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S a l l y B i s h a i/
C u r r i c u
l u m V i t a
Contact Information.
Telephone: 850.504.0008
Email:
sallysall@aol.com
Florida State University— Tallahassee, Florida.
Working towards:
Ph.D. December, 2008
Dissertation: The Arabic
Media (Specific title forthcoming). The
University of West Florida— Pensacola, Florida.
M.A. December, 2003
M.A. Project: On Being
and Becoming a Modern Arab American.
Jacksonville University— Jacksonville, Florida.
Academic Appointments.
·
Instructor/TA,
Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida, 2006. Communication.
·
Lead Instructor, Online courses,
Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida, 2005. Communication.
·
Instructor and Online
Mentor,
Florida State University,
Tallahassee, Florida, 2004-2005. Communication.
·
Adjunct Faculty,
University of West
Florida,
Pensacola, Florida, 2004.
Intercultural
Communication.
·
Adjunct Faculty,
Pensacola Junior College,
Pensacola, Florida, 2004.
Speech Communication.
·
Adjunct Faculty,
Okaloosa-Walton College,
Hurlburt Field, Florida, 2004. Speech Communication.
·
Graduate Assistant,
University of West
Florida,
Pensacola, Florida, 2003. Telecommunication and Film.
Related Experience.
The Copt X Fellowship—Spring
2005-Current.
Founder and President
· Heading up a
fellowship for Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Copts, as well as our Arab,
Jewish, Muslim and
Western brothers.
The American Daily—January,
2006-Current.
Daily Columnist
· Wrote a daily column for this newspaper.
http://www.americandaily.com
X Culture Magazine—December,
2005-Current.
Daily Columnist
· Wrote the daily column “The AntiSocialite,” a supplement to X Culture
Magazine, found at
http://www.sallybishai.com
Florida State University—Tallahassee,
Florida. Fall 2004-Current.
Teaching Assistant
· Teaching
Intercultural Communication (COM4710) and Fundamentals of Speech (SPC 1016);
Also mentored the online
New Communication
Technology (COM3332)
was lead instructor for the online version of Group Dynamics and Leadership
(COM4445),
and now teaching
COM4445 on campus.
Photo X Quarterly
—January
2005-Current.
Contributing
Editor-in-Chief
· Founded, contributed to and oversaw production of the full-colour quarterly
print magazine. For more information, visit
http://www.xculturemag.com.
X Culture Magazine—January
2004-Current.
Contributing
Editor-in-Chief
· Founded, contributed to and oversaw production of
http://www.xculturemag.com.
VA-NMMG
(Veteran’s National Medical Musical Group)-Washington, DC. September
2001-Current.
Public Affairs Officer
and Media Advisor, Photographer
· Securing news coverage
and interviews (ABC, CBS affiliates), publicizing VA-NMMG
events, writing articles
and press releases and reviews. Photographing such luminaries as Bill Kurtis
(A&E), Shirley Jones, Cokie Roberts,
Surgeon General Carmona,
Bill McLaughlin, Tony Blankley, Mara Liasson, Eric Braeden, and others. (Visit
www.xculturemag.com –politics
and photography—for an
online portfolio.)
Unshackled! Arabic radio
program—Winter
2001-Current.
Radio Actress,
transliterator
· Acted various roles on an internationally-broadcast Arabic language program.
Freelance Photographer.
January 1998-Current.
B. H. Inc.—
St. Augustine, Florida May 2001-Current.
Director of Personnel
· Hiring,
firing, assessment and testing of candidates, employee relations.
X Culture Films.
Fall 2002-Current.
Completed the
documentaries “Children of Kemet: The Copts, Culture, and Democracy of
Egypt,”
“Back To Square One? Fifty Years After Emmett Till,”
(52 minutes) as
well as the documentary shorts “Strange Behaviour: How Westerners Feel
About Gender Roles in the
Middle East,”
(30 minutes) and “Rakkasa” (8 minutes). Currently producing “2000
Years of Suffering: Examining the Coptic Struggle.” X Culture is also
responsible for putting out
the television and web
program “Sally Bishai’s 30 Minutes With...”
University of West Florida—Pensacola,
Florida. Summer 2004.
Adjunct Instructor
· Teaching COM
4710/5715, Intercultural Communication.
Pensacola Junior College—Pensacola,
Florida. Spring 2004-Summer 2004.
