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Professor Emeritus
Expertise: Communication in conflict intervention; dialogue and negotiation; international development and ecology; histories of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar; guerilla warefare and communication
Alison Beale
Professor Emeritus
E: beale@sfu.ca
Expertise: Communication history, communication theory, cultural policy, feminist analysis, feminist research, film studies, video studies
Expertise: Technology, internet, online education, student revolt, may events, distance learning, Japanese philosophy, online community
Expertise: Popular culture & media, communications & cultural theory
Expertise: Media democratization and Media Reform movements, Journalism studies: objectivity, journalism paradigms, media determinants, Peace Journalism, Political communication, news media & social movements, Peace, war and media, Textual analysis of news (co-director, NewsWatch Canada), Climate Crisis and Journalism
Expertise: Communication Technology, Informatics, Computer mediated communication, Educational technology (Media), Online education, Telelearning, Telework, Virtual learning
Yuezhi Zhao
Professor Emeritus
E: yuezhi_zhao_a@sfu.ca
Expertise: Political economy of global communication, media and democracy, and communication industries in China