Jad Melki, Ph.D., the research director of ICMPA and a faculty member at the Salzburg Academy, is an assistant professor of journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. Before that, Melki was a visiting faculty at Johns Hopkins University and Towson University, teaching courses on research methods, media and society, media literacy, and broadcast and digital journalism. Melki has been a broadcast and online journalist for over 10 years working with US and Arabic media. He was part of the webby award and Press Club award winning Hot Zone team (Yahoo! News), covering the Hezbollah-Israel war of summer 2006. His research interests include Arab media education, Arab youth and media habits, media coverage of war and political violence, trauma journalism and media transparency. (resume)