January 2000

Curriculum Vitae

Majid Tehranian

ADDRESS

Department of Communication, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2560 Campus Rd.
Honolulu, HI 96822. Tel.: 808-956-3353; Fax: 808-956-5591; Email: majid@hawaii.edu

Toda Institute, 1600 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite 1111, Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel.: 808-955-8231; Fax: 808-955-6476; Toda Institute Web site: http://www.toda.org

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Harvard University, 1969, Political Economy & Government
Honorary Doctorate, 1999, Soka University, Tokyo, Japan
MA, Harvard University, 1961, Middle Eastern Studies
BA, Dartmouth College, 1959, Government

PERSONAL

Born in Mashhad, Iran 1937; Naturalized U.S. Citizen 1987
Married to Katharine Kia, Assistant Professor, American Studies, University of Hawaii
Four Children: Terrence (b. 1961), Yalda (b. 1964), John (b. 1973), and Maryam (b. 1974)
Hobbies: swimming, tennis, running, chess, and poetry
Biographical Citations: Prominent People of Hawaii, Who's Who in the World,
Whos Who in America, Whos Who in Communications and Media

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1981-present Professor of International Communication, University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM)
1996-present Director, The Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research, Tokyo & Honolulu
1996-present Editor, Peace & Policy, Journal of the Toda Institute
1997-present Founding Faculty, The Global Virtual University
1994-present Research Affiliate, Program on Information Resources Policy, Harvard University
Summer 1999 Visiting Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California
Summer 1996 Visiting Professor, Imam Sadeq University, Tehran, Iran
1994-96 Research Affiliate, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
1994-96 Adjunct Professor of International Politics, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Univ.
1994-96 Exchange Professor, Division of Mass Communication, Emerson College
1994-95 Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University
1990-92 Director, Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace, UHM
1986-present Founding and Council Member, Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace, UHM
1986-88 Chair, Department of Communication, UHM
1982-83, 84-86 Research Fellow, Social Science Research Institute, UHM
1989 & 1990 Visiting Professor, Department of Government, Summer School, Harvard University
Fall 1988 (Sabbatical) Visiting Scholar at Canadian, U.S. and Soviet universities: Simon Fraser, Calgary , McGill, Quebec, Concordia, Washington at Seattle, Michigan State, SUNY Buffalo, Harvard, Moscow
1981-82, 88-89 Fellow, Communication Institute, East West Center
1980-81 Visiting Scholar, Center for International Affairs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Affiliate, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
1979-80 Program Specialist, Communication Planning & Studies, UNESCO, Paris
1978-79 Visiting Fellow, St. Antony's College, Oxford University
1976-78 Professor and Founding Director, Iran Communications & Development Institute;
1976-79 Editor-in-Chief, Communication & Development Review
Summer 1977 Visiting Scholar, Institute for Communication Research, Stanford University
1974-75 Director, Prospective Planning Project, National Iranian Radio & Television
1972-74 Senior Analyst & Director of Research, Industrial Management Institute
1971-72 Director of Social Planning, Plan Organization of Iran
1969-71 Associate Professor of Political Science, New College, University of South Florida
1964-69 Assistant Professor of Economics, Lesley College

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS & ASSOCIATIONS

International Institute of Communications (Life Member & Board of Trustees, 1979-81); International Communication Association (Life Member & Conference Theme Chair for Asia, 1989); International Peace Research Association; Asia-Pacific Peace Research Association (Executive Committee, 1991-present); Conference Planning Committee, Pacific Telecommunications Council, 1983-86; Middle East Studies Association of North America (Life Member); Middle East Economics Association (National Advisory Board); Society for Iranian Studies (Founding Executive Secretary, 1967-71); Worldview International Foundation; International Editorial Board, International Encyclopedia of Communications; Advisory Board, Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict; UH Arts & Sciences & Manoa Faculty Senates, 1984-88, 1990-91; UH Institute for Peace (Founding Member, Council and Executive Committee, 1986-present); Board of Directors, UH Professional Assembly, 1989-90; Editorial Boards, Communication Theory , Progress in Communication Sciences, Asian Journal of Communications, Communication Research , 1993-5; Journal of International Communication; Subseries Editor, "International Communication, Peace, and Development," Ablex Publishing Corp., 1990-92; Series Editor, "Communication, Peace, and Development," Hampton Press, 1992-present, Executive Committee, American Friends Service Committee, 1992-3; International Advisory Board, Seiyko Shimbun, Tokyo 1992-present; Convenor, Communication and Peace Commission, International Peace Research Association 1994-present; Fellow of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1996-present; Editor, Peace and Policy, 1996-present; Book Series on Human Security and Global Governance, Series Editor, 1998-present; Founding Faculty Member, Global Virtual University, 1998-present.

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HONORS, AWARDS & RESEARCH GRANTS

Iranian Youth Delegate to Red Cross Study Center, Turkey, 1954, and The New York Herald Tribune Youth Forum, 1955; Dartmouth College Scholarship, 1955-59; Dartmouth Colby & Grimez Prizes, 1959; U.N. Internship, 1959; Jane Addams Peace Foundation Fellow, 1961; Ford Foundation Fellow, Harvard Univ., 1959-61; Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford, 1978-79; Fellow of East West Center Communication Institute, 1977, 81, 82; UH/EWC Research Grant, 1982-83; Research Grant, Social Science Research Inst., UHM, 1982-83, 84-85; UNESCO Research Grant, 1983-84 ($6000); Canadian Studies Faculty Enrichment Grant, 1988; Hawaii Interactive Television System Curriculum Development Grant, 1989; Presidential Citation for Meritorious Teaching, UH, 1989; UH Research Relations Grant, 1989; American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Fundamentalism Project Grant, 1989-90; External Examiner, Universiti Sains Malaysia (1990-present), National University of Singapore (1990-91), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1990-91), Victoria University (1992-93); Fujio Matsuda Scholar, UH, 1991-92, $6,250; International Conference on Restructuring for Peace: Challenges for the 21st Century, United Nations University, Matsunaga Peace Foundation, Institute of Culture & Communication, UH President, 1991-93 $65,000; Ethnic Peace Project, United Church of Christ, $4000; Pacifica and Zone of Peace Projects, Glad Foundation, 1991-93 $20,000; Central Asia Project, United States Institute of Peace, 1992-93 $20,000; Award of Highest Honor, Soka University, Japan, 1992; Research Relations Grant, UHM, 1993-94 $3,000; "Central Asia in the Post-Soviet Era," UH-EWC Collaborative Research Grant, 1993-94, $93,000; Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University, 1994-95, $4000; Research Affiliate, Center for International Affairs & Program on Information Resources Policy, Harvard University, 1994-present; Distinguished Service Award, International Communication Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1998; Scholarly Achievement Award, Institute of Oriental Philosophy, 1999; Honorary Doctorate, Soka University, 1999.

LANGUAGES English & Persian (fluent); Arabic & French (fair); Japanese (elementary)

PUBLICATIONS

20 books & monographs, over 30 chapters in books & yearbooks, over 56 journal articles, over 20 op-ed articles, over 20 book reviews. Work translated into French, Spanish, German, Polish, Norwegian, Swedish, Slovenian, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, Arabic, and Persian.

APPENDICES

I. Publications; II. Lectures, Conferences & Seminars; III. Teaching Activities and Evaluation; IV. Significant Citations of Research Contributions; V. Community Service