Samar Ben Romdhane
  • 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
Teaching Area
  • 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
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.
Memberships, Awards and Honors
  • Member of the College Research Committee
  • Association for Middle East Women's Studies (AMEWS)