Aitza Haddad | Howard University (original) (raw)

Dr. Aitza M Haddad Núñez was born and raised in the beautiful island of Puerto Rico where she received a B.A. in Political Sciences in 2007 from University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, and then a J.D. in 2010 from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Law School. She then moved to Gainesville, Florida to pursue a LL.M. in Comparative Law from University of Florida Levin College of Law, which she completed in 2011. While at University of Florida, Dr. Haddad received a Book Award for her research and contributions to the Selected Problems in Human Rights Course, became a researcher and Fellow of the UFL Institute for Human Rights, Peace, and Development, and thanks to her mentor’s nomination, she became a Junior Fellow – and now recently an Associate Fellow – of the World Academy of Art and Science. She then moved in 2012 to Maryland to pursue a Ph.D. in the Communication, Culture and Media Studies Program at Howard University in D.C., and after successfully defending her doctoral dissertation, An Analysis of Neocolonial Media Dynamics in the News About Puerto Rico, she completed her degree in 2016. She also completed a Certificate in International Studies and a Certificate in College and University Faculty Preparation. During her time at Howard University, she became a Researcher of the Howard Media Group, an Adjunct Lecturer of the undergraduate Strategic, Legal, and Management Communication Program, and a Faculty Professor of the Annenberg Honors Program. She has been teaching since 2013, and currently teach face to face, hybrid and online courses in various higher education institutions. Dr. Haddad is a 37-year-old happy wife and proud mother of three wonderful boys. Her main passion lies within the field of human rights, but her general research interests are very diverse, and include areas such as, but not limited to, the process and interaction between law and communication, as well as issues related to diversity and equality, civil rights, public interest, public policy, culture, gender, and mass communications. Dr. Haddad is also the proud founder of Friendly Law, a non-profit organization that provides low-income law students with opportunities to begin and succeed in their professional journey. And that also serves the community at large by making law friendlier, and thus, providing a better understanding of the interaction between law and the different aspects of their everyday life.

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