Menna Elhosary

Overview

Menna Elhosary is an Egyptian award-winning communication scholar with over six years of teaching and research experience. She is currently a PhD candidate at City St George's, University of London, researching the weaponization of visual generative AI and its intersection with war propaganda and information disorder. Her doctoral studies are fully funded by the School of Communication and Creativity.

Menna holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo and a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Cairo University. She earned both degrees with the highest honors. Her academic career further involved participation in exchange programs and research mobilities at the University of Murcia and Philips University in Marburg.

Menna is devoted to studying communication in the Middle East. She aims to balance the extensive scholarly work dedicated to the West. Her research interests revolve around visual communication, visual generative AI and visual propaganda, war and media, and information disorder.

Exceptionally for an early-career scholar, Menna is the recipient of eleven international research and teaching awards from ICA, AEJMC, Kappa Tau Alpha, and the University of Sharjah, and her research has appeared in seven Q1 journal publications and thirteen top-tier conference presentations. She is also an active member of the International Communication Association (ICA) and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), where she regularly presents her work, chairs sessions, and reviews research studies.

In her teaching role, Menna has experience with several media-related courses such as Media Literacy, Social Media Journalism, Research Methods, Visual Communication, Graphic Design Fundamentals, and more. She is adept at preparing syllabi and rubrics and possesses skills in statistics, graphic design, photography, video editing, and motion graphics.

Beyond academia, Menna is passionate about writing and blogging. She has contributed to prominent media organizations such as HuffPost, Arabic Post, AL-Dostor (a prominent Egyptian newspaper), and Molhem, and her articles have been featured in several books and websites.

Menna is driven by a duty to make a lasting impact on her students’ minds and souls. Thus, she constantly works toward her personal development to keep up with our ever-evolving world.

Qualifications

• Master's of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, September 2021 - January 2024
• Bachelor's of Arts in Mass Communication, Cairo University, Egypt, October 2015 - June 2019

Postgraduate training

Employment

• Research Assistant, Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), Jordan, February 2024 - May 2025
• Teaching and Research Assistant, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, The American University in Cairo, Egypt, September 2021 - June 2024
• Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Mass Communication, Sinai University, Egypt, February 2020 - September 2023

Fellowships

• Emerging Scholar Program, Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy, April 2025
• Women in Research Ambassador Program, Women in Research Forum (WIRF), February 2025 - February 2027
• Fully Funded Doctoral Scholarship, School of Communication and Creativity at City St George's, University of London, October 2024 - September 2028
• Post-Graduate (MA) Institutional Fellowship, The American University in Cairo, September 2021 - January 2024

Awards

• Mass Communication and Society Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) (2025). Top Student Paper Award (First Place)
• Kappa Tau Alpha Honor Society (2025). Kappa Tau Alpha Top Research Award
• Association for Eduction in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) (2025). Best Teaching Idea for Innovations in Teaching Visual Communication
• Visual Communication Division, International Communication Associations' 75th Annual Conference (2025). Top Student Paper Award (First Place)
• Women in Research Forum (WIRF 2025), University of Sharjah (2025). Best Research Proposal in Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
• International Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) (2024). Top Faculty Paper Award (Second Place) in the Robert L. Stevenson Open Paper Competition
• Washington and Lee University in co-sponsorship with the Newspaper and Online News and Scholastic divisions of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) (2024). Best Teaching Idea in the Teaching News Terrifically in the 21st Century Competition (First Place)
• Political Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) (2024). Top Research Poster Award (First Place)
• The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) (2023). Kappa Tau Alpha Top Research Award
• Visual Communication Division, The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) (2023). Top Student Paper Award (First Place)

Languages

Arabic (can read, write, speak) and English (can read, write, speak)

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