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