Dr. Leonard Ray Teel, professor of communication, is the founding director of the Center for International Media Education. He holds a Ph.D. in British colonial history and, as Center director, has traveled widely -- in the Middle East, North and Central Africa, South and East Asia, and Europe. He is author or co-author of four books, including a text on journalism which has been translated into Chinese, Arabic, Spanish, and Armenian. He oversees the development and conduct of media professionalism workshops notably for developing civic journalism and economic journalism.
Vita of Dr. Leonard Teel.
Dr. Carolyn Codamo serves as associate director of CIME. Since 1995, she has assisted in securing funding for and conducting numerous CIME workshops for journalists and journalism educators in the Middle East and North Africa. She has been a major academic participant in CIME's ongoing affiliation with Yarmouk University in Jordan. She is currently involved with planning economic journalism workshops in China. She specializes in the teaching of media ethics and media history.

 
   
Dr. Michael Bruner, Research Associate with CIME, is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Communication at GSU. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Human and Social Influence, and Public Communication. His research focus is in critical political communication, nationalism, globalization, and rhetoric studies. Dr. Bruner is currently working on expanding the work of CIME into Eurasia, especially as it relates to the development of civil society and democracy. Dr. Michael is American.
Research Division

Stacy Schmitt is a PhD student in the Department of Communication, Moving Image Studies at Georgia State University. She holds a MA in Spanish Language and Literature from Georgia State University. Her interests are: International Cinema, with a special focus on Spanish Language and Italian Cinema, Psychoanalysis, Feminist and Queer Theory, Post-Colonialism, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Studies, Genre Theory, with a special focus on horror. Her paper titled Racial Visibility in The Night of the Living Dead, will be presented at the 2006 Popular Culture Association’s conference. Stacy is the Managing Editor for The Atlanta Review of Journalism History, an annual journal publishing high-quality student journalism research.

 
Qing Tian is a Ph.D. student in Public Communication of GSU. She joined CIME from Fall 2004 and is now working in the research Division. Her major responsibility is to help with various research projects conducted by CIME faculty. She is also the assistant editor of Journal of Middle East Media and the coordinator of the China Gateway Project. Qing's research interestes include new media, media effect and media history, She was born and grew up in China.
Katie Hawkins is an undergraduate journalism major. She has worked with CIME since 2003 as a Presidential Scholar. Katie serves as an editor of The Atlanta Review for Journalism History. She traveled to the Middle East with Dr. Teel and Dr. Codamo in March 2005, and spent a semester in London in fall 2005. Katie plans to continue studying journalism in graduate school.
Shanna Gildersleeve is studying for an M.A. in Film/Video/Digital Imaging. She joined CIME in Fall 2005 as a Research Assistant in the History of News Media. She helps conduct research for Media History. She also assists with the Atlanta Review for Journalism History.
Johanna Hardison is an undergraduate student majoring in Nursing at GSU. She is a Berner Scholar, and a Research Assistant for the CIME. Johanna helps concuct research for various CIME grants. She also works as Assistant to Editor for the Atlanta Review of Journalism, an academic publication of CIME. Johanna is from Vidalia, GA.
Growth and Development Division
James Bratton is the Chair of the Growth and Development Division for the CIME. He joined CIME in July of 2005 as a Research Assistant. He is an MA student in the Communication Department with an interest in Health Communication. Persuasive messages on prostate cancer screening tailored for an African-American audience is the focus of his thesis research. James takes special interest in welcoming CIME Interns from the Middle East, where he has traveled and worked in the past. A citizen of Canada, James adds to the international profile of our organization. In addition to the Middle East, he lived in Japan for five years and traveled extensively in China, India, Pakistan, and many other Southeast Asian countries. A favorite mode of travel is backpacking. In Atlanta, James is a devoted bicycle and public transportation commuter.

