Prof James Piecowye's JamesCast

Blogger, Concerned citizen, Educator/Teacher, Idea generator, Journalist, Parent, World traveler

James Piecowye c/o Zayed University P.O. Box 19282 Dubai, United Arab Emirates +971-4-402-1455 James@jamesed.com http://www.jamesEd.com Education: September 1996 Université de Montréal April 2003 Doctorate of Philosophy Communication Studies The Contradictions of Culture and Commerce in Telefilm Canada’s Feature film Fund 1981-1998 Employment History: August 2000 to Zayed University Present Assistant Professor College of Communication and Media Sciences At Zayed University, in Dubai, I teach across the curriculum of the College of Communication and Media Sciences. All courses taught are based on developing leadership, teamwork and creative issue resolution. I have taught media writing, introduction to communication, research and information gathering, international communication, media law and ethics, conflict resolution, tourism destination and promotion, public speaking and presentation skills as well as supervised a capstone project and internship candidates. Community Service: 2006-Present PODCAST-opinion disseminator with www.7days.ae -Member of the Dubai Division of the Alliance for International Education -Editorial Board Member of ‘The Student’s Gazette’ www.thestudentsgazette.com -Editorial Board Member of LTHE -Scout Leader with the 1st Dubai Scouts 2006-Present Host of ‘NIGHTLINE’ a nightly call-in radio show on socio-political issues on Dubai Eye 103.8 FM 2003-2006 Presented a weekly one hour news review on Emirates Radio Two 99.3 FM 2004-2006 Bi-Weekly opinion column in 7Days Training: 2007 April 3rd and 5th Seminar for 7Days Newspaper on podcasting. 2006 Media Literacy Worshop for Abu Dhabi Educational Zone February 26-28, 2006 2005 Team Building Presentation to Beacon Education Group September 2, 2005 Team Building Seminar for Fujairah Municipality Sponsored by IBM SMARTSQUARE & Zayed University, April 25 Conferences and Papers Presented: 2006 Cultural Policies, Trade Liberalization and Identity Politics: Testing the Limits of State. May 12-14, Windsor, Ontario, Canada Paper Title: Has cultural policy lost its relevance? 2005 Zayed University Media Centre Lecture Series February 22, 2005 Media City Dubai Paper Title: Perspectives on globalization and international cultural flow: under the disco ball in Dubai. Published Papers and Reviews: (2007 PENDING) Media Literacy in the Context of Communication and Culture, Journal of Learning, Media and Technology, England: Manchester Metropolitain University (2007) Book Review for Social Science Computer Review (REVIEWED)Marshall. Kimball P, Piper. William S, Wymer. Walter W. (eds.) (2005), Government Policy and Program Impacts on Technology Development, Transfer and Commercialization, Binghamton, NY:Best Business Books. (2007) The Dubai Egovernance Exercise, In Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia (eds). The Encyclopedia of Digital Government. Idea Group.

Intellectual honesty and keeping things simple and effective.

1. one day a week internship for every student 2. coffee shop academy 3. radio education

Communication Strategies, Innovative University education, integration of media projects, Interviewing for insights, Provoking Thought, Public Policy Analysis, Teaching for "learning", web2.0 in education

I have been following TED online for some time. TED has become the foundation of almost all my teaching, I might be obsessed. TED has become my VuJa De agent, getting me to look at things different even though I see them all the time. I hope that from TED I discover how others have managed to refine the communication process to draw others into their innovation circle.

Relaxing people in a radio studio. Have BBQ talent to spare. Was an expert brewer of Lambic Ale. Can remember minute details about people, but not names.