The Inaugural Shanghai Conference Members of the Global Communication Association are:


  • ​​​Dr. Obaid Said Al-Shaqsi, Dean of Bayan College, P.O.Box 1842, Postal Code 130, Al-Athaiba, Sultanate of Oman, E-mails: dr.shaqsi@gmail.com 
  • ​​Professor Kang Liu, Director, Program in Chinese Media and Communication Studies, Duke University, North Carolina, USA,  E-mail: chinesemedia@duke.edu
  • ​​Prof. Xiguang Lee, Director, Center for International Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, E-mail: xiguang@tsinghua.edu.cn
  • ​​Prof. Dai Yuanguang, Director, School of Film and Television, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, E-mail: daiyg8408@vip.sina.com
  • ​Prof. Sun Youzhong, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, E-mail: sunny@bfsu.edu.cn
  • ​​Yahya R. Kamalipour, PhD, Professor & Chair, Department of Communication & Creative Arts, Purdue University Calumet (now Purdue University Northwest), Hammond, Indiana 

              E-mail: contact@globalcomassociation.com, ykamalip@ncat.edu or kamalipour@yahoo.com


Since its inauguration in 2007, GCA conferences have taken place in many countries around the world.
​
Please direct your comments and suggestions to:

Prof. Yahya R. Kamalipour, PhD

​Interim Chair
Department of Journalism & Mass Communication 
North Carolina A&T State University 
1601 East Market Street Greensboro, NC 27411 
​United States of America


Founding Manager, Global Media Journals Network (https://globalmediajournal.wordpress.com)
Founding President, Global Communication Association (www.globalcomassociation.com)


​Tel: 336-334-7900 (office) 
Email:ykamalip@ncat.edu or kamalipour@yahoo.com, contact@globalcomassociation.com
Personal website: Yahya R. Kamalipour (www.kamalipour.com)​​​​ 

Founding President

Prof. Dr. Yahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State University, USA


Advisory Board Members

Prof. Dr. Aliaa Dakroury, Saint Paul University, Canada​


Prof. Dr. Banu Akdenizli, Northwestern University, Qatar


Prof. Dr. Bheemaiah Krishnan Ravi, Bangalore University, India


Prof. Dr. Hart Cohen, University of Western, Australia


Prof. Dr. Jose-Carlos Lozano, Texas A&M International University (TAMIU), USA


Mr. Krishna B. Mariyanka, GCA India Conferences Secretary; Director, Consultant, Ajira Global, India


Prof. Dr. Mahboub Hashem, American University, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates


Prof. Dr. John Hendricks, Mass Communication Department Chair, Stephen F. Austin State University, USA

Prof. Dr. Mike Friedrichsen, Stuttgart Media University and Humboldt School, Germany


Mr. Ming-Kuok Lim, Programme Specialist, Division for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, UNESCO


Prof. Dr. Nadejda Greidina, Pyatigorsk State Linguistics, University, Russia


Prof. Dr. Payal Arora, Erasmus University, The Netherlands


Prof. and Dean Xiguang Li, College of Journalism, Tsinghua University, China


​Prof. Krzysztof Gurba, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences & Chair of the Cathedral of Journalism, the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland


Prof. Dr. Zulhamri Abdullah, Deputy Dean (Research & Innovation), Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication, University of Putra Malaysia, Malaysia


Prof. Dr. Ali Omid, Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran