WASHINGTON – Kehbuma Langmia, Ph.D., of Howard University, will be the keynote speaker at the first national conference of the Communication Educators Association of Ghana (CEAG) June 27-28 at the University of Education, Winneba, in Ghana, Africa. Langmia is the professor and chair of the Department of Strategic, Legal and Management Communication (SLMC) at the Cathy Hughes School of Communications.

The conference is themed, ‘Communication education in a disruptive era: curriculum development and pedagogical issues.’ It will bring together academics, researchers and policy makers to discuss and share best practices in teaching, learning, curriculum and assessment issues in communication education in Ghana and abroad.

“This is important. The mass communication paradigm is in crisis since the introduction of social media and online communication in human communication landscape,” says Langmia, who has extensive knowledge and expertise in information communication technology, intercultural/international communication and social media. “And now with the bias of artificial intelligence and algorithm, the African communication scholars need to come to terms with these new forms of communication while at the same time preserving African communication systems.”

Since earning his Ph.D. in mass communications and media studies from Howard University in 2006, Professor Langmia has published more than 22 scholarly works in the form of books, book chapters and research articles in prominent national and international journals.

His most recent book, “Social Media: Pedagogy and Practice,” which he co-edited and authored two chapters, has been adopted by some U.S. universities which began offering social media courses in 2014. He regularly gives keynote speeches on information communication technology and social media at prominent national and international universities, including the Library of Congress, Morgan State University (Maryland, USA); Melbourne University (Australia); and Buea University (Cameroon) to name a few.

“We are so pleased to learn of Kehbuma Langmia’s selection as keynote speaker in Ghana,” says the Dean of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications, Gracie Lawson-Borders, Ph.D. “Dr. Langmia is a stellar scholar and educator. His work is a testament to pedagogy and scholarship in Communications that addresses the African Diaspora nationally and globally.”

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