Adjunct Instructor
· Teaching SPC 1600
and SPC 1006, Public Speaking and Basic Speaking and Listening Skills
(respectively). One Spring and
two Summer semesters.
Okaloosa-Walton College—Hurlburt
Field, Florida., Spring 2004.
Adjunct Instructor
· Teaching SPC 1600.
University of West
Florida.—Pensacola,
Florida. Fall 2003.
Graduate Assistant
(Communication Arts, Film).
University of West
Florida—Pensacola,
Florida. Fall 2002.
Editorial/Humor Columnist
for The Voyager: “The East Nile Virus.”
Privy Magazine—New
York, NY. May 2001-August 2003.
Jacksonville University—Jacksonville,
Florida. 1999-2001.
St. Joseph Academy—1992-1995.
and articles(and did all
the rest) · Wrote the editorial column “Sally Sounds Off” and the new releases
column “Tympanic Tunes.”
Editorial Positions—
Photo X Quarterly
Contributing Editor-in-Chief. The newest subsidiary of Sally Sall Productions,
Photo X
is dedicated to covering events, locations, and people. Each 18-page issue
offers dozens of photos, as well as articles, op-eds, and information. X
Culture Magazine
Contributing Editor-in-Chief. This online magazine deals with the crossing of
cultures—whether one nation to another, one musical style to another, to Modern
Life, the Global Village and all of ‘X Culture’ as we know it.
http://www.xculturemag.com
The Journal of X Culture
Contributing Editor-in-Chief. This print journal deals with the crossing of
cultures, as well as culture in general, intercultural, intergender,
interpersonal and globalization issues. The Journal is unique in that serious,
and sometimes scholarly, research is presented in an accessible way.
Privy Magazine—May
2001-August 2003 The
St. Joseph Academy Current—1992-1995
Published In The
Following Magazines and Newspapers— The
American Daily, The Daley Times Post, USA Sentinel, The Arab Herald, The Middle
East Star, The Daily Star, Watani Weekly, The Israel Herald, The Egypt News,
AINA.org, Copts.com, Copts.net, Copts United, American Copts, Coptic Digest,
Copt X Quarterly, X Culture Magazine, Out2.com Media Network, Photo X Quarterly,
The Cairo News, News By Us, Persecution.org, The Canadian Egyptian Organisation
for Human Rights, The Christian Underground, St. Augustine Record.
Newspaper/Columnist
Positions—
USA Sentinel—February,
2006—Current. Editorial Columnist. Daily.
The American
Daily—January, 2006—Current. Editorial Columnist. Daily.
X Culture
Magazine—December, 2005-Current. Editorial Columnist, “The AntiSocialite.”
University of West
Florida Voyager—Pensacola, Florida. Fall, 2002.
Editorial/Humor
Columnist, “The East Nile Virus.” Weekly.
Jacksonville University’s
Navigator—Jacksonville, Florida. 1999-2001.
Skills.
· Creativity, both in the
written word and in the visual arts.
· Fluency in the reading
and writing of Russian and Bohairic Coptic.
Past and Current
Publications.
Books
Mid-East Meets West: On
Being and Becoming a Modern Arab American. A
guide for Arab-Americans in their quest to integrate into America without losing
the culture they grew up with. (May, 2004.) ISBN: 0-595-31731-6.
Date Like An Egyptian:
The Egyptian American’s Guide to Finding a Mate—Or a Date.
An
entertaining and action-packed ride through the madness that's known as “landing
someone”—the Egyptian way. Informative and fun for Egyptians and non-Egyptians
alike. (September, 2004.) ISBN: 1-4116-1343-0.
Mid-East
Meets West, Special Edition
A 2-in-1
volume combining Mid-East Meets West and Date Like an Egyptian, with an extra
activity section with exercises for using in Intercultural Communication
classes. (November, 2004.)
ISBN:
1-4116-1819-X.
What NOT To Do: A Guide
for Egyptian Americans. A
look at the many things that American youngsters with Egyptian (and, for the
most part, Arab) roots can do to get disowned, most of which may never have
crossed their minds.
(In revision.) I
have also written five books under other names, for the purposes of
“ghostwriting.” Confidentiality prevents me from sharing the titles here,
however.
Documentaries
“Back To Square One?
Fifty Years After Emmett Till.”
