CPD Blog Contributors
Soft Power 30
Contributors to Soft Power 30
Alan Abrahamson
CPD Blog Contributor
Author and Lecturer at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Banu Akdenizli
CPD Research Fellow, 2016-2018
Associate Professor, Communications, Northwestern University in Qatar
Abeer Al-Najjar
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, American University of Sharjah
Colin Alexander
CPD Blog Contributor
Lecturer in Political Communication, Subject Leader for Media, Nottingham Trent University
Salma Hasan Ali
CPD Blog Contributor
Ilhem Allagui
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor of Strategic Communication, Northwestern University in Qatar
Sohaela Amiri
Senior Research Officer
Jane Andrews
CPD Blog Contributor
Publications Director, Bond University United Nations Student Association
Anca Anton
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences
Michael Ardaiolo
CPD Blog Contributor
Student in Public Diplomacy Master's Program, Syracuse University
Amelia Arsenault
CPD Research Fellow, 2012-2014
Assistant Professor of Communication, Georgia State University
Rob Asghar
CPD Blog Contributor
Shay Attias
CPD Blog Contributor
Founding Head (2009-13), Public Diplomacy Department, Israeli Prime Minister’s Office
Jonathan Chait Auerbach
CPD Blog Contributor
Deputy General Director for North America, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
Najla Al Awadhi
Former CPD Advisory Board Member
Former Member of the UAE Parliament and founder of Najla Al Awadhi Consulting
Kadir Jun Ayhan
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor, International Relations, Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies
Kala Carruthers Azar
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Cultural Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy Amman, Jordan
Alex Belida
CPD Blog Contributor
Former VOA senior advisor and correspondent in Africa, Europe, the White House and Pentagon
Lindsey M. Bier
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor, Business Communication, USC Marshall School of Business
Corneliu Bjola
CPD Blog Contributor and Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor in Diplomatic Studies, University of Oxford
Johanna Blakley
CPD Blog Contributor
Managing Director & Director of Research of the Norman Lear Center
Mieczyslaw Boduszynski
CPD Research Fellow, 2016-2018
Associate Professor of Politics & International Relations, Pomona College
Saheli Bose
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Seth Anandram Jaipuria College
Lauren Brackmann
CPD Blog Contributor
Intern, The Jordan Times; USC Bachelor of Arts in International Relations
Philip Breeden
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Dean and Director of Public Affairs, Institute for American Universities
Lauren Brodsky
CPD Blog Contributor
Lecturer of Globalization and International Affairs, Northeastern University
John H. Brown
CPD Blog Contributor
Stanislav Budnitsky
Former CPD Doctoral Dissertation Award Recipient
Postdoctoral Fellow at Indiana University
Anri Chedia
CPD Blog Contributor
Research Fellow, School of International Regional Studies, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs, HSE University
Christina Chilin
Candidate, USC Master of Public Diplomacy
Oscar Castellanos del Collado
CPD Blog Contributor
César Corona
Assistant Director of Engagement
Geoffrey Cowan
Founder
University Professor, Annenberg Family Chair in Communication Leadership, CPD Faculty Fellow
Nicholas J. Cull
CPD Faculty Fellow
Professor & Founding Director, Master of Public Diplomacy Program, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Joel Day
CPD Research Fellow 2019-21
Director/Policy Advisor, City of San Diego & Lecturer in Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD
Ana Dias
CPD Blog Contributor
Collaborator, Political Science Research Center CICP, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Anja Didović
CPD Blog Contributor
Schuman Trainee, European Parliament Directorate-General for Communication
Michael Duffin
CPD Blog Contributor
Policy Advisor, Office of Countering Violent Extremism, U.S. Department of State
Sameera Durrani
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Nicholas Dynon
CPD Blog Contributor
Phd Candidate in International Communication at Macquarie University
Anja Eifert
CPD Doctoral Dissertation Award Recipient, 2014-2015
Assistant Lecturer at the University of Leipzig, Germany
Kim Andrew Elliott
CPD Blog Contributor
Audience Research Analyst, U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau
Oke Epia
CPD Blog Contributor
Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nigeria
Kathy R. Fitzpatrick
CPD Research Fellow, 2009-2011 and Faculty Fellow
Professor and Director, University of South Florida Zimmerman School of Advertising & Mass Communications
Alicia Fjällhed
CPD Blog Contributor
Ph.D. Student, Department of Strategic Communication, Lund University
Miguel Fonseca
CPD Blog Contributor
Professor, University of Porto (Portugal); Researcher, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Jami Fullerton
CPD Research Fellow, 2014-2016
Professor & Peggy Welch Chair in Strategic Communications, Oklahoma State University
Greg Garland
CPD Blog Contributor
Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires Ad Interim of the U.S. Embassy in Praia, Cape Verde
Benjamin Gedan
