Internationally acclaimed author and media critic, Dr. Jack G. Shaheen, is a committed internationalist and a devoted humanist. A Pittsburgh native and former CBS news consultant on Middle East Affairs, Dr. Shaheen addresses stereotypical images of racial and ethnic groups. His presentations illustrate that stereotypes do not exist in a vacuum, that hurtful caricatures of Asians, blacks, Latinos and others, impact innocents. He explains why such portraits persist, and provides viable solutions to help shatter misperceptions.

Among Dr. Shaheen's awards recognizing his "outstanding contribution towards a better understanding of our global community" are the University of Pennsylvania's Janet Lee Stevens Award, and the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for "his lifelong commitment to bring a better understanding towards peace for all mankind." Shaheen, a recipient of two Fulbright teaching awards, holds degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. He regularly appears on national programs such as Nightline, Good Morning America, 48 Hours, and The Today Show. Also, he has worked with several television series: The Lucy Show, Twelve O'Clock High and The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau.

His topics include:

  • Hollywood's Arab Muslims After 9/11: Entertainment Or Propaganda?
  • Shattering Stereotypes: Images of the Cultural Other
  • Arabs and Muslim Stereotypes: Prospects and Problems
  • Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People
  • The New Anti-Semitism: Hollywood's Defamation of Arabs
  • Hollywood's Dirty Little Secret: The Arab Bogeyman
  • Impact of Media Stereotypes
  • How and Why Various Groups Are Demonized
  • Contesting Prejudicial Rhetoric and Portraits
  • Screen Images as Lesson Plans, Teaching Us Whom to Love, Whom to Hate
     

Dr. Shaheen is the author of the award-winning books, Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People; Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture; Nuclear War Films, and The TV Arab. His writings include more than 300 essays in publications such as Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post and chapters on media stereotypes in 40 college textbooks.

Professor Shaheen has given over 1,000 lectures in nearly all the 50 states and four continents. Oxford, Amherst, Harvard, Kenyon, UCLA, Emory and Northwestern are among those universities who welcome him, as well as the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He consults with the United Nations, the United States Information Agency, the Los Angeles Commission on Human Relations, and New York City's Commission on Civil Rights.

Shaheen, a Professor of Mass Communications Emeritus at Southern Illinois University, speaks at major film festivals such as Tribeca and Taos. He regularly serves as a consultant with TV and motion picture and companies: DreamWorks, Warner Brothers, Showtime, and Hanna-Barbera.

Dr Shaheen's newest book, GUILTY? Hollywood's Verdict on Arabs after 9/11 is available soon.
 
Dr Shaheen is also featured in the ground breaking documentary, Reel Bad Arabs: www.reelbadarabs.com.

 

 

Jack G. Shaheen is at the forefront of national efforts to reform media stereotyping.

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