new course titled: “Islam in the Digital Age” at the University of Chicago in Spring 2014, under the auspices of the Mellon Islamic Studies Initiative Award. Designed and implemented a new interdisciplinary graduate seminar (COMM 738G) in spring 2012 titled: “Gender, Media and Culture,” after receiving an award from the Interdisciplinary Graduate Seminars Initiative, College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland. Designed and implemented a new Honors Humanities course (HHUM 106) in spring 2011 titled: “New Media and Intercultural Dialogue between the West and the Arab World”, under the auspices of the Honors Humanities Fellowship Award Program, College of Arts and Humanities at the University of Maryland.

Participated in a CTE (Center for Teaching Excellence) workshop on: “Teaching with New(er) Technologies” in summer 2009. This resulted in implementing a project that involved integrating the use of mobile devices in teaching in COMM 370 (Mediated Communication) class in fall 2009 to compare and contrast students’ recording of their media diaries and their media usage patterns cross-culturally.

Designed and implemented a new course in the Communication Department at the University of Maryland in fall 2008 titled: “Seminar on Mediated Communication: Arab Media” (COMM 468). The course offers an overview of the history, developments, changes, and challenges in modern Arab media. It was offered again in fall 2009, fall 2011, fall 2012, spring 2014 and fall 2014, and has been offered continuously afterwards till present (Fall 2018). c. Advising: Other than Research Direction i. Undergraduate Undergraduate academic advisor, Department of Mass Communication, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, 2004-2007. ii. Graduate. M.A. Plan of Study, Examination, and/or Thesis Committees Stephanie Madden (graduated May, 2011) Ryan Merkel (graduated May, 2010) Michael Patterson (graduated December 2009 Fraus Masri (Capstone project advisor-George Washington University, Institute of Middle East Studies, graduated May, 2012) Kaylan Geiger (Capstone project advisor-George Washington University, Institute of Middle East Studies, graduated May, 2012)

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Ph.D. Plan of Study, Examination, and/or Dissertation Committees Annie Laurie Nichols (graduated December, 2018) Timothy Penn (graduated May, 2018) Megan Fitzmaurice (2015-2017) (graduated May, 2018) Leysan Khakimova (graduated, May 2013) Mara Hobler (graduated, May, 2012) Ahnlee Jang (graduated May, 2012) Lucinda Austin (graduated May, 2011) Katie Place (graduated May, 2010) Brian Smith (graduated September, 2009) Jennifer Vardeman (graduated December, 2008) Randall Fowler (in progress) Sumin Fang (in progress) Rebecca Boya Xu (graduated Dec., 2018)- College of Journalism) Sina Lee (graduated May, 2018-Women’s Studies Department) Melissa Rocco (2016-2017) (graduated May 2017- College of Education) Pallavi Guha (graduated Dec., 2017-College of Journalism) Tetyana Lokot (graduated May, 2016-College of Journalism) Sachi Edwards (graduated May, 2014-College of Education) Stine Eckert (graduated May, 2014-College of Journalism) Klive Oh (graduated May, 2014-College of Journalism) Jillet Sarah Sam (graduated May, 2014-Department of Sociology) Lester Andrist (graduated May-2015 Department of Sociology) Sarah Wanenchak (in progress-Department of Sociology) Bander Kharmi (external examiner-Department of Communication, Howard University, graduated May, 2018) Tomeka Scales (external examiner-Department of Communication, Howard University, graduated May, 2013) Houda Abadi (committee member-Department of Communication Studies, Rhetoric and Politics, Georgia State University, graduated June, 2015). iii. Other advising activities (advising student groups, special assignments,

recruiting, faculty mentorship, etc.) Expert commentator on Ph.D. candidate Diane Derr’s proposed research project titled: “Reforming the Arab Spring’s Narrative Matrix through Networked Systems of Communication,” Plymouth University, United Kingdom, 2013 Second reader on M.A. candidate Kathryn Vaughn’s research project titled: “Constraints for Women Entrepreneurs in Morocco: A Qualitative Study” in the International Development Project Course at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, 2013

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Capstone research project faculty advisor for graduating senior Ziyad El Baz, Middle East Studies, University of Maryland, 2012-2013 Honors thesis’ committee member for the undergraduate student Malka Goldberg, 2011-2012 Honors thesis’ advisor for the undergraduate student Jennifer Young, 2010 Honors thesis’ committee member for the undergraduate student Christine Shapiro, 2009 Advisor for Project Nur Student Group at the University of Maryland, 2008-present Advisor for the Muslim Women of Maryland Group at the University of Maryland, 2008-2013 d. Advising: Research Direction

i. Master's

Rachel Elrom, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park. (graduated May, 2014) (co-advisor) Renata Faye Schloss. Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park.

