Leara Rhodes
Associate Professor / Chair, Communication & Publications Committee-African Studies Institute
235 Journalism  
(706) 542-5025
ldrhodes@uga.edu

Education:  Ph.D. - Temple University

Current Research Interests:  Journalism education in developing countries, Print management and role of media in transitional countries moving to democratization

Courses Taught:  International Communications, Editing, Production and Design, Writing for Print

Selected Publications:

Democracy and the Role of Haitian Media.  UK: Mellen Publishers.

“Haitian Media as a Political Press”.  Journal of Haitian Studies, Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 44-61.

Regional Interests:  East Africa [Tanzania], African Diaspora in the United States