Focus Area

Rick Morris

School of Communication

Professor of Instruction, Communication Studies

Field: Business Law, Business Strategy, Communications, Film, Management and Organizations, Telecommunications Law

Focus Areas: Business Strategy, Communications Strategy, Contract Theory, Corporate Social Responsibility, Digital Media, Entertainment Industry, Intellectual Property Rights, Internet Policy and Regulation

Spencer Striker

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Northwestern University in Qatar, School of Communication, Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching, The Garage at Northwestern

Associate Professor of Digital Media Design

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Communications, Education, History, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking, Digital Media, Educational Development, Entrepreneurship, Gaming, Innovation, Sound Design, Technology Companies, Wearable Technology

Ibrahim N. Abusharif

Email Ibrahim

Northwestern University in Qatar

Associate Professor

Field: Journalism, Religion

Focus Areas: Arabic Culture and Politics, Digital Media, Journalism Industry, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Political Reporting, Print Media

Pablo J. Boczkowski

School of Communication

Professor, Department of Communication Studies

Field: Communications

Focus Areas: Digital Media, Journalism Industry, Print Media, Social Media

David Zaretsky

Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, The Graduate School

Assistant Chair, Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Focus Areas: Content Marketing, Data Science, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship, Higher Ed Administration, Influence and Persuasion, Machine Learning and Automation, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology Companies

Erik C. Nisbet

School of Communication

Owen L. Coon Professor of Policy Analysis & Communication

Field: Communications, Computational Social Science, Journalism, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Communications Strategy, Comparative Politics, Digital Media, Influence and Persuasion, International Relations, Misinformation and Fake News, Political Campaigns, Public Policy, Social Media, Social Psychology, U.S. Political Elections, Voter Rights and Behavior

Michael A. Spikes

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, School of Education and Social Policy

Lecturer, Department of Journalism - Medill

Field: Education, Journalism

Focus Areas: Broadcast News, Digital Media, Journalism Industry, Misinformation and Fake News, Social Media, Teacher Development

Stephanie Edgerly

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Professor, journalism and integrated marketing communications

Field: Communications, Journalism

Focus Areas: Audience Engagement and Insight, Digital Media, Misinformation and Fake News, Social Media, Voter Rights and Behavior

Ashlee Humphreys

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Field: Marketing

Focus Areas: Consumer Behavior, Marijuana Industry, Marketing Strategy, Social Media

Brian Uzzi

Kellogg School of Management

Richard L. Thomas Professor of Leadership and Organizational Change

Field: Management and Organizations

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, FinTech (Financial Technologies), Innovation, Machine Learning and Automation, Social Media, Social Networks

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