Adham Center News

Amin Chairs JRMC Department

Dr. Hussein Amin, Adham Center senior associate and professor of journalism and mass communications at the American University in Cairo, has taken over as chairman of AUC's JRMC department. He began his term with the fall semester 2002.

Along with his work at AUC, Dr. Amin is active in national, regional, and global media. He is chairman of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union (ERTU)'s Satellite Committee, as well as of the Advisory Board of the Arab Defense League. Dr. Amin is also a distinguished member of the Board of Advisors of the Arab Media Group, the Higher Committee for Specialized Nilesat Television Networks, the Board of Directors of the International Academy for Media Sciences, the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Internationalization Task Force, the Board of the Arab Thought Foundation, and the Board of Trustees of the Egyptian Radio and Television Union, the governing body of Egypt's radio and television broadcasting organization.

The newly appointed chairman is an active member in several media associations. He is a founding member and president of the Arab-US Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), and is preparing for the AUSACE 2002 conference in Beirut. He is the chairman of the International Division of the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), one of the world's leading organizations for broadcast education. On 2 October 2002, Dr. Amin inaugurated the revived Mass Communication Association at AUC with a lecture entitled "The Future of Egyptian Media." Dr. Amin is also a senior editor of the Adham Center's online journal Transnational Broadcasting Studies (TBS), and member of the editorial advisory board of the Journal of International Communication (JIC).