-Thesis: “‘I’m Not Just An Ecomom’: How Environmentally Conscious Mothers Make Meaning of their Environmental Engagement and Communication.” (graduated May, 2012) (advisor)

Soha Abdel Rahman. Department of Communication, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. -Thesis: “The Most Effective Communication Strategies Used by Media Websites and Organizational Websites in Egypt.” (graduated June, 2006) (advisor) Doaa El Alfy. Department of Communication in the Postgraduate Institute for Childhood Studies, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

-Thesis: “The Effectiveness of the Children’s Television Program ‘Alam Semsem’ in Providing Sensory and Cognitive Skills to Pre-school Children.” (graduated June, 2005) (advisor)

Belqees Elwan. Department of Communication, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. -Thesis: “The Role of Televised Family Planning Campaigns in Promoting Birth Control Awareness in Yemen.” (graduated June, 2005) (advisor)

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Yasser Ismail. Department of Communication in the Postgraduate Institute for Childhood Studies, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. -Thesis: “The Uses of Educational Television Programs by Fifth Grade Students and the Gratifications Achieved from them.” (graduated June, 2004) (advisor) ii. Doctoral. Josie Ganzermiller, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park. -Dissertation area: “Performance Arts and Identity Politics.” (graduated December 2018) (advisor) Katie Brown, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park. -Dissertation area: “New Media and Socio-Political Activism.” (graduating in Spring 2019) (advisor) Doohee Lee. Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park.

-Dissertation area: “Proposing a Publics’ Crisis Response Model: Comparing Emotional Responses and Communication Behaviors in Three Types of Organizational Crises.” (From 2013-2018) (advisor)

Hagar Attia, Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park. -Dissertation area: “Understanding Fundamentalism” (graduating in Spring 2019) (co-advisor) Hsin-Yi Chien. Department of Communication, University of Maryland, College Park. -Dissertation area: “Re-Visiting Conflict Management in Intimate Intercultural Relationships: The Case of Interculturally-Dating/Married Taiwanese” (graduating in Spring 2019) (co-advisor) Shaimaa’ Salem. Department of Communication, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. -Dissertation: “The Use of an Integrated Marketing-Communication Approach in Tourism Promotion Strategies in Egypt.” (graduated May, 2006) (advisor)

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4. Service a. Professional.

i. Offices and committee memberships held in professional organizations. Elected board member of the Arab-U.S. Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), 2012-present.

ii. International Activities. Coordinator of the Global Communication (GlobCom) Project at UMD in spring 2010. Introduced this project for the first time in the University of Maryland, College Park, through integrating it in the Global Public Relations (COMM 633) class in spring 2010. The project engages students from eleven universities around the world in tackling a real international public relations issue involving a real client. Coordinator of the “International Soliya Connect Program,” which engages students from the Middle East in live cross-cultural dialogue with fellow students in American and European universities via the Internet. Introduced this program for the first time in the University of Maryland, College Park, through integrating it in my Arab Media (COMM 468) class from fall 2008 till present. (Previously supervised this program in Qatar University from 2004 to 2007). Supervised female Qatar University students who took part in “Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies” summer training program, which was held under the theme "Multiculturalism and Leadership" in Dundee, Scotland, June 25th-July 13th 2005. Researcher in the Public Opinion Division of the “Middle East Research Center,” Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, 2001-2004. Visiting international scholar in the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2000-2001.

iii. Paid Consultancies

Consultant with the Conflict Resolution Program in the Carter Center. Participated and presented in the “Countering Islamophobia Symposium,” which was held at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017. Consultant with the Conflict Resolution Program in the Carter Center. Participated and presented in the “Countering Daesh ‘ISIS’ Recruitment Propaganda Training Workshop” in Zurich, Switzerland from September 7th to September 9th 2016.

