Dr. Ritchard M’Bayo

Professor of Communications and Multimedia Studies
School of Information Technology and Communications

E-Mail: rmbayo@aaun.edu.ng, teembayo@gmail.com

Educational Background:

Ph.D. Mass Communication: Howard University, USA
MA Mass Communication: Howard University, USA

Professor M’Bayo is recipient of Distinguished Faculty Awards from Bowie State University (USA), George Mason University (USA), and the University of Lagos (NIGERIA), and has served as one of three national ( USA) judges for the A. Phillip Randolph Awards for Excellence in Journalism. He has previously served as UN media consultant to Sierra Leone (1996). With over 20 years of teaching experience at graduate and undergraduate programs at universities in the United Sates and Africa, Professor M’Bayo has received awards from the Poynter Institute of Media Studies, American Society of Newspaper Editors, and the American Press Institute. In 1996, he was nominated for the Wilson H. Elkins Professorship of the University System of Maryland (USA). Professor M’Bayo is the founding editor of the Journal of African Communications, and the Journal of African Social Sciences and Humanities Studies.

Previous Posts:

Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Bowie State University, USA
Fulbright Professor, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Lecturer, George Mason University, USA
Lecturer, Howard University, USA
Head of Department, Communications, Bowie State University, USA
Head of Department, Mass Communication, University of Lagos, Nigeria
Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Communications, Bowie State University, USA
United Nations Mass Media Consultant for Sierra Leone

Selected Publications:

Communication in an Era of Global Conflicts, (2008). University Press of America, USA
Press and Politics in Africa. (2002). Mellen Press, USA.
Communication and the Transformation of Society, (1995). University Press of America, USA
Status of the Media in English-Speaking West African States: Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Gambia. Encyclopedia of International Media and Communication (2000). Academic Press, USA
The Public Face of Public Violence: Media and Conflict in Africa. (2005) Equid Novo (South African Journal of Journalism). Vol. 26 (1), pp. 23-32.
Africa and the global information Infrastructure: Prospects, Obstacles, Preferences and Policies. (1997) Gazette (International Journal of Communication Studies), vol. 59 (4-5), 345-364.

Research Interests:

Media in Africa Media and Conflict
Public Purposes of Higher Education
Civic Engagement & Democratic Culture
Cultural Universals and African Communication Values

Selected Affiliations:

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), USA
Black College Communication Association (BCCA), USA
National Communication Association (NCA), USA
African Council for Communication Education (ACCE), Africa

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