Dr. Benedine Azanu
Lecturer
Dr.Benedine Azanu is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism and Media Studies of the Ghana Institute of Journalism.
- Ph.D., Communication, Ohio University
- Graduate Certificate, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Ohio University
- M.A., International Affairs-African Studies, Ohio University
- M.Phil., Communication and Media Studies, University of Education, Winneba
- B.A., Graphic Design, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
- Association of Women in Communication, January, 2019 to present.
- Communication Educators Association of Ghana, October 2018 to present.
- Global Alliance on Media and Gender, January, 2017 to present
- 2016 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award, School of Media Arts and Studies, Ohio University.
- 2016 African Studies Association–Royal Air Maroc Student Travel Award
- New Media Technology (Graduate level)
- Gender and Media Studies
- Introduction to Writing for Mass Media
- Magazine Management and Production
- Media Law
- Issues in Ghanaian Media History
- Newspaper Management and Magazine Production
- Foundations of Broadcasting (Radio, Television, and Online)
- Communicative Skills
- Approaches to Communication Research
- Introduction to Political Communication
- Media and the Creative Process
- Media Analysis and Criticism
- Evolution of the Media
- Globalization Developing World
- Introduction to Mass Communications
- Media Law, Ethics and Policy
- Azanu, B., Ofori-Birikorang, A. (2014). Newspaper Framing of Women in Leadership Spaces: An Ethnographic Content Analysis of How Three Newspapers Framed Women Leaders in Ghana From 2009 to 2010. The Social Educator, 4(2), 1-25.
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- Participant, Training Workshop UNESCO Model Curriculum on Media, Migration and Refugee Matters, Elmina Beach Resort, 26th to 28th November, 2019.
- Participant, International Virtual Exchange Conference, Tacoma, Washington, USA, 25th to 26th October 2019.
- Participant, Global COIL Initiative (GCI) Ohio University Online Learning Community Workshop, Athens Ohio, USA, 21st to 24th October, 2019.
- Participant, Trainer of Trainers Workshop, UCC Elearning Platform, University of Cape Coast, 8th to 10th October 2019.
- Participant, Global COIL Initiative (GCI) Ohio University Online Learning Community Workshop, 16th September to 8th October 2019.
- Member, Interim Management Committee, Communication Educators Association of Ghana, October 2018 to present.
- Member, Committee for the Drafting the New Doctor of Philosophy Programme for the Department of Communication Studies, 9th October to 9th December, 2019.
- Member, Department of Communication Studies, UCC, Welfare Constitution Review Committee, 2019.
- Designer, Logo for the Communication Educators Association of Ghana, 2019.
- Speaker, Mentorship Seminar, Forces Secondary School, Burma Camp, 15th March, 2019.
- Participant, Mainstreaming Migration Reporting Workshop, organized by The Erich-Bost-Institute for International Journalism at the University of Dortmund in collaboration with Africa Positive, 11th December, 2018, TV3 Adesa We, Accra.
- Speaker, Faculty of Arts Students Association Ladies Women’s Empowerment Workshop, University of Cape Coast, 14th February, 2018.
- Presenter, Africa @ Ohio Colloquium: Transnational Online Media Articulations of Ghanaian Women: Mapping Shifting Subjectivities, Ohio University, March 2017.
- Moderator, The 19th Annual American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (AABSS) Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2016.
- Team Member, Intelligent Communities Assessment: Select the Smart21 Communities for 2016, Ohio University, 2015.
- Panel Member, Gendered Communication Panel: Organizational Communication Class, Ohio University, 2014.
- Participant, ‘Crossing Boundaries: Expanding Your Publishing Opportunities’, organized by the George Washington University in partnership with the World Bank, Accra, November 2007.
- Participant, International Conference on Gender and Development, Abantu for Development and Friedich Ebert Foundation, Accra, May 2005.
Consultancy
- Member, Vice Chancellor Committee on Moodle Platform for Teaching of the University of Cape Coast, September – December 2018.
- Coordinator, UNESCO/African University College of Communications (AUCC) Gender and Minorities Mainstreaming Project, 2011-2012.
- Team Member, Ministry of Education Evaluation of Atlases for Basic Schools, August 26 – 31, 2011.