Education Consultant Design
Resume:
Stanford G. Mukasa
SUMMARY
Dr. Stanford Mukasa is a retired associate professor of journalism and mass media studies. He is also a mass media education consultant and specialist in online curriculum design and delivery.
In the 29 years he served as associate professor, Dr. Mukasa chaired the Department of Journalism and Public Relations; search; curriculum, and technology committees. During this period, Dr. Mukasa conducted annual high school journalism workshops for area school districts. For 14 years, Dr. Mukasa designed and delivered distance education instruction to Somalia, The Gambia, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Nigeria and Namibia under the UNESCO IPDC, World Bank LICUS and UNDP grants. He also helped capacity building efforts in mass media and journalism education for several universities in Somalia, and successfully secured from UNESCO's IPDC program broadcast equipment for four universities in Somalia. He is currently designing and offering 18 online courses for Africa through the e-LearnAfricaLMS under the auspices of the Association for African Universities.
EXPERIENCE
Pennsylvania State System for Higher Education - Associate Professor Indiana, PA • 01/1992 - 01/2021
• Actively participated in departmental committee evaluation of peers as well as promotion and tenure votes.
• Demonstrated responsibility to meet deadlines, prioritize responsibilities and accept and apply constructive feedback.
• Planned and executed journalism and mass media studies research projects to expand body of academic work.
• Made significant contributions to field of journalism and mass media studies.
• Collaborated with peers on research to develop new insights and valuable professional relationships.
• Planned and executed ICTs, journalism, and mass communication research projects to expand body of academic work.
• Made significant contributions to field journalism, ICTs, mass communication Pennsylvania State System for Higher Education - Associate Professor Indiana, PA • 01/1992 - 01/2021
CONTACT
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Indiana, Pennsylvania 15701
SKILLS
• taught courses in journalism
• taught online courses
• consulted on capacity building
• organized journalism workshops
for high schools
• chaired and administered
department
• chaired department committees
on, search, technology,
curriculum
• designed curricula in journalism,
popular culture and media
studies
• designed curricula in journalism,
popular culture and media
studies
• advised students
• had successful grant applications
for capacity building in African
universities
• presented papers at conferences
• chaired international
conferences
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Rock and Roll and Society: a
popular culture course LBST 499
The Kennedy Era Distance
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• Made significant contributions to field of online journalism and mass media studies education
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Designed IUP-AVU certificate in journalism curriculum
• Developed and taught noncredit certificate courses in journalism for the African Virtual University (Kenya) under IUP's Continuing Education
• Supervised and mentored student presentations: Photojournalistic images of my hometown; Women's contributions to the media; Indiana County voters' attitudes toward the role of the media in electoral politics, at the Annual Undergraduate Scholars Conference
Scholarly growth
• 2016 August 4 - 7: Participated at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
• 2015 September 18: Participated at "The Historic US-Africa Summit: Looking Back – Moving Forward. Featuring President Obama's National Security Adviser Susan E Rice
• 2015 June 3: Participated at hearings, Committee on Foreign Affairs--U.S House of Representatives on “The Future of U.S.-Zimbabwe Relations"
• June 10: Participated at World Bank Summit on Engaging the African Diaspora: Partnering for Long-term Trade, Investment and Skills for Workforce Development in Africa
• 2012 May 23 - 25: Presented paper on online strategies for distance education for Africa: eLearning Africa, International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, Dakar, Senegal
• 2014 May 24 - 26: Presented paper on Diaspora engagement in distance education for eLearning Africa, International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, Cotonou, Benin
• 2012 May 23 - 25: Presented paper on online strategies for distance education for Africa: eLearning Africa, International Conference on ICT for Development, Education and Training, Kampala, Uganda
• 2002-2014. Capacity building and instructional design consultant in journalism and mass communication education for: Puntland State University—Puntland; University of Hargeisa--Somaliland and Bindura University for Science Education Ministry of Education in Zimbabwe. Also helped in grant application and acquisition of radio broadcasting equipment for two universities in Somalia.
• 2005 - 2014 Radio producer and analyst, Short Wave Radio Africa. Every Monday since 2004 I produced and presented a ten- minute broadcast on issues on human rights and democracy in Zimbabwe. More than 500 commentaries and analyses on UK-based Shortwave Radio Africa (SWRA)
• Have been interviewed by SWRA, Voice of America, SKY TV, Al Jazeera education at IUP JRNL102 Basic
Journalism Skills JRNL
01/2005
Courses taught JRNL 120
Journalistic Techniques in
Professional Writing, JRNL105 Issues
and Problems in Journalism,
JRNL261 Introduction to Magazine
Writing JRNL328 News Reporting
JRNL 430 Public Opinion, JRNL337
Editing PNAF 131 Introduction to
Pan African Studies, JRNL 375 World
News Coverage, JRNL450
Advertising Writing JRNL347
Journalism Law and Ethics Senior
Synthesis LBST499, 466 Community
Journalism JRNL243 History of the
American Press JRNL250 Women and
the Press JRNL223 Photojournalism
PNAF131 Introduction to Pan African
Studies Supervised internships B.
Post doc
Ohio State University
Ohio • 01/1991
Ph.D.: Development
Communications
McGill University
Montreal, Canada • 07/1990
-Oxford Study Abroad program. For
my course, LBST499 Rock and Roll
and Society, I took, IUP students
every year from
• Cum laude graduate
Master of Science: Communication
Ohio University
Ohio • 07/1981
Bachelor of Science: Journalism
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio • 07/1979
Diploma: Journalism
University of Nairobi
Nairobi, Kenya • 01/1977
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• 2014—Initiated work with Stenden University in South Africa's department of disaster management on a climate change monitoring radio broadcasting station project
• 2014 November 20 - 23: Chaired session on media and politics at the annual conference of the African Studies Association conference, Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2014 November 20 - 23: Presented a paper on “Media and Politics in postcolonial Africa: the role of government- controlled media during factional fights among ruling elite” at the annual conference of the African Studies Association conference, Indianapolis, Indiana SERVICE
• Member of the University Senate
• Chair
i. Department of Journalism and Public Relations
ii. Department technology committee (until 2011)
iii. Department promotion committee
iv. Scholarship committee
v. Curriculum committee
vi. Department assessment committee
• Designed online alumni survey on post- university work life.
• Designed online survey on high school journalism resources and needs in area school districts.
• Designed department assessment instrument
• Member and adviser; Advisory Board for African American Cultural Center
(IUP)
AWARDS
• IUP Instructional Design for sponsored projects award GRANTS
2005 – 2012
• World Bank/AVU for distance education project for Africa
• UNDP/World Bank/AVU for distance education project for Somalia
• UNESCO IPDC Radio broadcasting equipment and technology support for Somalia universities
• National Endowment for Democracy for distance education project for women in Somalia (Puntland State University)
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