Jin Zhao joined CIME as a Research Assistant in the summer of 2005. She works closely with the Growth and Development Division in various grants in Middle East as well as China. She is also the editor of the CIME website. Jin concentrates her graduate studies in rhetoric, media and politics, and international communication and globalization. She is also teaching freshman composition at Georgia State University. Jin was born in Kunming, China. She received her Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Beijing International Studies University, and worked as a radio hostess at China Radio International in Beijing before she came to the U. S. in 2004. Jin is fluent in Manderin and English, and is an enthusiastic musician and cheese lover.

 
Kari Schenks, native of The United States of America, is a first year graduate student of Mass Communication in the Communication Department at Georgia State University. She acts as a Research Assistant for CIME, assisting the Growth and Development Division with research for and writing of grant proposals. Kari received her undergraduate degree in Marketing and International Business from Washington University in St. Louis. Before coming to Georgia State University and joining CIME, Kari spent seven years working in account management for a software company in Charleston, SC that designs software for nonprofit organizations. Her area of study is public relations.
Public Relations Division
Wael Kamal, Egyptian native, he serves as the Deputy Director for Public Relations. Wael comes from a production background in filmmaking, TV, and photography. He joined CIME in 2004. Wael is responsible for coordinating Events and Public Relations for CIME. He has been involved with the international community at GSU since January 2001. Wael accomplished numerous tasks with the Office for International Scholars and Services at Georgia State dealing with almost every nationality that arrived to study or work at GSU. He speaks fluent Arabic, English, and good Italian. Wael has a B.A. & Master's degree in Cinematography from the Academy of Arts in Cairo, Egypt. He is a senior Ph.D. candidate in Communication Department.
Wael Kamal's Resume
Information TechnologyDivision
Eun Hee Park is a graduate student of Computer Information Systems in Robinson College of Business at GSU. She has been working as a technical supporter and web master in CIME since spring of 2004. Previously she had seven years teaching experiences in computer educational institutes and a college in Korea and one year web programmer experience in a startup company at Charlotte in NC. She has interests in Information Systems such as Software Engineering, Data Mining and Business Modeling. Eun Hee was born and Korea.
AUSACE
Megan Louise Beall is a Ph. D. candidate in the area of Public Communication at Georgia State University. She has been with CIME since Fall 2001. She has participated in ten World Media Forums, five Intercultural Forums, and has organized the CIME Staff Retreat for Fall 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Megan also works with the Arab Association for Communication Educators (AUSACE), is the membership coordinator, and serves as the editor for the AUSACE Newsletter. She has been instrumental in the organization and welcoming of the AUSACE/ CIME Journalism Interns from the Middle East. Megan’s research interests include: International Media - specifically Middle Eastern, South African and Latino/a Studies, Religious Rhetoric, Popular Culture, Post-Colonialism, Critical Race Theory, Cultural Studies, Genre Theory, and World Wide Issues regarding Peace, Justice and Reconciliation. Megan’s most recent work, The Cuban Missile Crisis and the US/ Latin Confidential was published in the Atlanta Review of Journalism History, 2003 edition. Rev. Beall is originally from the Bogotá Colombia; South America and thus adds to the international profile of our organization. Megan takes a special interest in traveling having visited Lebanon, Egypt, Netherlands, Colombia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, Canada, and most recently South Africa.
 
Accounting Division
Ling Lu is a Graduate Research Assistant with CIME. She is currently pursing her Master’s degree in Accounting at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business of GSU. Ling has worked with CIME since Summer of 2003. She is responsible for grant budgeting for journalism workshops projects in the Middle East as well as China. She is also responsible for payment requests at the Center. Ling is from China.

Yenan (Sarah) Du, originally from China, is a full-time graduate student majoring in professional accountancy at the Robinson College of Business at GSU. She worked as an accounting clerk at Sheraton Atlanta Hotel prior to enrolling at GSU. She has a BS degree in hospitality management from Florida International University in Miami and a BBA from Institut Superieur de Gestion in Paris, France. She is primarily responsible for grant budgeting at CIME and other accounting related work.

 
Human Resources Division

Purva Shah is currently doing an MBA with a concentration in Human Resources at GSU. She joined CIME in 2004 as a Graduate Research Assistant and is the chair of the Human Resource Division. She is currently assisting CIME with research on NGOs in the Middle East. Purva is from India.