N4 is proud to rely on the expertise of members that volunteer as subject-matter experts (SME) on the different topics discussed within our network.
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Subject-matter experts:
| Dr. Aliaa Dakroury, Associate Professor |
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Associate Professor at the School of Social Communication | Saint Paul University
Professor Dakroury has taught various classes on a variety of subject, such as: Media Ethics; Media and Great Social Debates; Knowing the Media; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Communication; Electronic Journalism; Theories of Mediated Communication; Media and Religion; Women, media and Islam, among others. Professor Dakroury is the co-editor of the Global Media Journal—Canadian Edition, and her publications appear in various journals, including the Journal of International Communication, Media Development, the American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, Studies in Contemporary Culture, the Journal of InterGroup Relations, the Global Media Journal, the Journal of Culture, Language, and Representation, among others. |
| Bianca Briciu, Associate Professor |
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Assistant Professor at the School of Transformative Leadership and Spirituality | Saint Paul University
I am assistant professor at the School of Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Saint Paul University. I teach courses in emotional and spiritual intelligence, positive psychology, mindfulness and transformative leadership. I am also a certified coach in Emotional Intelligence and the founder of Emotional Balance. My passion is to help people integrate intellect and emotions in order to experience well-being, wisdom and compassion. I lived and studied in four different cultures and I have a great respect for cultural diversity. I did research on migrant experiences and collective trauma, a topic I am very interested in. I also have a research background in gender equity, partnership based relationships, empathy and compassion. |
| Dr. Rajesh Shukla, Associate Professor |
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Associate Professor at the School of Ethics, Social Justice and Public Service | Saint Paul University
Dr. Rajesh C. Shukla is an Associate Professor at the School of Ethics, Social Justice and Public Service, Faculty of Philosophy, Saint Paul University, Ottawa, Canada. His research interests reside at the intersections of moral and political philosophy, focusing particularly on the conceptions of friendship and justice, migration and immigration, ethics and public policy, secularism and democratic citizenship. Rajesh has published in the following journals: Theoforum (2019); Annales: Ethics in Economic Life (2018); French Journal of Media Research (2018 & 2016); Frontiers of Philosophy in China (2014); East and West Thought (2014); Toronto Slavic Quarterly (2013); Contemporary Thought (2013); Philosophy, Culture and Tradition (2013); Maritain Studies (2013); and Existenz (2011). He has served as the guest editor for the Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Tradition (2013), and French Journal of Media research (2018), and has co-edited books with his colleagues. Rajesh’s current research project is devoted to understanding the impact migration (including immigration) on the functioning of democratic societies and welfare states. In addition, he is also editing works on “Ethics and Public Life” and leads a research group on “Ethics and Public Policy” at Saint Paul University. |
Dr. Aliaa Dakroury is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Communication, Saint Paul University. She holds a PhD from Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication. She taught at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Communication and Carleton University’s Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Law, and Journalism and Communication. Her fields of interest are: communication rights; history of communication; globalization and information technology; governance and Canadian media policy; social justice and cultural rights; and Islam and media representation.
