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Marwan M. Kraidy is a scholar of global communication and an authority on Arab media, culture, and politics. An award-winning author and Andrew Carnegie Fellow, Kraidy’s research centers around the relationship between culture and geopolitics, theories of identity and modernity, and global media systems and industries. He is also an expert on the Middle East and fluent in Arabic.
The Dean and CEO oversees three leadership councils that have distinctive charges but collaborate with one another to accomplish Northwestern Qatar’s mission.
Provost, Northwestern University
Qatar State Minister with rank of Deputy Prime Minister
Secretary General, Supreme Committee on Legacy and Delivery
Executive Vice President for Northwestern University
President, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation
Executive Director of Digital, Al Jazeera Media Network
Professor of journalism, American University of Beirut; non-resident senior fellow, Harvard Kennedy School
Higher Education President at Qatar Foundation
Vice President and General Counsel, Northwestern University
Dean and Chief Executive Officer, Northwestern University in Qatar
The Senior Leadership Council drives strategic decision making in consonance with the core institutional values that underpin the Dean’s strategic vision.
The Leadership Council ensures effective collaboration between academic, administrative, and operational units to meet strategic institutional objectives.
Director of the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program
Director of the Communications Program
Director of the Library
Director of the Executive Education Program
Director of Production and Digital Media
Director of Student Records
Director of Human Resources
Director of Facilities
Director of Business and Finance
Director of Academic Advising
Director of Health, Safety, Security, and Environment
Director for the Student Experience
Director of Information Technology
The Academic Leadership Council sustains key academic, intellectual, and creative priorities and promotes the integration of teaching and research.
Director of the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program
Director of the Communications Program
Director of the Executive Education Program
Director of The Media Majlis
NU-Q's workplace community is comprised of faculty and staff from around the globe, bringing years of professional experience in their fields.
Our diverse student body, representing more than 50 nationalities, are motivated and socially conscious. Our graduates join a growing network of creative, enterprising NU-Q alumni, as well as tens of thousands of Northwestern alumni in leadership and creative roles around the world.