(:52 minutes)
This documentary touches on Emmett Till and his 1955 murder, and ponders whether
racism (against Black Americans) has really died out.
“Children of Kemet: The
Copts, Culture, and Democracy of Egypt.”
(:72 minutes)
This documentary introduces Egypt’s Native Christians—the
Copts—and illuminates
their achievements, past and present; their struggle for survival in an Egypt
that isn’t friendly to Copts.
“2000 Years of Suffering:
Examining the Coptic Struggle.”
(:60 minutes)
This documentary discusses the persecution that Egypt’s Native
Christians—the Copts—have
struggled with since the days of their forefathers, the Pharaohs, including the
al-Koshesh massacre, and the
more recent (October,
2005) Maharram Bey riots in Alexandria. (In production.)
“Strange Behaviour: How
Westerners Feel About Gender Roles in the Middle East.”
(:30 minutes)
This documentary explores the level of
knowledge—or lack
thereof—and opinions that American college students have towards gender roles in
the Middle East.
“Rakkasa.”
(:8 minutes) This short enlightens viewers about the secret life of Egyptians.
“Oddess I
& II.”
(:15 minutes
each) These shorts about modern-day Copts demonstrate the beautiful rituals
carried out in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Selected Articles and Op-Eds.
“From
LaGuardia to
Cairo International:
International Perspectives on the Cross.”
(Published in
AD, March, 2006).
“Converting Copts?
Seeking Civility and Safety in Egypt, Part II.”
(Published in AD, March, 2006). “Kidnapping
Copts? Seeking Civility and Safety in
Egypt, Part I”
(Published in AD, February, ‘06).
“Soul Heir.”
(Published in
American Daily, February, 2006). “For
the Love of
America.”
(Published in
American Daily, February, 2006). “All
Arabs Look Alike.”
(Published in American
Daily, February, 2006). “Healing
the Homeland, Part 1.”
(Published in American
Daily, February, 2006).
“Not Ashamed.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2006).
“Putting a Face on Persecution.”
(Published in American Daily, February, 2006).
“Armanious—One Year Later.”
(Published in American Daily, February, 2006).
“Keeping the Christ in Coptic.”
(Published in American Daily, February, 2006).
“Inside Odaysat.”
(Published in American Daily, January, 2006).
“A New Egypt?”
(Published in American Daily, January, 2006).
“Protestant Copts?”
(Published in American Daily, January, 2006).
“The African American Myth.”
(Published in American Daily, January, 2006).
“United Copts!
Good Things Happen When We All Hold Hands and Sing the Same Song.”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, December, 2005; and Photo X Quarterly, Spring, 2006).
“Pandora’s
Box—Coptic Fears Explained.”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, December, 2005; and Photo X Quarterly, Spring, 2006).
“Back To Square One! The Trials And Tribulations of Making a Documentary.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, Winter, 2005).
“4 Things Men Can Learn From Dogs.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, Winter, 2005).
“Backlash! 2nd International Coptic Conference Decried by Al-Ahram.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, Winter, 2005).
“7
Resolutions.”
(Published in X
Culture Magazine, Winter, 2005; republished on Copts.com and Copts-United.com).
“What?!—Protestant Copts?”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, Fall, 2005).
“Shake Off The Dust—Arise!!”
(Published in Coptic
Digest, Spring 2005 ).
“Former St. Augustine
resident shares an explanation of Copts.”
(Published in
The St. Augustine
Record, 4
February 2005.)
“The Copts—Who Are They, Anyway?”
(Published in X Culture
Magazine, February, 2005).
“It Ain’t Easy Following
Jesus.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2005).
“God and The Internet.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2005).
“Valentine’s Day—The
Sweet Celebration of...Cash?”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2005).
“An Exclusive Interview
With the Cast and Crew of “The Jonah Redemption.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2005.)
“So, You Want To Be a
Writer?”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2005).
“Is That Thunder? The
Self-Publishing Storm.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2005).
“The Marriage/3 Proposal.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, November, 2004).
“The Pitfalls of Internet
Love.”
(Published in X
Culture Magazine, October, 2004).
“The 10 Best Technologies
Of The Past Decade.”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, September, 2004).
“The Trouble With Modern
Life.” (Published
in X Culture Magazine, September, 2004).
“Serial Dater, Moi?
(Arabic Dating Taboos, Part II)”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, September, 2004).
“Beware the Sally/Harry!