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Regional Advisor for Freedom House for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, 2012 and 2015. (Participated in drafting Freedom House’s annual press freedom report in 2012 and 2015). Speaker and trainer in an Amnesty International workshop on social media and international press freedom, Washington D.C., 2011. Speaker and trainer on the state of the media in the Arab world in the United States Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute (FSI), George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, Arlington, Virginia, 2010. Consultant and trainer in a series of workshops on "Journalism Training" organized by Al-Sharq Center for Media Training, Doha, Qatar, 2004-2007. Consultant and trainer in several workshops and seminars organized by the Women's Committee in the National Democratic Party (NDP), Cairo, Egypt, to enhance women's active participation in public life, in general, and in political life, in particular, 2003-2004. Consultant and trainer in several workshops and seminars organized by the State Information Agency, Cairo, Egypt, to enhance the communication and persuasion skills of the Agency's personnel, as well as opinion leaders, media professionals, and NGO members, who are working in the area of family planning awareness in Egypt, 2001-2004. Consultant and trainer in several workshops and seminars organized by Cairo Governorate, Cairo, Egypt, to improve the personal communication and professional skills of female workers in various governmental administrative posts and to enhance their understanding of their public roles and their media images and representations, 2001-2004. b. Campus i. Departmental Member of the APT (Appointment, Promotion and Tenure) committee, 2014-present. Member of the APT sub-committee for the promotion and tenure of Assistant Professor Michelle Murray Yang, 2018-2019. Chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC), 2018-2019. Elected member of the Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC), 2008-2009, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019. Member of the FAC+ Department of Communication Chair’s Review Committee, Spring 2018.

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Social Fund Coordinator, 2008–present. Member of the Research Literacy Course Curriculum Committee, Fall 2017. Member of the Salary Advisory Committee, 2012-2013 and 2017-2018. Member of the Center for Political Communication Committee, 2013-2014 and 2016-present. Member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2009-2012 and 2014-2017. Departmental colloquium series coordinator, 2011-2012. Member of the Director of Graduate Studies in Interpretation and Translation search committee, 2012-2013 and 2014-2015. Member of the oral communication program’s faculty search committee, 2013-2014. Member of the rhetoric faculty search committee, 2012-2013. Member of intercultural/international faculty search committee, 2010-2011. Member of public relations faculty search committees, 2007-2011. Mentoring Junior Faculty: -Jiyoun Kim 2018-2019. -Carly Woods 2017-2018. -Erich Sommerfeldt 2016-2017. -Nicholas Joyce 2015-2016. Mentoring Visiting Fulbright Scholar: -Dr. Ehab Hamdi Gomaa, Alexandria University in Egypt, 2016-2017.

ii. College Member of the ARHU Faculty Grant Review Committee, 2018-2019. An outside member of the “Self-Study Report” for the History Department, Fall 2017. An outside member of the sub-committee for the promotion and tenure of Prof. Sayed El-Sisi, Assistant Professor in the Arabic Program in the School of Languages, Literature, and Culture (SLLC), Fall 2017. Alternate member of the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU) collegiate council, 2013-2014.

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One of the organizers of a conference on “Arab Revolutions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives from the Humanities,” 2012.

iii. University Active member of the Middle East Studies Graduate Field Committee, 2016-present. Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE)-Lilly faculty fellow for the academic year 2011-2012. Participant in the “Future of Information Alliance” initiative at the University of Maryland, 2011-present. Campus advisor for Project Nur, which promotes interfaith dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims and sponsors various intercultural activities, under the supervision of the American Islamic Congress (AIC), 2008-present. Campus advisor for the Muslim Women of Maryland group, which promotes the values of religious tolerance, coexistence, and spreading correct religious awareness, 2008-2013.

c. Other

Public Service: • Selected to serve as a Commissioner on the Human Rights Commission in Montgomery County, 2013-present. (This is a volunteer position) • Host of a monthly radio show “The Bridge” in English on the online radio station “U.S. Arab Radio” (Radio Baladi), which is the first radio station targeting an Arab-American audience in the U.S. and Canada, 2013-present.

