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Samar Ben Romdhane
- Assistant Professor
- Ext: 5536
Dr. Samar Ben Romdhane received her Ph.d in Public Communication in 2016 from Université Laval (Québec, Canada). She currently teaches graduate public relations courses including Advanced theories of PR, Public relation research, strategic communication planning, writing for PR, ...undergraduate courses previously taught at Moncton University in New-Brunswick include research methods, sociology of media studies, sociology of identities. Dr. Samar brings professional experience in strategic communication and public relations to her research and teaching. She worked as a communication advisor with the Department of National Defense and the Canadian Armed Forces and Senior Sociologist with the Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis (DGMPRA) of Defense Research and Development Canada. She has been an advocate for diversity and inclusion, both in her research interests and community services. Her research agenda includes discursive and rhetorical dimensions of public relations, global and intercultural communication, research methods, public diplomacy and nation brands scholarship, digital and data-driven PR. Her research outputs has been published by academic journals and as book chapters in book series.
Education
- Ph.D, Université Laval, Canada, 2016
- Master of Arts (M.A) in Public Communication, Université Laval, Canada, 2008
Ph.D, Université Laval, Canada, 2016
Master of Arts (M.A) in Public Communication, Université Laval, Canada, 2008
Teaching Area
- Research methods
- Strategic communication
Research methods
Strategic communication
Research
- Transitional justice, reconciliation and apology as crisis response strategies
- Digital public relations and social media analytics
- Intercultural communication
- Transnational communication and diasporic identities.
- Discourse and Rhetoric.
- PR practice in defence and security organisations
Transitional justice, reconciliation and apology as crisis response strategies
Digital public relations and social media analytics
Intercultural communication
Transnational communication and diasporic identities.
Discourse and Rhetoric.
PR practice in defence and security organisations
Publications
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JournalSamar Ben Romdhane, Strategies and tactics of polemical exchanges: The play of minorization de-minorization in public hearings, Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, Vol: 15, pp.287 - 308, Oct 2022
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Samar Ben Romdhane and Ratiba Hadj-Moussa, 2020 « Médias et justice transitionnelle en Tunisie : Effets de mémoire et construction nationale » dans, Gobe, É. (dir.) Justice et réconciliation : quelle politique du pardon au Maghreb" [« Media and Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Effects of Memory and Nation-Building » in, Gobe, É. (Eds.). Justice and reconciliation: which politics of forgiveness in the Maghreb], Karthala, Paris.
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Samar Ben Romdhane, (2017) « Approcher le parler en interaction selon la méthodologie de la théorisation enracinée », Approches inductives, Vol. 4, no 1, pp. 1-30.
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Ratiba Hadj-Moussa and Samar Ben Romdhane (2016), « Legitimate Singularities: Ennahdha in Search of Plural Identities? », in, Mellor, N. and Rinnawi, K. (Eds.). Political Islam and Global Media: The boundaries of religious identity. Routledge, pp.17-33.
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Ben Romdhane, Samar, 2013, « Charte des valeurs québécoises: un mariage forcé entre laïcité et invisibilité des différences? », Éthique publique, vol. 15, no 2.
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(In progress). Samar Ben Romdhane « Racial and Religious diversity in defence and security context: challenges and best practices for internal and external communication » in, Team Diversity and Inclusion in Defence and Security: International Perspectives, Springer.
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Ben Romdhane Samar, « Social Media Analytics in support of Public affairs decision making », government publications.
Samar Ben Romdhane, Strategies and tactics of polemical exchanges: The play of minorization de-minorization in public hearings, Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research, Vol: 15, pp.287 - 308, Oct 2022
About the journal
Journal Name
Journal of Arab and Muslim Media Research
Publisher
Intellect Limited
Samar Ben Romdhane and Ratiba Hadj-Moussa, 2020 « Médias et justice transitionnelle en Tunisie : Effets de mémoire et construction nationale » dans, Gobe, É. (dir.) Justice et réconciliation : quelle politique du pardon au Maghreb" [« Media and Transitional Justice in Tunisia: Effects of Memory and Nation-Building » in, Gobe, É. (Eds.). Justice and reconciliation: which politics of forgiveness in the Maghreb], Karthala, Paris.
Samar Ben Romdhane, (2017) « Approcher le parler en interaction selon la méthodologie de la théorisation enracinée », Approches inductives, Vol. 4, no 1, pp. 1-30.
