Dr. Ajami finished his undergraduate degree at the Lebanese University and a scholarship to do his Doctoral work in the United States. After finishing an intensive program in English at Rutgers University in late 1979, he enrolled in the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University where he finished both an M.A Program in Journalism and a Ph. D in Mass Communication. His doctoral dissertation was on the “Ethic Press in the United States.” His research interests are in the areas of International Communication, Public Relations, Cross-Cultural Advertising, and Political Communication. His published works appeared in two books edited by Mr. K. Darouny, a colleague at NDU; in the Business Research Yearbook, a refereed publication of the International Academy of Business Disciplines; and in the American Behavioral Scientist, and others. One of his published articles won an award for being the “Best Political Communication” paper presented in San Antonio, Texas in 2004 at the 16th annual IABD conference. Dr. Ajami has been teaching courses at the undergraduate level and in the M.A. program in Media Studies at NDU. He has taught about 24 courses so far. He also devised and introduced several new courses to NDU’s Dept. Of Mass Communication especially those in the areas of Public relations: Media Ethics; Media and Society, and several others. He also served as the Chairperson of the Department of Mass Communication on three different occasions and he currently serves in this capacity. Dr. Ajami is a very active member of the faculty and he has organized and carried out numerous local and international conferences in addition to his activities in his Public Relations courses and others. Aside from serving as an administrator for many years (here and and in the United States), he also served as NDU’s Faculty representative to the University Council (in 2001) and has been a member of several committees such as the Admission Committee, The Personnel Committee, The Discipline Committee; The Social Committee and others. He also chaired the Task Force Committee on Recruiting at NDU’s Faculty of Humanities.

Ph.D. in Mass Communication at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1987

M.A. in Journalism, E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, Ohio University, 1982.

B.A. in Print media and news Agencies, Lebanese University, 1978. Valedictorian of his class.

Refereed Journal Articles

Ajami, J. (2005) Elections in Lebanon, 2005 Version: Land Liberation or Mind Liberation.  American Behavioral Scientist, Winter, pp.

Ajami, J.  (2004) War on Terrorism: How the U.S. Government Used Public Relations to Sell the War in Iraq. Business Research Yearbook, The International Academy of Business Disciplines, Vol X1. pp. 860-866.

Ajami, J. (2003) Post-September 11, 2001: Have the Major U.S. Media Acted professionally? Business Research Yearbook, IABD, Vol X.pp. 882-887.

Ajami, J. (2003) Sex Appeal in Advertising: Does It Really Work? The New Realities of an Old Issue. Business Research Yearbook, IABD, Volume X, pp. 62-68.

Articles or Chapters in Books

Ajami, J. (2001) Tools of Public Relations: From Ivy Lee to Tim Berners Lee. Advertising and Marketing in the Middle East, Beirut: Notre Dame University Press, pp. 379-403.

Ajami, J. (1996) Similarities and Differences Between Advertising and Public Relations. Advertising and Marketing Communications. Beirut: Infomarket. Advertising Agency

Conference Proceedings

Ajami, J. and A. Kanso (1993) Cross-Cultural Advertising: A comparison of American and Arab Approaches. The Societyfor Cross-Cultural Research Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 17-21 February.