Media Interviews and Guest Appearances: • Interviewed in the program “DC Direct” on “TRT World” (Turkish TV) on March 22nd, 2019 on “Terrorism in the Media,” discussing the role of the media in defining terrorism and who gets labelled as a terrorist and who doesn’t, in the aftermath of the New Zealand massacre. Available at: https://www.trtworld.com/video/news-videos/dc-direct-terrorism-in-the-media/5c95581a5788bd644f8bdb53 • Interviewed in the program “The Why” on Newsy TV on December 31st, 2018 on the highly controversial “Affordable Health Care Act,” commonly referred to as “Obamacare,” and the different implications of repealing it. Available at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M0nndglZM0BuLL_s5Udpv1RTjc1ufwmv/view

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• Interviewed on December 31st, 2018, by Al Hurra TV on press freedom around the world in 2018 and my assessment of its ongoing trends and future trajectories, in an episode of the program “Al Hurra Al Lailah” (Al Hurra Tonight). • Interviewed in the famous program “Min Washington” (From Washington) on Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel on November 23rd, 2018, discussing both Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, as well as President Trump’s delivered statement on it and its implications. • Interviewed on BBC Arabic TV on November 22nd, 2018 in BBC’s most watched morning news bulletin "The World at One” on the topic of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal murder and its implications on journalism in the Arab region. • Interviewed in Al Jazeera English program "The Listening Post" in the episode: “Saudi Arabia post-Khashoggi: Business as usual?” November 17th, 2018. Available at: https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2018/11/saudi-arabia-post-khashoggi-business-usual-181117060034075.html • Interviewed in Al Jazeera English program “Egyptian expats and the Egyptian elections,” March 17th, 2018, Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=xy-8AjuSxog&app=desktop • Interviewed in Al Jazeera English program "The Listening Post" in the episode: “Egypt’s disappearing voices of dissent,” February 26th, 2018. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ZbJkcHlxk&feature=youtu.be • Interviewed and quoted in the article by Al Jazeera titled “How does the U.S. perceive Egypt’s presidential race?” February 11th, 2018, Available at: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/perceive-egypt-presidential-race-180211080940770.html • Interviewed several times in the famous program “Min Washington” (From Washington) on Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. • Interviewed numerous times in the following media outlets in 2016, 2017 and 2018: BBC Arabic TV, BBC English Radio, Al Jazeera Arabic TV channel, Al Jazeera English TV Channel, France 24 Arabic TV, Al Araby TV, Al Arabiya TV, Sky News Arabia TV, Russia Today (RT) TV, Al Hurra TV, CCTV, Moroccan TV (channel 2), NRT TV, Turkish TV (TRT), Newsy TV, Radio Sawa, among others.

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• Interviewed in Al Jazeera Arabic’s news program on the “War on Gaza” on August 15th, 2014. • Interviewed in Al Jazeera English program "The Listening Post" on July 18th, 2014. • Guest in Al Jazeera Arabic satellite channel’s “From Washington” (Min Washington) television talk show on June 31st, 2014. • Interviewed in Al Jazeera Mubasher Egypt channel on June 24th, 2014. • Interviewed in an article on Al Jazeera English website titled: “Arab YouTube Revolution: Push for Free Speech” on June 13th, 2014: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2014/06/arab-youtube-revolution-push-free-speech-20146993122591560.html • Interviewed in Al Jazeera English program "The Listening Post" on June 5th, 2014 on the topic: “Mapping the Media in Sisi’s Egypt.” A report about this interview appeared in the Al Jazeera English website on June 18th, 2014: http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2014/06/mapping-media-sisis-egypt-201467113037544824.html • Interviewed in “The Heat” program on CCTV on May 28th, 2014.

