Paul Mihailidis, PhD

Marketing Committee

Paul Mihailidis is a faculty member at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism and Director of Media Education Initiatives at Maryland's International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (ICMPA).

Mihailidis is also a consultant to European Union-funded projects through Stockholm University in Sweden. Mihailidis's current research concerns the effectiveness of media education in teaching about media's roles and responsibilities in democratic society. He has published articles on media literacy, global media education, journalism education, and new media influences on international education. Mihailidis currently teaches at the University of Maryland, and has taught at, Stockholm University, Towson University, and the Salzburg Academy Program on Media and Global Change.

Mihailidis received his BSS in Economics and a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, his Mphil/Msc in Media/Publishing Studies from Stirling University in Scotland, and his PhD in Journalism at the University of Maryland.