Biography
Dr. R.S. Zaharna is a professor at the School of Communication, American University, Washington, D.C. and the 2018 Distinguished Scholar in International Communication, awarded by the International Studies Association. She specializes in public diplomacy and international strategic communication and has advised governments, multinational corporations, and nongovernmental organizations. Her books include
Battles to Bridges: U.S. Strategic Communication and Public Diplomacy after 9/11 (Palgrave, 2014) and
@Ambassadors of Humanity: Three Logics of Global Communication and Public Diplomacies (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).