Fran Hassencahl, Associate Professor Ph.D. and M.A. Case-Western Reserve University Courses: Radio; Mass Media and the National Elections; Rhetoric, Argumentation and Debate; Communication Between the Sexes; Intercultural Communication; Communication and Culture in the Middle East; Public Speaking; International Media Systems; Media Analysis and Criticism.

Fran Hassencahl's research interests include the political uses of the media and the intersection of tradition and modernity in the Middle East. Dr. Hassencahl's research has focused on political cartoons, including those that address the issues of 9/11, the Iraq War, and the death of Yasser Arafat. The results of this work are six book chapters and eleven convention papers. She continues her interest in the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk and published an article on his work in Abhath Al - Yarmouk ( Jordan) and presented papers on his work at two conferences in Jordan. Currently she chairs the Politics Section of the American Culture Association and is a recent chair of the Intercultural Section of the Eastern Communication Association. As a participant in two Title 6 grants, she travelled to Turkey, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam. She was a Fulbright scholar in Morocco and a Malone Fellow in Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Syria. Most recently, she was a summer guest lecturer at Al Akhawayn University in Morocco. Her interests in the Middle East and debate are combined in the Model League of Arab States program (COMM 337). Dr. Hassencahl directs the minor in Middle Eastern Studies.

 

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