(Arabic Dating Taboos, Part I)”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, August, 2004).
“How To Hold On To Your
Friends.”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, August, 2004).
“Date Like an Egyptian..
or Arab.”
(Published in Middle East Reports, July, 2004).
“Culture Shock,
Assimilation and Arab Americans.”
(Published in Middle East Reports, July, 2004).
“Just Getting Out of Bed
Every Morning—And How to Avoid It!”
(Published in
X Culture Magazine, June, 2004).
“A Chat With Anne Hart.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, May, 2004). “Language
and the Arab American.” (Published in X Culture Magazine, March, 2004
and Middle East Reports, May, 2004). “Courtship,
Marriage, and the Ubiquitous ‘Dating Thing’—
A `la Western Arabs.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, March, 2004 and Middle East Reports, July,
2004).
“Into the Flames—an
interview with Flaming Fire.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, March, 2004).
“Story After Story—an
interview with Ari Hest.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2004). “The
Trials of Finding Your Cultural Doppelganger,” (Co-written with Amir
al-Assad for X Culture Magazine, February, 2004).
“Culture Shock, Melting
Pots and Assimilation in the Arab American—and Beyond.”
(Published in X Culture Magazine, February, 2004). “X
Culture—an editorial.” (Published in X Culture Magazine, January, 2004).
“Political Campaigns As
Theatre: The 2004 U. S. Presidential Campaign in Perspective.”
Panel discussion at the Southern Speech Communication Association Convention,
March 2005. With Dr. Marilyn Young, Marna Weston, Matt Cohen and Matt Grindy. “When Mid-East Meets
West.” Florida State University
International Center, Global Gatherings series. February 11, 2005.
Broadcast on WFSU/PBS. “Media in the Arab World:
From Roubi to Haifaa to....” Panel member. Florida State University, Dr.
Tami Tomasello’s MMC 2000, Spring semester, 2005. “Dating Like an Egyptian.”
Florida State University , Dr. Felecia Jordan’s COM4710, Fall semester, 2004.
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My research interests currently focus on the interplay between Eastern media,
Western media, and Middle Easterners (living at home or in the Diaspora).
·
Also of interest to me is the acculturation of Middle Easterners into North
American culture.
·
Also of interest to me is Middle Eastern culture, specifically Middle
Easterners’ language usage/communication styles/behavior, both together and with
others.
·
Finally, I’m interested in human relationships and interaction, as well as
facilitating greater and more effective communication between cultures, genders
and ways of life.
New Courses Developed.
Intercultural
Communication
(University of West Florida).
Designed to provide the student with a solid foundation of intercultural
communication (terminology, theories, names); verbal and nonverbal differences
will be stressed, as well as patterns and tendencies of interaction (by region).
Issues in Middle Eastern
Communication
(Developed for the University of West Florida).
Designed to provide the student with a brief history of the Middle East,
including (but not limited to) religions, races, and lingual disparities; this
class will also sketch a portrait of the modern Arab American and familiarize
the student with the factors contributing to and hindering communication with
Middle Easterners.
Teaching Interests.
Communication
*Speech Communication
*Public Speaking
*Intercultural Communication
*Leadership and Group Dynamics *New
Communication Technology
Contemporary Human Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Creative Writing Oral
Interpretation of Literature
Issues in Middle Eastern Communication The
Immigrant Arab American Experience The
Arab American Experience
Middle Eastern Studies
Communicating with Arabs
Culture of the Middle East
Women in the Middle East
Women and Islam
Photography
Black and White Photography
Fashion Photography
*Beyond Olan Mills— Portrait Photography
*Atypical Photographic Composition *
denotes classes taught already.
Introduction to Graduate Communications
History of Film I and II
Quantitative Research Methods
Substance Abuse Counseling
Principles of Public Relations
Communication Teaching Practicum
Communication Theory
Analysis of Communication Theory
Crisis Public Relations
Filmmaking
Political Rhetoric
Mid-East Media Images Mass
Media Effects and Theory
Historical-Critical Methods of Research
Gender and Communication
Advocacy Video Production
Digital Video Production
Advanced Writing Techniques
Computers in Communication Research
Certifications.
St. Joseph Academy (High School)
Memberships.
Florida State University
Jacksonville University
Flagler College
St. Joseph Academy (High School)
Professional and Academic
References.
Available upon request.
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