Delaware ArifDelaware Arif is an Associate Professor of Digital Journalism in the Department of Communication at the University of South Alabama, USA. He is the current Head of the International Communication Division (ICD) of the Association for Education in Jounalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). He teaches Digital Writing & Production, Multimedia Storytelling, Social Media, and Ethics and Social Responsibility. Dr. Arif also taught mass communication courses at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Earlier in his career, Dr. Arif was an assistant professor, and later chair, in the Department of Communication and Journalism at the University of Chittagong (Bangladesh). His professional experience includes working for the Reuters news agency, the Bangladesh National News Agency (BSS), completing a Training for Trainers course at the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) in Germany, and working for an international NGO, the Hunger Project. Dr. Arif earned a Ph.D. in Mass Communication and Media Arts from Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), where his dissertation focused on the patterns of usage of social media among the South Asian diaspora group in the U.S.A. His research and peer-reviewed publications are in the areas of social media, new media, political communication, international communication, journalism studies, race and media, and mass media ethics. Read More Read Less