• Guest in Al Jazeera Arabic satellite channel’s “From Washington” (Min Washington) television talk show on May 20th, 2014. • Guest in Al Jazeera Arabic satellite channel’s “From Washington” (Min Washington) television talk show on February, 25th, 2014. • Interviewed in an episode of Al Jazeera English program "The Listening Post" titled: "Egypt: Journalism Under Siege?" on January 11th, 2014. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V0C3mHmEsQ) • Expert commentator in Al Jazeera English website on August 23rd, 2013 (http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/08/201381414224611663.html) • Interviewed in Russian TV (Arabic) on July 11th, July 16th, August 16th, and August 21st, 2013. • Guest in Al Jazeera Arabic satellite channel’s “From Washington” (Min Washington) television talk show on July 30th and August 20th, 2013. • Interviewed in Al Jazeera English news bulletin on August 19th, 2013.

• Interviewed in Al Jazeera Arabic news bulletin on August 15th, 2013.

• Interviewed in Al Jazeera Arabic program “Hadeeth El Thawra” on July 4th, and July 6th, 2013. • Quoted in an article in Al Arabyia English’s website on July 4th, 2013 (http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/2013/07/04/Press-eject-Did-harsh-Egyptian-media-help-topple-Mursi-.html)

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• Report on the book talk about “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace” in an article titled: “Online Muslim forums foster tolerance and fuel vitriol” in the Religious News Service (RNS), June11th, 2013. (http://www.religionnews.com/2013/06/11/online-muslim-forums-foster-tolerance-and-fuel-vitriol/) • Report on the book talk about “Islam Dot Com: Contemporary Islamic Discourses in Cyberspace” in an article titled: “Online Muslim forums foster tolerance and fuel vitriol” in the Huffington Post, June 14th, 2013. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/12/online-muslim-forums-foster-tolerance-and-fuel-vitriol_n_3430193.html)

• Interviewed on the “Feminist Spring” in the program "Word of Mouth" in New Hampshire radio, January 31st, 2013. (http://www.nhpr.org/post/feminist-spring)

• Interviewed in the McGill Reporter, the campus newspaper of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, January 31st, 2013. (http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2013/01/four-burning-questions-with-sahar-khamis-expert-on-arab-and-muslim-media/)

• Interviewed in The Spectator, the campus newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, March 7th, 2013 (http://www.spectatornews.com/currents/2013/03/07/tweeting-for-change-in-the-arab-world/)

• Interviewed in The Spectator, the campus newspaper of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, March 12th, 2013 (http://www.spectatornews.com/currents/2013/03/12/new-media-along-with-active-protesters-makes-difference-in-arab-spring-sahar-khamis-lecture-educates-students-professors-and-community-members/)

• Interviewed on the “Arab Feminist Spring” in the “Off the Hour” program on CKUT (McGill campus community radio), Montreal, Canada, February 7th, 2013.

• Interviewed on “Women in Islam” in the “Off the Hour” program on CKUT (McGill campus community radio), Montreal, Canada, February 19th, 2013.

• Interviewed in Al Jazeera Arabic satellite channel on the occasion of the U.S. presidential election’s night, November 6th, 2012.

• Interviewed in Global Voice Hall (www.Globalvoicehall.com) on the occasion of the U.S. presidential election’s night, November 6th, 2012 (http://www.globalvoicehall.com/live-broadcast/2012/exchange/al-mihak-election-day) (Arabic).

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• Interviewed in Orient (private Syrian satellite channel) on the occasion of the U.S. presidential election’s night, November 6th, 2012. (Arabic)

• Interviewed in Global Voice Hall (www.Globalvoicehall.com) in the Al Mehak program, September 20th, 2012 (http://www.globalvoicehall.com/al_mihak_episode_19) (Arabic).

• Guest in Al Jazeera Arabic satellite channel’s “From Washington” (Min Washington) television talk show several times in 2011 and 2012.

• Interviewed twice by FOX 5 television, Washington, D.C. Fox affiliate (WTTG), on February 10th and 11th, 2011.

• Interviewed by CTV (Prince George's Community Television), February 11th, 2011.

• Guest twice in the “News and Views” television program in Voice of America’s (VOA) Chinese services in February and April 2011.

• Interviewed three times by Baltimore's news talk radio station (WBAL) on February, 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2011.

• Interviewed four times by Voice of America’s (VOA) Chinese services radio station in 2011.