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

Jesus Arroyave, Ph.D.

(Year 1)

Professor

Social Communication Program, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia

Feedback/Revision

Benjamin Bates, Ph.D.

(Year 1)

Associate Professor

Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University

Content: Module 2

Kristin Brumley

(Year 1)

Graduate Student

School of Media Arts of Studies, Ohio University

Online Development

Matthew Burne

Graduate Student

School of Film, Ohio University

Online Development

Andrew Carlson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Communication, Writing and the Arts, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN

Technology Director/Online Development

Diane Ciekawy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Ohio University

Content: Cross-Cutting Issues

Kellie Doty

Instructor

Ohio University, Lancaster Regional Campus

Online Development

Karen Greiner, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Department of Communication, University of South Florida

Content: Module 2, Feedback/Revision

Cynthia Hannah

(Year 2)

Graduate Student

Communication and Development Studies, Ohio University

Project Development

David Mould, Ph.D.

Professor

Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University

Course Director

Rudaba Nasir

(Year 2)

Graduate Student

Communication and Development Studies, Ohio University

Project Development

Beth Novak

(Year 1)

Associate Professor

School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University

Online Development

Carolina Novella

(Year 1)

Graduate Student

Communication and Development Studies Program, Ohio University

Online Development

Yegan Pillay, Ph.D.

(Year 1)

Associate Professor

College of Education and Human Services, Ohio University

Content: Module 1 (Unit 1)

Rafael Obregon, Ph.D.

(Year 1)

Associate Professor

School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University

Project Management, Content: Module 1, Feedback/Revision

Josep Rota, Ph.D.

(Year 1)

Professor

School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University

Feedback/Revision

Anirudh Ruhil, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University

Content: Cross-Cutting Issues

Karla Guinigundo

Associate Director

Center for International Studies, Ohio University

Project Management

Ami Sengupta, Ph.D.

Consultant

Bangkok, Thailand

Feedback/Revision

Suruchi Sood, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Medical Science and Community Health, Arcadia University

Content: Module 3

Asli Teweldeberhan

(Year 1)

Graduate Student

Communication and Development Studies Program, Ohio University

Online Development

Thomas Tufte, Ph.D.

(Year 1)

Professor

Dept. of Communication, Business, & Information Technologies, Roskilde University, Denmark

Feedback/Revision

Silvio Waisbord, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University

Content: Module 1

Daniel Weiner, Ph.D.

Professor

Center for International Studies, Ohio University

Project Management, Feedback/Revision

Lawrence Wood, Ph.D.

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.