About Us
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Ohio University’s Communication and Development Studies Programme, founded in 1984, is one of only a handful of academic programmes in the world to focus on the role of communication in development and social change processes. It offers interdisciplinary education in the planning and administration of communication projects in areas such as public health education and disease prevention, democracy and governance, human rights and conflict resolution, small and medium enterprise development, agriculture, gender issues, distance education, environmental protection, and social and political institution-building. The programme specializes in team-building and active learning models, with students undertaking research, projects, and campaigns for a range of development agencies and institutions, both in the U.S. and overseas. This degree-granting programme is a collaboration of the Center for International Studies and Scripps College of Communication, both at Ohio University.
Over its 26 years of existence, the Communications and Development Studies Programme has undertaken numerous pioneering initiatives including the organization of the 2nd Entertainment-Education Conference in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs in 1997; the first online-training programme in communication and development, launched in 2006; and the first graduate student conference in communication, development and social change in 2007 (the second, with over 100 participants from 20 plus countries, will be held in April). The programme has also joined some of the major global initiatives in health and development communication. In 2007, it joined the C-Change (Communication for Change) Partnership, a USAID-funded global programme led by the Academy for Educational Development with the aim of providing technical support in health and development communication. Ohio University is the lead C-Change partner for capacity building. Ohio University also provides support to the School of Public Health at the University of Witwatersrand in the establishment of a Center of Excellence in Social and Behaviour Change Communication in Southern Africa.
The following table shows how each member of our team contributed to the development of the course content, as well as their institutional affiliation. You may contact selected team members by clicking on their name.
Development Team Members
UNICEF-Ohio University Communication for Development Learning Course
Team Member |
Title |
Affiliation |
Role |
(Year 1) |
Professor |
Social Communication Program, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia |
Feedback/Revision |
(Year 1) |
Associate Professor |
Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University |
Content: Module 2 |
(Year 1) |
Graduate Student |
School of Media Arts of Studies, Ohio University |
Online Development |
Graduate Student |
School of Film, Ohio University |
Online Development |
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Assistant Professor |
Department of Communication, Writing and the Arts, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN |
Technology Director/Online Development |
|
Associate Professor |
Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Ohio University |
Content: Cross-Cutting Issues |
|
Kellie Doty |
Instructor |
Ohio University, Lancaster Regional Campus |
Online Development |
Post-Doctoral Fellow |
Department of Communication, University of South Florida |
Content: Module 2, Feedback/Revision |
|
(Year 2) |
Graduate Student |
Communication and Development Studies, Ohio University |
Project Development |
Professor |
Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University |
Course Director |
|
(Year 2) |
Graduate Student |
Communication and Development Studies, Ohio University |
Project Development |
(Year 1) |
Associate Professor |
School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University |
Online Development |
(Year 1) |
Graduate Student |
Communication and Development Studies Program, Ohio University |
Online Development |
(Year 1) |
Associate Professor |
College of Education and Human Services, Ohio University |
Content: Module 1 (Unit 1) |
(Year 1) |
Associate Professor |
School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University |
Project Management, Content: Module 1, Feedback/Revision |
(Year 1) |
Professor |
School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University |
Feedback/Revision |
Associate Professor |
Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University |
Content: Cross-Cutting Issues |
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Associate Director |
Center for International Studies, Ohio University |
Project Management |
|
Consultant |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Feedback/Revision |
|
Assistant Professor |
Department of Medical Science and Community Health, Arcadia University |
Content: Module 3 |
|
(Year 1) |
Graduate Student |
Communication and Development Studies Program, Ohio University |
Online Development |
(Year 1) |
Professor |
Dept. of Communication, Business, & Information Technologies, Roskilde University, Denmark |
Feedback/Revision |
Associate Professor |
School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University |
Content: Module 1 |
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Professor |
Center for International Studies, Ohio University |
Project Management, Feedback/Revision |
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Assistant Professor |
School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University |
Content: Module 3 |
Materials edited by Paul Shovlin. Additional support for the development of this learning course provided by Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University.