Ratiba Hadj-Moussa and Samar Ben Romdhane (2016), « Legitimate Singularities: Ennahdha in Search of Plural Identities? », in, Mellor, N. and Rinnawi, K. (Eds.). Political Islam and Global Media: The boundaries of religious identity. Routledge, pp.17-33.
Ben Romdhane, Samar, 2013, « Charte des valeurs québécoises: un mariage forcé entre laïcité et invisibilité des différences? », Éthique publique, vol. 15, no 2.
(In progress). Samar Ben Romdhane « Racial and Religious diversity in defence and security context: challenges and best practices for internal and external communication » in, Team Diversity and Inclusion in Defence and Security: International Perspectives, Springer.
Ben Romdhane Samar, « Social Media Analytics in support of Public affairs decision making », government publications.
Conference Presentation
- 2019, « Que fait la publicisation des controverses aux dynamiques d'altérisation: le discours polémique et ses caractéristiques », Formes et enjeux du racisme et de l’islamophobie au Québec, Congrès annuel de la Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP) « Égalité / Illégalité : Un couple en science politique », Université de Montréal, 22 – 24 mai 2019, Canada
- 2017, Samar Ben Romdhane and Ratiba Hadj-moussa, « Transitional justice and the mediated publicness: toward a memorial consenus », Middle East Studies Association's 51st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
- 2017, Samar Ben Romdhane and Ratiba Hadj-moussa, « La justice transitionnelle en Tunisie à l’épreuve des médias : vers un consensus mémoriel », Colloque international « Justice et politique dans le Maghreb post-révoltes arabes Réforme, Institutions, Réconciliation », Tunis, Tunisia.
- 2015, Samar Ben Romdhane, « Gestion du pluralisme dans une démocratie délibérative : question d’intégration ou de participation citoyenne ? », colloque migration, insertion, citoyenneté : convergence des questions et diversité des réponses, Chaire de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté, UQAM, Montreal, Canada.
- 2015, « Media Discourse and religious pluralism: dissensus, controversies and verbal abuse », the international symposium on Islamophobia: Race, Religion, Liberalism at the Institut Nationale de Recherche, Montreal, Canada.
- 2012, « Publicness and the Appropriation of the ``Beylick``: Between Secularism and Religion », Confrontations, Constellations and Aspirations: Reflections on Diaspora and Transnationalism through the Lens of Youth Formations workshop, York University, Toronto, Canada
- The Mobile Apps Inflammatory and Terrorism in Saudi Arabia.
2019, « Que fait la publicisation des controverses aux dynamiques d'altérisation: le discours polémique et ses caractéristiques », Formes et enjeux du racisme et de l’islamophobie au Québec, Congrès annuel de la Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP) « Égalité / Illégalité : Un couple en science politique », Université de Montréal, 22 – 24 mai 2019, Canada
2017, Samar Ben Romdhane and Ratiba Hadj-moussa, « Transitional justice and the mediated publicness: toward a memorial consenus », Middle East Studies Association's 51st Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
2017, Samar Ben Romdhane and Ratiba Hadj-moussa, « La justice transitionnelle en Tunisie à l’épreuve des médias : vers un consensus mémoriel », Colloque international « Justice et politique dans le Maghreb post-révoltes arabes Réforme, Institutions, Réconciliation », Tunis, Tunisia.
2015, Samar Ben Romdhane, « Gestion du pluralisme dans une démocratie délibérative : question d’intégration ou de participation citoyenne ? », colloque migration, insertion, citoyenneté : convergence des questions et diversité des réponses, Chaire de recherche en immigration, ethnicité et citoyenneté, UQAM, Montreal, Canada.
2015, « Media Discourse and religious pluralism: dissensus, controversies and verbal abuse », the international symposium on Islamophobia: Race, Religion, Liberalism at the Institut Nationale de Recherche, Montreal, Canada.
2012, « Publicness and the Appropriation of the ``Beylick``: Between Secularism and Religion », Confrontations, Constellations and Aspirations: Reflections on Diaspora and Transnationalism through the Lens of Youth Formations workshop, York University, Toronto, Canada
The Mobile Apps Inflammatory and Terrorism in Saudi Arabia.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
- Member of the College Research Committee
- Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)