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FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES – Craig Hayden

Craig Hayden
Assistant Professor
International Communication

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202-885-2494

E-Mail
chayden@american.edu

Biography
Craig Hayden is currently Assistant Professor of International Communication in the School of International Service at American University. He has taught at the University of Virginia's Department of Media Studies, and at the University of Southern California. He was also a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy.

Hayden's research focuses the role of public argument in public diplomacy policies, the rhetoric of communication-based foreign policy, and the impact of global media and media convergence on international relations.

Hayden currently teaches courses on intercultural communication, public diplomacy, global media and information politics. He has taught courses on argumentation and rhetoric, public diplomacy and propaganda, and various classes in global media, globalization theory, and global culture. Hayden has been recognized by the International Communication Association for excellence in teaching. He has also coached an award-winning collegiate parliamentary debate program.

Dr. Hayden has recently completed a multi-year study of strategic communication and framing of the United States in pan-Arab media content, and continues to work on how news flows provide deliberative contexts for mediating foreign policy. He is also working on two projects an analysis of crisis rhetoric in foreign policy public argument before the 2003 Iraq War and a comparative study of public diplomacy policy discourse, cultural diplomacy, and media programs.

Education
PhD Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
MA International Relations, University of Southern California
BA Politics; Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz

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