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Adviser, Latin American Program, and Director, Argentina Project; Wilson Center
Abu Mathen George
CPD Blog Contributor
Second Secretary & Head of Press and Information, Embassy of India
Chenzhou Gong
CPD Blog Contributor
Administrative Assistant at The Center for Think Tank Research and Management, Shanghai
Naima Green-Riley
CPD Doctoral Dissertation Award Recipient, 2019-2020
Ph.D. Candidate and Raymond Vernon Fellow at Harvard University
Jennifer Yael Green
Assistant Director, NuRoots Community Fellowship
Dominika Greisigerova
CPD Blog Contributor
Natalia Grincheva
CPD Blog Contributor
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Research Unit in Public Cultures, and Research Resident, Digital Studio, University of Melbourne
Oğuz Güner
CPD Blog Contributor
Head of the Public Diplomacy Department, Turkish Presidency's Directorate of Communications
M. Ashraf Haidari
CPD Blog Contributor
Director-General of Policy & Strategy, Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Colin Hale
CPD Postgraduate Fellow 2014
Daniel Hall
CPD Blog Contributor
Director of Peace and Community Relations (West Territory), Soka Gakkai International-USA Buddhist Association
Paul Hare
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Lecturer, Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University
Craig Hayden
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor of Strategic Studies, Marine Corps University Command and Staff College
Stéfanie von Hlatky
Past Visiting Scholar
Assistant Professor of Political Studies, Queen’s University
Alison Holmes
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor and Program Leader, International Studies; Humboldt State University
Katharina E. Höne
Research Associate Diplomacy and Global Governance at DiploFoundation
Muhammad Ittefaq
CPD Blog Contributor
Graduate Fellow at the Institute of Media and Communication Science, Technical University, Ilmenau in Germany
Lucio Izzo
Adjunct Professor, Università di Napoli L'Orientale
Patrick James
CPD Blog Contributor
Director of the USC Center for International Studies and USC Dornsife Dean’s Professor of International Relations
Narayanappa Janardhan
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Research Fellow at the Emirates Diplomatic Academy
Henry Jenkins
CPD Blog Contributor
Provost’s Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at USC
Mads Hvas Jensen
CPD Blog Contributor
PhD Fellow, University of Copenhagen & Visiting Fellow, Harvard University
César Jiménez‑Martínez
CPD Blog Contributor
Lecturer, Global Media and Communications, Cardiff University
Ronald E. Hawkins Jr.
CPD Blog Contributor
Foreign Service Officer (Public Diplomacy), U.S. Department of State
Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus and former Dean, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Olga Kamenchuk
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor (Clinical) at School of Communication, Ohio State University
Erin Kamler
CPD Blog Contributor
PhD Candidate, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Ichinkhorloo Khosbayar
CPD Blog Contributor
HwaJung Kim
CPD Blog Contributor
Research Professor, Institute for International Area Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University
Soojin Kim
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Lecturer in Strategic Communication, University of Technology Sydney
Olga Krasnyak
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
Mark Kristmanson
2011 Canada-U.S. Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Public Diplomacy
Scholar, Author
Martin Kwan
CPD Blog Contributor
Researcher (Law, International Relations and Public Policy); UN RAF Fellow
Umme Laila
CPD Blog Contributor
Department of Strategic Studies, National Defence University Islamabad
Agnieszka Lazorczyk
CPD Blog Contributor
Program Coordinator, European Union Center of California, Scripps College
Sarah Leary
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Director, Pacific Partnerships Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)
Naomi Leight-Give'on
Former CPD Assistant Director, Research & Publications
Angela Lewis
CPD Blog Contributor
Ph.D. Candidate, School of International Communications, Nottingham University
Xin Liu
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Lecturer and Chinese Course Leader, School of Language and Global Studies, University of Central Lancashire
Christina Florensya Mandagi
CPD Blog Contributor
International Relations Student, Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University
Ilan Manor
CPD Research Fellow, 2019-2021
Lecturer, Ben Gurion University of the Negev; Member, Oxford University’s Digital Diplomacy Research Group
Luigi Di Martino
CPD Blog Contributor
PhD, Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University
Fahim Masoud
CPD Blog Contributor
Ethan McAndrews
CPD Blog Contributor
Indiana University, B.A. '21 (International Studies; East Asian Languages and Cultures)
Raluca Moise
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Lecturer, University of Arts of London, London College of Communication
Derek Moscato
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor of Journalism and Public Relations, Western Washington University
Sherry Lee Mueller
CPD Blog Contributor
Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, School of International Service (SIS), American University, Washington, D.C.
Sameer Nair-Desai
CPD Blog Contributor
Economic and Health Policy Researcher, Brown University & Harvard University
Erik Nisbet
CPD Faculty Fellow
Northwestern University: Owen L. Coon Endowed Professor and Center for Communication & Public Policy Director
Yelena Osipova
CPD Doctoral Dissertation Award Recipient, 2014-2015
Ph. D. Candidate, American University School of International Service
James Pamment
CPD Research Fellow, 2013-2015 and Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor, Lund University
Yadira Ixchel Martínez Pantoja
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Prague University of Economics and Business (VŠE)
Sneha Patel
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor, Dr. Rammanohar Lohia Avadh University, Ayodhya, India
Michael Pelletier
CPD Blog Contributor
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar and the Union of the Comoros
Saskia Postema
CPD Blog Contributor
Junior Lecturer, Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague
Monroe E. Price
CPD Blog Contributor
Director of the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School
Jonathan Prosser
CPD Blog Contributor, Compassion UK Director of Innovation Lab, PaxHax Founder
Bethany Pullen
CPD Blog Contributor
Research Project Manager in Education Policy, University of Pittsburgh
Muhsin Puthan Purayil
CPD Blog Contributor
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad
Gadis Ranty
CPD Blog Contributor
Jr. Foreign Service Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
Andrew Restieri
CPD Blog Contributor
Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University, Political Communication
Lourenço Ribeiro
CPD Blog Contributor
Candidate, Master of Public Policy, Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal)
Allan Richards
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Dean & Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication (SJMC), Florida International University
Hailey Robertson
CPD Blog Contributor
Researcher, Security and Political Economy Lab at USC; Research Fellow, International Justice Lab, William & Mary
Amanda Rodriguez
CPD Blog Contributor
President, Association of Public Diplomacy Scholars 2013-14, USC
Neal Rosendorf
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor of International Relations, New Mexico State University
Katarzyna Rybka-Iwanska
CPD Blog Contributor
Head of the Institutional Cooperation Unit, Department of Foreign Policy Strategy, Poland
Valerie Samoilova
CPD Blog Contributor
Press-Secretary, Embassy of Ukraine to the Republic of Kazakhstan
Cynthia P. Schneider
CPD Research Fellow, 2009-2011
Distinguished Professor, Practice of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Philip Seib
CPD Blog Contributor and Faculty Fellow
Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Public Diplomacy at USC and as author of Information at War: Journalism, Disinformation, and Modern Warfare
Mariana Patrícia Gomes Gonçalo Sequeira
CPD Blog Contributor
University of Porto Undergraduate Student
Theebika Shanmugarasa
Community Engagement Specialist, Baltic Islands Society
Zachary Shapiro
CPD Blog Contributor
Foreign Policy Analyst; Master's Candidate, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
Dr. Nina Smidt
CPD Blog Contributor
Director for International Planning and Development, ZEIT-Foundation
Nancy Snow
CPD Blog Contributor
Professor Emeritus, California State University, Fullerton; Pax Mundi (“Distinguished”) Professor of Public Diplomacy, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Japan
Erich Sommerfeldt
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, University of Maryland
Damien Spry
CPD Contributing Scholar
Elizabeth Stoycheff
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor of Journalism & New Media, Wayne State University
Pawel Surowiec
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Lecturer, Strategic Communication, University of Sheffield, Department of Journalism Studies
Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo
CPD Blog Contributor
Researcher, School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Lucie Taieb
CPD Blog Contributor
Candidate, Master of International Relations, SciencesPo, Peking University
Lisa Tam
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Lecturer, Advertising and Public Relations, QUT Business School
Sandy Tolan
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor, USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism
Eriks Varpahovskis
CPD Blog Contributor
Associate Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Martin Wahlisch
CPD Blog Contributor
Senior Researcher, European University Viadrina and the Humboldt-Viadrina School of Governance
Melissa Wall
CPD Blog Contributor
Professor, Department of Journalism at California State University Northridge
Kana Walsh
CPD Blog Contributor
Sarah Myers West
CPD Blog Contributor
Doctoral student, Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, USC
Lauren Lee White
Editor & Publications Manager 2016-17
Neftalie Williams
CPD Blog Contributor
Lecturer, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Julia Wilson
CEO & founder of Wilson Global Communications
Geoffrey Wiseman
CPD Blog Contributor
Professor and Endowed Chair in Applied Diplomacy, Grace School of Applied Diplomacy, DePaul University, Chicago
Andrew Wulf
CPD Blog Contributor
Executive Director, New Mexico History Museum and the Palace of the Governors
Chanelle Yang
CPD Blog Contributor
Candidate for Bachelor of Science, Policy, Planning and Development, USC
R.S. Zaharna
CPD Faculty Fellow, CPD Research Fellow, 2011-2013
Professor of Public Communication, American University
Bilal Zubair
CPD Blog Contributor
Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad
Zane Šime